Overview
- Sweden, which disclosed the case Wednesday, said a group with links to Russian intelligence tried to disrupt a heating plant in western Sweden in spring 2025 but built-in safeguards stopped the attempt.
- Sweden’s Security Police said they identified the actor behind the intrusion and confirmed there is no longer an open investigation.
- Civil defense officials compared the incident to December 2025 operations in Poland that struck combined heat and power plants as well as wind and solar sites and were blamed by Warsaw on groups tied to Russian services.
- Ministers said pro-Russian crews have moved from denial-of-service floods to attempts to damage the control systems that run physical equipment like turbines, pumps, and valves.
- Western officials have logged more than 150 sabotage and malign activity cases linked to Russia since 2022, while Moscow denies responsibility for such operations.