Lithuania Calls Russia Behind The Explosives Package That Triggered Fire At The Courier Depot

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President Lithuania's adviser said Russia was behind a package of explosives sent from Lithuania to European countries.

The governments of Western countries and intelligence agencies in Europe previously called Moscow a source of a series of fires and acts of sabotage in Europe aimed at disrupting the stability of Ukrainian allies.

Poland's daily Gazeta Wyborcza reported in October a package of explosives that caused a fire at courier depots in England, Germany, and Poland in July from Lithuania.

The UK and Germany are investigating the packages that caught fire in depots in Birmingham and Leipzig, and Berlin say plane crashes can be avoided when air transport packages catch fire.

We told our allies that this is not happening randomly, it is part of a military operation, Kestutitis Budrys, adviser to President Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda, told radio Ziniu reported by Reuters, Tuesday, November 5.

"We need to neutralize and stop it from the source, and the source is Russian military intelligence," he said.

Budrys' comments were the first time a Lithuanian official accused Russian military intelligence of carrying out certain acts of sabotage.

Gazeta Wyborcza reported the package causing a fire in a truck at a location owned by a courier company near Warsaw.

Meanwhile, Polandi has detained four people in an investigation into a package of explosives sent by courier to EU and UK countries as part of a plan that ultimately aims to send the package to the United States and Canada.

They also closed the Russian consulate in the western city of Poznan due to alleged attempts to sabotage Russia.

Director General of the British Security Service (MI5) Ken McCallum said the Russian GRU military intelligence service was trying to cause "chaotic" in the UK and Europe.