Czech intelligence services: Russia is refining sabotage against European countries

The director of the Czech BIS, Lieutenant General Michal Koudelka, said on 12 October that Russia is refining sabotage against European countries. According to him, sabotage is now carried out by trained militants rather than primitive operatives. He warned that more dangerous actions are possible in the coming months, not years, linking this to the deterioration of Russia's position in Ukraine.

The director of the Czech Security Information Service (BIS), Lieutenant General Michal Koudelka, spoke on 12 October at a conference in the lower chamber of the Czech parliament, stating that Russia is refining sabotage against European countries. According to him, such attacks are now carried out not by primitive operatives but by trained militants. Koudelka warned that in the future these attacks could intensify, and that more dangerous actions are possible "in the coming months, not years." He linked this escalation to the deterioration of Russia's position in Ukraine, saying the Russian regime has chosen a tactic of "escalation for the sake of de-escalation." The article is a direct transmission of the statement by the head of Czech intelligence, without additional analysis or commentary from the outlet.