Slovak opposition demands security council meeting over alleged GRU-linked sabotage plot
German authorities say the Bulgarian duo, detained after a vehicle-borne arson attempt near Rohde & Schwarz, were part of a network tied to the Russian military intelligence service GRU that may have been based in Slovakia. The group is suspected of planning a sabotage attack on the Skyeton drone factory near Prešov. Slovak opposition parties KDH, Za ľudí and Progresívne Slovensko have urged Prime Minister Robert Fico to convene the Security Council and a special parliamentary committee to examine the alleged threat.
German police arrested a Bulgarian man and woman after they attempted to throw incendiary devices from a moving car onto a construction site close to Rohde & Schwarz, a supplier of drones to Ukraine. Investigators linked the pair to a larger cell reportedly connected to Russia's GRU and operating out of Slovakia, according to security-service sources cited by a German newspaper. The cell is alleged to have plotted a sabotage attack on the Skyeton drone plant near Prešov.
Slovak opposition parties KDH, Za ľudí and Progresívne Slovensko have demanded that Prime Minister Robert Fica explain the media reports and call an emergency meeting of the Security Council, as well as a special session of the parliamentary oversight committee on the SIS. They argue that the revelations raise serious questions about Slovakia's use as a base for hostile operations.
How the sides frame it
MODERATE AGREEMENTBoth camps portray Russia as conducting sabotage, but left-leaning coverage emphasizes the escalation of kinetic attacks and NATO’s red-line gap, while centrist coverage stresses Russia’s use of disposable spies and hybrid tactics.
LEFT
Frames Russian sabotage as an escalating kinetic threat that exposes NATO’s lack of clear red lines, citing GRU-linked arson as proof.
CENTER
Frames sabotage as part of Russia’s hybrid “disposable-spy” campaign, warning that such attacks will become more frequent.
The left emphasises
- shadow war… overt kinetic actions
- Europe lacks a concrete red line
- GRU behind Munich arson attack
How this story developed
- Sep 23 Russian Mi-8 helicopter briefly breaches Polish airspace near Braniewo
- Sep 24 Polish authorities have kept air‑defence systems on heightened alert.
- Sep 24 U.S. intelligence has warned that Russia could launch 600-km range drones from commercial vessels against targets in Spain, France and Italy.
- Sep 24 The briefing added that the drones may be catapulted from merchant ships 200‑300 km offshore.
- Sep 24 NATO boosted intelligence sharing and warned Spain, France and Italy of possible long‑range drone attacks launched from merchant vessels.
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