cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/8605336

Lithuania has charged 13 people from a number of countries with two attempted murders in Vilnius linked to Russia’s ​GRU military intelligence agency, the chief of the Baltic country’s criminal police ‌said on Monday.

Lithuania’s investigation, which began early last year, has determined that those who sought the killings were acting in the interests of the GRU, said police chief Saulius Briginas.

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Ukrainian police separately said on ​Monday that the same group of people, whom they described as a “Russian intelligence network”, ​also sought to murder Ukrainian journalists and an intelligence official.

Russia’s defence ministry, ⁠which is in charge of military intelligence, did not immediately respond to a request ​for comment when contacted by email. Moscow has always denied allegations it is involved in ​such operations or in a wider sabotage campaign involving arson attacks aimed at destabilising Ukraine’s allies.

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