JRL NEWSWATCH: “Top Secret Russian Unit Seeks to Destabilize Europe, Security Officials Say” – New York Times/ Michael Schwirtz

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“… a destabilization campaign in Moldova … the poisoning of an arms dealer in Bulgaria …. a thwarted coup in Montenegro. … an attempt to assassinate a former Russian spy in Britain using a nerve agent. … Western security officials have … concluded that these operations, and potentially many others, are part of a coordinated and ongoing campaign to destabilize Europe … by an elite unit inside … Russian intelligence … skilled in subversion, sabotage and assassination. … Unit 29155 … operat[ing] for at least a decade … only recently discovered [by the West]. Intelligence officials in four Western countries say it is unclear how often the unit is mobilized … warn[ing] … it is impossible to know when and where … [it] will strike. … underscor[ing] the degree to which … Putin, is actively fighting the West with his brand of so-called hybrid warfare … blend[ing] … propaganda, hacking attacks and disinformation – as well as open military confrontation. …”

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