Norway's Security Service Warns of Russian Sabotage Risk Next Year

Norway's domestic security service PST said on Thursday that there are strong grounds to believe Russian intelligence will carry out sabotage in Norway next year. The statement was reported by Reuters and the Ukrainian outlet European Pravda.

According to PST, 2026 has seen a serious escalation in the sabotage threat. The most likely targets in Norway are the defence industry, defence companies and firms that provide services to them. Critical infrastructure, such as energy facilities, could also be targeted.

At the same time, PST stressed that it has not detected any attempts at sabotage against Norwegian facilities. It did note, however, that it knows of actors linked to Russian intelligence who have mapped infrastructure and potential targets in Norway.

Similar warnings elsewhere in Europe

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk recently said he had information pointing to a possible escalation of Russia's hybrid war against Europe by Christmas. Meanwhile, Germany's armed forces for the first time reclassified the threat of Russian sabotage against their troops as "significant", the second-highest level on their threat assessment scale.

The Norwegian warning adds to a series of assessments by European security authorities about possible Russian activity in the coming period.