Russia Allegedly Planning to Plant Explosives on U.S. Bound Flights

Four Arrested Amidst Devices Found Onboard a Plane in a Germany Airport…

Western Security Officials have spotted two incendiary devices placed on passenger aircraft from Europe to the U.S., and Russia is the suspected perpetrator. Four people have currently been arrested for the scheme, and an investigation is still pending. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report on this matter, and Polish authorities have taken the suspects into custody.

The incendiary devices were tracked by the DHL while at Leipzig/Halle airport in Germany, and state that there is no current threat to U.S.-bound aircraft. The White House and CIA declined to comment at this time. There were two other incidents in July reported by Britain and Germany that were also suspected to be of a Russian plot. This incident was “to test the transfer channel for such parcels” (NBC). The U.K. counterterrorism police also decline to comment at this time.

Many nations of Europe have recently accused Russia of aggressive sabotage campaigns, which are presumed to aim at disrupting Western support to assist Ukraine in the ongoing war.

This attempted sabotage was also set to hurt Germany by a plot to ‘bomb or set fire to military bases in Germany.

International spokespeople of Russia have denied these accusations and have claimed that all of the information is fake and that the sabotage against United States aircraft was ‘one of such fakes’.

The feud between Russia and NATO continues with the war in Ukraine, and it is possible that Russia is heating up the conflict through these sabotages.

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