
AI-generated summary
Following the Ukrainian war, with the increase in disarmament support from European countries, the activities of the Russian Commodity Hybrid Duchy have increased. The defense industry is considered a strategic target and has been subject to bombardment, bombings and assassination attempts.
(Berlin = Yonhap News) Correspondent Gye-yeon Kim = On the 3rd (local time), BR broadcasting reported that a defense industry complex in Munich, Germany was attacked by arson.
According to the police, a fire broke out at a construction site in front of the headquarters of defense technology company Rode & Schwarz in Munich early this morning. The police obtained a witness statement who said he saw an ignition device being thrown from a vehicle near the construction site.
Rode & Schwarz is a company that supplies security and communication equipment to military and government agencies. Across from the incident site is the headquarters of drone development company Helzing.
Police arrested a 28-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man of Bulgarian nationality as suspects. A Bavarian state police spokesman said, “Given the fact that several defense companies are located nearby, the possibility of political motivation cannot be ruled out.”
European countries supporting Ukraine are suspicious of Russia's hybrid operations whenever arson and bombings targeting defense companies occur.
In Poland, on the 31st of last month, a fire broke out at the drone manufacturing company WB Electronics factory in Skarzyszkokamienna. Prosecutors said they were investigating allegations of involvement in foreign intelligence agencies' activities against Poland, and in fact pointed to Russian intelligence as the mastermind.
It was reported in 2024 that Western intelligence authorities had detected Russia's plan to assassinate Armin Papager, CEO of Rheinmetall, a German defense company that supplies artillery shells to the Ukrainian military.
Stefan Tumann, CEO of German drone company Donaustahl, said in an interview with the daily Welt that day that he has been in hiding and under 24-hour security since authorities informed him of Russia's assassination plot at the end of last year.
The authorities reportedly arrested a spy who was assigned to track his movements using a 'bait address'. CEO Tuman said he heard from the Federal Assembly that he was almost poisoned with Novichok, the nerve agent used in the 2020 assassination attempt on Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny (1976-2024).
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Security-strengthening measures will be implemented for companies in Germany and Europe.
Likely · Within weeks
Additional sanctions or diplomatic pressure on Russia will be discussed.
Possible · Within months

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