There were two separate incidents in the US and the UK in the last week - both ammunition manufacturing sites. Both suffered minor fires/explosions.
Hmm. Yeah, both 155mm artillery production plants.
Frankly, if I were Russia, I’m sure that I wouldn’t want 155mm shells going to Ukraine, but I’m not sure that I’d want that to the extent of being willing to initiate direct attacks against those states.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tom_explosion
The Black Tom explosion was an act of sabotage by agents of the German Empire, to destroy U.S.-made munitions that were to be supplied to the Allies in World War I. The explosions, which occurred on July 30, 1916, in New York Harbor, killed at least four people and destroyed some $20,000,000 ($560 million in 2024 dollars) worth of military goods. This incident, which happened prior to U.S. entry into World War I, also damaged the Statue of Liberty. It was one of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions in history.
Aftermath
This attack was one of many during the German sabotage campaign against the neutral United States, and it is notable for its contribution to the shift of public opinion against Germany, which eventually resulted in American approval for participating with World War I.
That being said, they did blow up those Czech munitions depots earlier, so…
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The German Federal Prosecutor’s office said in a statement that two German-Russian nationals — named only as Dieter S. and Alexander J. in line with the country’s privacy rules — were working with a Russian secret service agent to undermine international military support for Ukraine.
Arrest warrants dated April 9 accuse both men of working for a foreign secret service and carrying out “activity for sabotage purposes” and for obtaining “security-threatening depictions of military installations,” prosecutors said.
A separate arrest warrant dated April 11 accuses Dieter S. of membership of a foreign terrorist organization and of “preparation of a serious act of violence that endangers the state.”
This warrant notes the “strong suspicion” that he was active as a pro-Russian solider in an armed wing of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, engaging in the ongoing war for control of Ukraine.
Oleksiy Danilov, the former coordinator of Ukraine’s war cabinet, told The Times of London last month: “We have made multiple warnings to our German partners about the spy network of Russians that are very active in Germany.”
Germany accused Russia of “information war” last month after Russian state media published the audio of a private discussion among high-ranking German military officers about support for Ukraine, sparking embarrassment in Berlin and glee in Moscow.
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