Slovak security on alert: Ukrainians held amid sabotage scare

Slovak security services announced a threat to the country's critical infrastructure. After a meeting of the State Security Council, Pavol Gašpar, the head of Slovak civilian intelligence, reported the detention of two Ukrainian citizens. Gašpar emphasized that the detainees may not be connected to potential sabotage.

Pavol Gašpar, head of the Slovak Information Service (SIS), did not provide details regarding the threat, but he noted that it involves the energy sector. Services have identified a suspect responsible for sending bomb threats since spring to various institutions, such as schools, universities, and courts. This suspect is currently outside Slovak territory.

At the intelligence level, we have observed prolonged activity by a group showing signs of sophisticated intelligence activity, which may pose a security threat, Gašpar conveyed, as quoted by the Polish Press Agency.

According to Gašpar, the group includes a Slovak with Hungarian citizenship, a Ukrainian citizen, and other unidentified individuals. As noted by the Polish Press Agency, Slovak Minister of Internal Affairs, Matuš Šutaj Eštok, announced that the protection of critical infrastructure in the country will be strengthened.

In early November, German intelligence reported that Russian agents are increasing subversive activities against NATO countries supporting Ukraine. Similar warnings had also been issued by American intelligence back in September.

British security services have directly accused Russia of involvement in dozens of incidents across the country. Ken McCallum, the director-general of the British Security Service, quoted by "Onet," highlighted that Kremlin agents are engaged in "arson, sabotage and more dangerous actions, conducted with increasing recklessness."