Estonia accuses Russian intelligence of ordering arson attack on Milrem Robotics
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Estonia has accused Russian intelligence services of commissioning an August arson attack on a Tallinn building used by Milrem Robotics, a defence technology company that supplies unmanned ground vehicles to Ukraine.
Prime Minister Kristen Michal said the Estonian Internal Security Service reached the conclusion after assessing the information it had gathered. He described the fire as an act of sabotage forming part of a broader Russian campaign to intimidate European countries and weaken their support for Ukraine. The Kremlin rejected the allegation as baseless and said it had no connection to reality.
The fire broke out overnight on August 15 at the building in Tallinn’s Lasnamäe district. Emergency crews quickly brought it under control, and no lives were endangered.
Two Latvian citizens suspected of carrying out the attack were detained in Latvia on August 17, followed by a third suspect the next day. Searches connected to the suspects recovered data-storage devices and items that may have been used to start the fire. Latvia transferred all three suspects to Estonia on September 17 and 18, and they remain in custody.
Estonian authorities said the criminal investigation into the incident’s precise circumstances is continuing, although preliminary evidence also indicates that the attack was commissioned. Estonia said it would summon the Russian envoy and work with allies to increase sanctions, restrict travel by Russian citizens in Europe and strengthen support for Ukraine.
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