Alert 007, Moscow intensifies attempts to assassinate European defense leaders

Moscow is intensifying efforts to assassinate European defense officials. It is the alarm raised by Western intelligence agencies that has pushed companies to increase security measures around their high-level executives. Assassinations of European civilian targets - once considered taboo even by Russian spy agencies - are playing an increasingly prominent role in these plans.

According to the Financial Times, which spoke to officials from five different intelligence agencies, CEOs and other high-level employees have become targets of Kremlin agents.

According to the sources, executives of smaller companies are also being targeted, especially those of companies involved in the production of drones or their components. "The threat level in Europe has increased. To property, but also to people," a senior official said.