Estonian security police chief: Russia's planned hybrid operations repeatedly thwarted
Estonia's Security Police executive director Margo Palosons said in an interview that authorities have in recent years foiled several Russian-planned sabotage and attack attempts. No specific cases or figures were disclosed.
The executive director of Estonia's Security Police (KAPO), Margo Palosons, said in an interview with Estonian public broadcaster ERR that the country's security services have in recent years thwarted a number of sabotage and attack attempts planned by Russia.
According to Palosons, KAPO's work in recent years has focused on identifying and stopping potential hybrid operations organized by Russian intelligence services or affiliated structures against Estonia. In the interview, he stressed that such attempts have not been isolated incidents but part of a recurring trend that security agencies continue to monitor and counter.
Context
The report comes at a time when Baltic states and other European countries have repeatedly reported increased Russian hybrid-threat activity, including attempts at sabotage, cyberattacks, and other destabilizing actions. KAPO is Estonia's main internal security agency, responsible for counterintelligence and combating extremism and terrorism.
Palosons did not provide detailed information in the interview about specific foiled cases, their number, or their nature, but confirmed that such threats against the country are ongoing and that security services actively track and prevent them.
