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The Russia-Ukraine war · theatre

The European theatre: sabotage, airspace, cables, jamming, shipping

164 events recorded; the latest on 18 October 2026.

Countries: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Denmark, Sweden, Norway
What is included: Included when an official body of the affected state or two independent origins link the incident to the war.

Reported

10/18 Lithuania foils an arson attempt on Starlink equipment and its prime minister blames Russia; a drone explodes near the Latvian border

Lithuania · 1 source

Confirmed

09/16 Poland scrambles jets and briefly shuts Lublin and Rzeszow airports during Russian drone attacks on western Ukraine

Lublin · 1 source

Reported

08/09 Moldova recalls its ambassador to Moscow after a drone or missile explodes over a village near the Ukrainian border

Stefan Voda District · 1 source

Reported

08/04 Explosive-laden drone strikes the wing of a Ukrainian An-124 cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle airport without detonating

Leipzig/Halle Airport · 1 source

Reported

07/30 Russian cruise missile crosses into Poland and crashes in a field in Lublin province

Lublin County · 1 source

Reported

07/24 Romania shoots down drones over its territory on three consecutive days

Tulcea County · 1 source

Confirmed

06/08 French jets on NATO air policing shoot down a drone over Latvia, the first such interception there

Latvia · 1 source

Reported

05/29 Russian drone crashes into an apartment block in Romania's Galati, injuring two

Galati · 1 source

Confirmed

05/19 A NATO jet shoots down a suspected stray Ukrainian drone over Estonia for the first time

Estonia · 1 source

Reported

05/14 Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina resigns after the drone incidents bring down her coalition

Riga · 1 source

Reported

05/07 Drones from Russian airspace crash in eastern Latvia, one at an oil storage site in Rezekne

Rezekne · 2 sources

Confirmed

03/25 Stray Ukrainian drones crash in Latvia and hit an Estonian power plant chimney during strikes on Russian Baltic ports

Auvere · 2 sources

Reported

12/31 Finland detains ship suspected of damaging an undersea telecom cable

Finland · 2 sources

Reported

12/04 Drones near the flight path of President Zelensky's plane during visit to Ireland

Ireland · 2 sources

Reported

11/15 Explosion damages Warsaw to Lublin railway line near Mika, Poland

Mika · 2 sources

Reported

11/04 Drone sightings disrupt flights at Liege airport

Liege Airport · 2 sources

Reported

11/01 Drones spotted over Kleine Brogel air base on three consecutive days

Kleine Brogel air base · 2 sources

Reported

11/01 Drone sightings halt flights at Brussels, Liege and Gothenburg Landvetter airports

Belgium · 2 sources

Reported

10/28 Drones seen over Belgian army base near Marche-en-Famenne

Marche-en-Famenne · 2 sources

Reported

10/21 Poland detains eight people, three linked to a plot to send incendiary parcels to Ukraine

Poland · 1 source

Reported

10/02 Drone sightings close Munich airport

Munich Airport · 2 sources

Reported

10/01 Repeated drone overflights of an arms manufacturer in Herstal, Belgium

Herstal · 2 sources

Reported

10/01 About 15 drones reported over Elsenborn military base in Belgium

Elsenborn military camp · 2 sources

Reported

10/01 Balloons from Belarus disrupt air traffic in Lithuania, late 2025

Lithuania · 2 sources

Reported

09/28 Drones near Bardufoss and Bronnoysund airports disrupt flights in Norway

Norway · 2 sources

Reported

09/26 Drones fly over Danish military sites including Karup air base

Karup air base · 2 sources

Reported

09/24 Drones spotted near Aalborg, Billund, Esbjerg, Sonderborg and Skrydstrup airports

Denmark · 1 source

Disputed

09/22 Drone sightings close Copenhagen and Oslo airports; Denmark calls it the most serious attack on its infrastructure

Copenhagen · 2 sources

Disputed

09/19 Three Russian MiG-31 jets enter Estonian airspace for about 12 minutes; Estonia requests NATO consultations

Vaindloo · 3 sources

Disputed

09/10 Russian drones enter Polish airspace during a strike on Ukraine; NATO jets shoot some down for the first time

Poland · 2 sources

Reported

09/01 Pig heads left outside mosques in the Paris area

Paris · revised (r2) · 2 sources

Reported

09/01 Migrant smuggling tunnels found under the Polish border with Belarus, 2025

Poland-Belarus border · 2 sources

Reported

09/01 Drones sighted over critical infrastructure in Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein · 2 sources

Reported

09/01 Pro-Russian posters placed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris

Paris · 1 source

Reported

08/20 Russian drone crashes and explodes in a field in eastern Poland, breaking house windows

Osiny · 1 source

Reported

08/01 Oil cargo tainted with chlorine shipped to Romania, Czechia and Italy

Romania · 2 sources

Reported

08/01 Alert at Aviano air base, Italy, over possible sabotage plot

Aviano Air Base · 2 sources

Reported

08/01 Two teenagers arrested over use of a wifi sniffer in The Hague

The Hague · 1 source

Reported

06/01 Concrete skeletons with inscriptions left at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate

Berlin · 2 sources

Reported

05/01 False claim of drug use by European leaders on a train to Ukraine

Germany · 2 sources

Reported

05/01 Green paint thrown at Holocaust memorial, synagogues and a restaurant in Paris

Paris · 1 source

Reported

04/01 Hackers take control of a Norwegian dam and change water flows

Norway · 2 sources

Reported

03/01 Suspected sabotage of a water supply on Gotland, Sweden

Gotland · 2 sources

Reported

03/01 Three men arrested in Germany and Switzerland over alleged parcel bomb plot

Germany · 2 sources

Reported

02/01 Suspected interference in Greenland's March 2025 election

Greenland · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Polish man detained over passing defence infrastructure information to Russia, 2025 segment

Poland · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Drones reported over weapons delivery routes to Ukraine in Germany, 2025

Germany · 1 source

Reported

01/01 Storm-1516 disinformation campaign targeting the 2025 German election, 2025

Germany · revised (r2) · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Monthly 'peace' demonstrations in Amsterdam with reported Russian backing, 2025

Amsterdam · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Arson attacks on a shop in Osula and the 'Slava Ukraini' restaurant in Tallinn

Tallinn · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Social media disinformation targeting Poland's 2025 presidential election

Poland · 1 source

Reported

01/01 Second attempted break-in at water plant of Cologne-Wahn air base

Cologne-Wahn air base · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 GPS jamming and spoofing affecting flights over the Baltic and Black Sea regions, 2025

Baltic Sea · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Portal Kombat network of pro-Russian websites targeting Western audiences, 2025

France · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Damage to the C-Lion1 cable between Finland and Germany investigated as suspected sabotage

Baltic Sea · 1 source

Reported

01/01 Cloned news website influence campaign (Doppelganger) targeting European audiences, 2025

Germany · 2 sources

Reported

12/01 Estlink 2 power cable damaged in the Gulf of Finland by the tanker Eagle S

Gulf of Finland · 2 sources

Reported

12/01 Hackers damage a Danish waterworks, leaving about 50 households without water

Tureby · 2 sources

Reported

12/01 Cars damaged with foam in a campaign to implicate the German Greens before elections

Schoenefeld · 2 sources

Reported

11/01 Storm-1516 disinformation campaign targeting the 2025 German election, 2024

Germany · 2 sources

Reported

11/01 Undersea cables cut in the Baltic Sea in the Yi Peng 3 incident

Baltic Sea · 1 source

Reported

11/01 Hackers access a public water fountain system in the Netherlands

Netherlands · 1 source

Reported

11/01 GPS interference at Finnish airports

Finland · 2 sources

Reported

11/01 Interference in Romanian presidential election in favour of a candidate opposed to aid for Ukraine

Romania · 2 sources

Reported

10/01 Intrusion at a Swedish water treatment plant

Sweden · 1 source

Reported

09/01 Failed arson attempt on a company in Siauliai, Lithuania

Siauliai · 2 sources

Reported

09/01 Hoax bomb threats force hundreds of Czech schools to close

Czechia · 2 sources

Reported

08/01 Break-ins at Swedish arms manufacturers

Sweden · 2 sources

Reported

08/01 Hole cut in the fence of a water treatment plant near Cologne

Cologne · 1 source

Reported

08/01 Man in Amsterdam recruited to send a DHL test package linked to the parcel plot

Amsterdam · 2 sources

Reported

08/01 Security alert at NATO air base Geilenkirchen over suspected drone sabotage threat

NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen · 2 sources

Reported

07/25 Romania confirms fragments of a Russian attack drone landed on its territory across the Danube from Izmail

Plauru · 1 source

Reported

07/01 Arson at a home improvement store in Lodz, Poland

Lodz · 2 sources

Reported

07/01 Incendiary parcel ignites in a courier truck near Warsaw

Warsaw · 2 sources

Reported

07/01 Colombian national arrested in Romania over suspected sabotage preparations

Romania · 2 sources

Reported

07/01 Parcel bomb plot in Poland, July 2024

Poland · 2 sources

Reported

07/01 Incendiary parcel ignites at a DHL facility in Germany before loading

Germany · 2 sources

Reported

07/01 Russian national arrested in France over alleged plot to destabilise the Olympics

France · 1 source

Reported

07/01 Incendiary parcel ignites at a DHL warehouse in the UK

United Kingdom · 2 sources

Reported

07/01 Suspect tasked with retrieving explosives and drone parts in Lithuania and leaving them in Poland and Germany

Poland · 1 source

Reported

06/01 DDoS attacks on Dutch party and transport websites on EU election day

Netherlands · 1 source

Reported

06/01 Stickers placed near Zurich hotels ahead of a Ukraine peace conference

Zurich · 2 sources

Reported

06/01 Network on X promotes radical-right parties around the 2024 European elections

Germany · 1 source

Reported

06/01 Attempted arson on buses in Prague

Prague · 2 sources

Reported

06/01 Five coffins marked 'French soldiers of Ukraine' left near the Eiffel Tower

Paris · revised (r2) · 2 sources

Reported

06/01 Eleven break-ins at water towers and treatment plants in Finland

Finland · 2 sources

Reported

06/01 Man arrested near Paris with explosives, suspected of planning attack on a store

Paris · 1 source

Reported

06/01 Coffin stencil graffiti appears in Paris

Paris · 2 sources

Reported

05/01 Border navigation buoys removed from the Narva River

Narva River · 2 sources

Reported

05/01 Arson attempt on a construction warehouse in Radom, May 2024

Radom · 1 source

Reported

05/01 Tombstone of Stepan Bandera defaced in Munich

Munich · 2 sources

Reported

05/01 False report of Polish mobilisation planted on Poland's national news agency after hack

Poland · 1 source

Reported

05/01 Fire destroys a large shopping centre in Warsaw

Warsaw · revised (r2) · 2 sources

Reported

05/01 More than 1,000 hoax bomb threats emailed to schools and banks in Slovakia

Slovakia · 1 source

Reported

05/01 Arson attack on an IKEA store in Vilnius

Vilnius · 2 sources

Reported

05/01 Arson attempt on a construction warehouse in Warsaw, May 2024

Warsaw · 2 sources

Reported

04/01 About 1,000 stickers calling for an end to the war placed across Paris

Paris · 2 sources

Reported

04/01 Polish man arrested over alleged plot to assassinate President Zelensky

Poland · 2 sources

Reported

04/01 Arrests in Germany over spying on US bases and plans to sabotage military transport routes

Germany · 2 sources

Reported

04/01 Fire set at a large DIY store in Warsaw, April 2024

Warsaw · 2 sources

Reported

04/01 Russian embassy in Spain posts video said to show Spanish troops in Ukraine

Spain · 1 source

Reported

03/01 Plot to kill Rheinmetall chief executive Armin Papperger foiled

Germany · 2 sources

Reported

03/01 Red hands painted on the Holocaust memorial in Paris

Paris · revised (r2) · 1 source

Reported

03/01 Arson attack on a Ukraine-linked business in east London

London · 2 sources

Reported

03/01 Hackers access a water mill and hydroelectric installation in France

France · 1 source

Reported

03/01 France blocks fake website urging French citizens to enlist for Ukraine

France · 1 source

Reported

03/01 Arson attack on a Ukraine-linked business in Fuenlabrada near Madrid

Fuenlabrada · 2 sources

Reported

03/01 'Balcony may collapse' warnings sprayed on Paris balconies ahead of the Olympics

Paris · 2 sources

Reported

02/01 Russian military pilot who defected to Ukraine killed in Spain

Spain · 2 sources

Reported

02/01 Arson attempt on the Latvian Museum of Occupation

Riga · 2 sources

Reported

02/01 Polish man detained over passing defence infrastructure information to Russia from 2024

Poland · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Prevented cyberattack on Dutch critical infrastructure reported by MIVD, 2024

Netherlands · 1 source

Reported

01/01 Continued irregular migration from Russia into Finland despite border closure, January 2024

Finland · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Suspected mapping of offshore energy and communications infrastructure in the North Sea and Baltic, 2024

North Sea and Baltic Sea · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Cloned news website influence campaign (Doppelganger) targeting European audiences, 2024

Germany · revised (r2) · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Pro-Russian campaign to influence the 2024 European Parliament elections in France, 2024

France · revised (r2) · 1 source

Reported

01/01 Arson attempt on a paint factory and fuel depot in Wroclaw, Poland

Wroclaw · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Memorial plaque desecrated in Mustla, Estonia

Mustla · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Monument to Lithuanian partisan leader defaced with paint in Merkine

Merkine · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 GPS jamming and spoofing affecting flights over the Baltic and Black Sea regions, 2024

Baltic Sea · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Hackers access wastewater facility in Wydminy, Poland

Wydminy · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Arrests over arson and attempted arson in Gdansk, Gdynia and Marki, Poland

Poland · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Monthly 'peace' demonstrations in Amsterdam with reported Russian backing, 2024

Amsterdam · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Portal Kombat network of pro-Russian websites targeting Western audiences, 2024

France · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Voice of Europe network and payments to politicians ahead of EU elections, 2024

Germany · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 'Children of War' exhibition campaign against arming Ukraine in Germany, 2024

Germany · 1 source

Reported

12/01 Car of Estonia's interior minister vandalised

Estonia · revised (r2) · 2 sources

Reported

12/01 Car of an Estonian journalist vandalised

Estonia · 2 sources

Reported

11/01 Stars of David graffiti in Paris with suspected foreign interference

Paris · 1 source

Reported

11/01 Short spike in migrants sent toward Estonia, November 2023

Estonia · 1 source

Reported

10/01 Hundreds of hoax bomb threats emailed to schools in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

Estonia · 1 source

Reported

10/01 Amplification of the 'bed bug' scare in Paris on social media, autumn 2023

Paris · 1 source

Reported

10/01 Gas pipeline and telecom cable between Finland and Estonia damaged

Baltic Sea · 2 sources

Reported

09/01 Pro-Russian campaign to influence the 2024 European Parliament elections in France, 2023

France · 1 source

Reported

08/01 Spike in migrant crossings toward Latvia through Belarus, August to September 2023

Latvia · 1 source

Reported

08/01 GPS jamming and spoofing affecting flights over the Baltic and Black Sea regions, 2023

Baltic Sea · 2 sources

Reported

08/01 Large numbers of migrants sent toward Finland's border with Russia, late 2023

Finland · 1 source

Reported

07/01 Disinformation campaign targeting Sweden over NATO membership and Koran burnings

Sweden · 1 source

Reported

06/01 Portal Kombat network of pro-Russian websites targeting Western audiences, 2023

France · 2 sources

Reported

05/01 Desecration of memorial sites at Sinimae and Narva-Joesuu, Estonia

Narva-Joesuu · 1 source

Reported

04/27 Debris of a probable Russian Kh-55 cruise missile is found in a forest near Bydgoszcz, Poland

Bydgoszcz · 1 source

Reported

03/01 Fire and explosion at arms factory in Karnobat, Bulgaria, March 2023

Karnobat · 2 sources

Reported

03/01 Voice of Europe network and payments to politicians ahead of EU elections, 2023

Germany · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Agents provocateurs recast demonstrations in four countries as protests against aid to Ukraine

Netherlands · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Explosives cache found near a NATO fuel pipeline in Germany

Germany · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Reported Kremlin effort to build a left and right anti-war coalition in Germany, 2023

Germany · revised (r2) · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Suspected mapping of offshore energy and communications infrastructure in the North Sea and Baltic, 2023

North Sea and Baltic Sea · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Plot to sabotage arms deliveries to Ukraine through Poland, early 2023

Poland · 2 sources

Reported

01/01 Monthly 'peace' demonstrations in Amsterdam with reported Russian backing, 2023

Amsterdam · 1 source

Reported

01/01 'Children of War' exhibition campaign against arming Ukraine in Germany, 2023

Germany · 1 source

Reported

01/01 Cloned news website influence campaign (Doppelganger) targeting European audiences, 2023

Germany · 2 sources

Reported

12/01 Agents provocateurs recast two Paris demonstrations as protests against aid to Ukraine

Paris · 2 sources

Confirmed

11/15 Missile kills two farm workers in Przewodow, Poland; Polish and US officials say it was most likely a Ukrainian air defence missile

Przewodow · 3 sources

Reported

11/01 Six letter bombs sent to Spain's prime minister, embassies, defence ministry and an arms maker

Spain · 1 source

Reported

10/01 Plot to locate Ukrainian soldiers training at Patch Barracks near Stuttgart

Patch Barracks, Stuttgart · 2 sources

Reported

09/01 Russian nationals detained for flying drones over Norwegian airports and energy sites

Norway · 2 sources

Reported

09/01 Reported Kremlin effort to build a left and right anti-war coalition in Germany, 2022

Germany · 2 sources

Reported

07/01 Fire and explosion at arms factory in Karnobat, Bulgaria, July 2022

Karnobat · 2 sources

Reported

06/01 'Children of War' exhibition campaign against arming Ukraine in Germany, 2022

Germany · 1 source

Reported

05/01 Cloned news website influence campaign (Doppelganger) targeting European audiences, 2022

Germany · 2 sources

Reported

05/01 Suspected espionage at Lielvarde military airfield, Latvia

Lielvarde Air Base · 2 sources

Reported

04/01 Pro-Russian rallies and vehicle parades in several European cities, April 2022

Germany · 2 sources

Reported

04/01 Graffiti reading 'KILLNET HACKED YOU' sprayed on the cyber defence centre in Tallinn

Tallinn · 2 sources

Reported

03/01 Sticker and graffiti disinformation campaign in Austria and Germany, 2022

Austria · 2 sources