With the escalation of tension between Russia and European countries once morest the backdrop of the military operation launched in Ukraine, German officials called for strengthening the protection of key infrastructure in the country in the morning Major sabotage of railwaysindicating the possibility of Russian responsibility for it.
A German army commander warned that war in Europe was possible once more. “We are preparing to face hybrid threats to our infrastructure,” General Castrin Borer said in an interview with the German newspaper “Bild”, today, Sunday.
He also added that “our infrastructure, including power stations and pipelines, might be the target of any attack.”
Railroad sabotage
At the same time, an official in the German Green Party and a member of the government coalition, Anton Hofreiter, said, “We cannot rule out that Russia was also behind the attack on the railway company,” considering that the recent leakage incidents from the two gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and 2 in the Baltic Sea originally bore the “Kremlin imprints”.
The head of the German Parliament’s European Affairs Committee added in an interview with the Funke media group: “Perhaps in both cases it is a warning because we support Ukraine.” He called for the release of 20 billion euros to better protect critical infrastructure, strengthen police capabilities and ICT security.
These statements came following a “sabotage” operation, which affected, yesterday, Saturday, wireless transmission cables in two locations, which led to the suspension of train traffic in northern Germany for regarding three hours.
It is noteworthy that since the launch of the Russian military operation on the territory of its western neighbor on February 24, tension has risen between Moscow and the West, especially the European countries that have sided with Kyiv, supporting it with weapons and equipment.
Meanwhile, Western intelligence warned of a “subversive” war of another kind, whether through electronic attacks or hacking and attacks on vital European facilities.
