Beyond Ukraine

Russia's war is not confined to Ukraine. Killings and poisonings, sabotage and arson, drones and fighter jets in NATO airspace, attacks on ships, cyber operations, election interference, migrants pushed across borders by Russia and Belarus, and the abuses of Russian state-backed forces in Africa and the Middle East — recorded worldwide since 2004, each entry with who established Russia's role and how. Data as of 23 Oct 2026.

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• Man arrested in Germany on suspicion of spying on the defence industry for Russian intelligence22 Oct 2026 · Germany · Suspected
• Two charged with espionage against counter-drone maker MyDefence in Denmark20 Oct 2026 · Denmark · Charged
• Foiled arson attempt on Starlink antennas at Delska site in Vilnius18 Oct 2026 · Lithuania · Suspected
• Drones hit two tankers off Sulina; Romanian F-16s down two Geran drones (14–17 Oct)14 Oct 2026 · Romania · Suspected
• Starlink gateway antennas set on fire at Plana teleport near Sofia9 Oct 2026 · Bulgaria · Suspected
• Drones hit four merchant ships in Bulgaria's Black Sea EEZ, sinking two (6–13 Oct)6 Oct 2026 · Bulgaria · Suspected
• Armed masked men push migrants at Latvian border, then cross from Belarus to sabotage it6 Oct 2026 · Latvia · Suspected
• Projectile hits bus and booth at Palanca crossing, injuring a Moldovan border officer5 Oct 2026 · Moldova · Suspected
• Russian missiles and drones explode in Moldova; Chișinău summons Russian envoy3 Oct 2026 · Moldova · Official attribution
• Jet-powered drones crash in Anenii Noi and Orhei; Moldova hands Russia a protest note30 Sep 2026 · Moldova · Official attribution
• Arson at Starlink ground station in Wola Krobowska; Poland blames Russian intelligence23 Sep 2026 · Poland · Official attribution
• US charges Russian intelligence network over murder-for-hire and attacks in Europe15 Sep 2026 · United States · Charged
• UK charges Swindon man with assisting GRU Volunteer Corps and preparing sabotage9 Sep 2026 · United Kingdom · Charged
• Russian intelligence hijacks Signal accounts via device-linking phishing across Europe4 Sep 2026 · Czechia · Official attribution
• Arson near Rohde & Schwarz and Helsing offices in Munich3 Sep 2026 · Germany · Suspected
• Explosive-laden naval drone destroyed near Neptun Deep gas platform in Romania's EEZ20 Aug 2026 · Romania · Suspected
• Jet-powered missile-drone explodes in a field near Talmaza; Moldova's MFA condemns17 Aug 2026 · Moldova · Suspected
• Arson at Milrem Robotics building, Tallinn15 Aug 2026 · Estonia · Official attribution
• Migrant surge from Belarus: Latvia names a Russia–Belarus hybrid attack on its border11 Aug 2026 · Latvia · Official attribution
• Drone explodes near Crocmaz; Moldova recalls its ambassador from Moscow9 Aug 2026 · Moldova · Official attribution
• Poland: plot to kill a US-Ukrainian citizen attributed to Russia7 Aug 2026 · Poland · Official attribution
• Explosive-laden drone at Leipzig/Halle airport4 Aug 2026 · Germany · Official attribution
• Romanian F-16s shoot down drones over Romania on three consecutive days (24–26 July)24 Jul 2026 · Romania · Official attribution
• LPG tanker Gas Lisbon hit by drones in Romania's EEZ; one sailor dies20 Jul 2026 · Romania · Suspected
• Russian-origin Geran-2 drone crashes near Copanca; Moldova hands Russia a protest note13 Jul 2026 · Moldova · Official attribution
• Russian Geran-2 drone hits apartment block in Galați, two residents injured29 May 2026 · Romania · Official attribution
• Balloons from Belarus force civil airspace closures over north-eastern Poland28 Jan 2026 · Poland · Suspected
• Latvian army publishes evidence Belarusian military and border units steer migrants15 Jan 2026 · Latvia · Official attribution
• Russian border guards cross into Estonia at the Vasknarva breakwater17 Dec 2025 · Estonia · Official attribution
• Belarus balloon incursions: Lithuania declares emergency; EU calls it a hybrid attack9 Dec 2025 · Lithuania · Official attribution
• Railway sabotage on Warsaw–Lublin line (Mika, Gołąb)15 Nov 2025 · Poland · Official attribution
• ICAO finds GNSS interference over Baltic originates from Russia3 Oct 2025 · Baltic Sea region · Official attribution
• Moldova 2025 election hit by hybrid attacks traced to Russia28 Sep 2025 · Moldova · Official attribution
• Three Russian MiG-31s violate Estonian airspace for over 10 minutes19 Sep 2025 · Estonia · Official attribution
• Russian drone enters Romanian airspace during strikes on Ukraine13 Sep 2025 · Romania · Official attribution
• Russian drones violate Polish airspace; NATO jets shoot some down10 Sep 2025 · Poland · Official attribution
• Mali: Africa Corps replaces Wagner; UN reports serious violations4 Sep 2025 · Mali · Official attribution
• France formally attributes cyberattacks since 2015 to GRU's APT2829 Apr 2025 · France · Official attribution
• Poland suspends asylum at Belarus border, citing hybrid war by 'Moscow and Minsk'27 Mar 2025 · Poland · Official attribution
• GPS-tracker test parcels to Ukraine for Russian sabotage plotMar 2025 · Germany · Court finding
• Germany attributes 'Storm-1516' election disinformation to RussiaFeb 2025 · Germany · Official attribution
• GRU-ordered arson of Slava Ukraini restaurant, Tallinn31 Jan 2025 · Estonia · Court finding
• Eagle S tanker anchor damages Estlink 2 and telecom cables25 Dec 2024 · Finland · Suspected
• Romania annuls presidential vote after Russian hybrid-attack findings6 Dec 2024 · Romania · Official attribution
• Russia-linked vote-buying in Moldova's 2024 election and EU referendumOct 2024 · Moldova · Official attribution
• APT28 cyberattack on German air traffic control provider DFSAug 2024 · Germany · Official attribution
• Self-igniting parcels: fires at DHL Leipzig hub, UK and PolandJul 2024 · Germany · Official attribution
• Reported Russian plot to assassinate Rheinmetall CEO Armin PappergerJul 2024 · Germany · Suspected
• Attempted arson of buses at Prague Klíčov depot6 Jun 2024 · Czechia · Suspected
• Russian border guard removes Estonia's navigation buoys from the Narva River23 May 2024 · Estonia · Official attribution
• Marywilska 44 shopping centre fire, Warsaw12 May 2024 · Poland · Official attribution
• IKEA Vilnius arson9 May 2024 · Lithuania · Court finding
• Germany and Czechia attribute APT28 campaign incl. SPD hack to GRU3 May 2024 · Germany · Official attribution
• Alleged Russian intelligence plot targeting Ukrainian veteran in FrankfurtMay 2024 · Germany · Charged
• Polish man convicted of offering Rzeszów airport intel to Russian GRUApr 2024 · Poland · Court finding
• Bayreuth sabotage plot (Dieter S.) for Russian intelligenceApr 2024 · Germany · Court finding
• GPS jamming forces Finnair to suspend Helsinki–Tartu flightsApr 2024 · Estonia · Official attribution
• Leyton warehouse arson on Wagner Group orders20 Mar 2024 · United Kingdom · Court finding
• Russian defector pilot Maksim Kuzminov shot dead in Spain13 Feb 2024 · Spain · Suspected
• GRU-ordered attack on Estonian interior minister's carDec 2023 · Estonia · Court finding
• Finland shuts its land border after Russia channels migrants in a 'hybrid operation'22 Nov 2023 · Finland · Official attribution
• UK proscribes Wagner (2023) and sanctions Africa Corps (2024)15 Sep 2023 · Several countries · Official attribution
• Wagner's CAR gold and diamond companies sanctioned (US, EU)27 Jun 2023 · Central African Republic · Official attribution
• Putin acknowledges Russian state fully funded Wagner27 Jun 2023 · Russia · Official attribution
• US and EU sanction Wagner's Mali chief and Malian facilitators25 May 2023 · Mali · Official attribution
• Polish spy ring plotting to derail Ukraine aid trainsMar 2023 · Poland · Court finding
• US designates Wagner a significant transnational criminal organization26 Jan 2023 · Several countries · Official attribution
• Moura massacre: 500+ killed by Malian troops and foreign personnelMar 2022 · Mali · Official attribution
• Russian cyberattack on Viasat KA-SAT network spills into EU24 Feb 2022 · Several EU states · Official attribution
• EU lists Wagner Group for abuses in six countries13 Dec 2021 · Several countries · Official attribution
• 2021 Belarus border crisis: Minsk channels migrants at Poland, Lithuania and Latvia17 Nov 2021 · Poland · Official attribution
• UN Panel: 'Russian instructors' committed IHL violations in CAR25 Jun 2021 · Central African Republic · Official attribution
• CAR: UN experts link 'Russian trainers'/Wagner to grave abuses31 Mar 2021 · Central African Republic · Official attribution
• UN Panel documents ChVK Wagner support to Haftar forces in Libya8 Mar 2021 · Libya · Official attribution
• UK-based Bulgarian spy ring targeting Kremlin critics convictedDec 2020 · United Kingdom · Court finding
• Sudan: Prigozhin's M Invest/Meroe Gold sanctioned; Wagner arms to RSF15 Jul 2020 · Sudan · Official attribution
• Landmines and booby traps left in Tripoli suburbs linked to WagnerJun 2020 · Libya · Suspected
• Zelimkhan Khangoshvili shot dead in Berlin's Kleiner Tiergarten23 Aug 2019 · Germany · Court finding
• Dawn Sturgess killed by discarded Novichok in Amesbury30 Jun 2018 · United Kingdom · Court finding
• GRU close-access hacking attempt against OPCW disrupted in The HagueApr 2018 · Netherlands · Official attribution
• Novichok attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury4 Mar 2018 · United Kingdom · Court finding
• 'Olympic Destroyer' attack on PyeongChang Winter Olympics9 Feb 2018 · South Korea · Official attribution
• NotPetya destructive malware spreads worldwide27 Jun 2017 · Worldwide · Official attribution
• Syria: EU attributes 2017 torture-killing of deserter to WagnerJun 2017 · Syria · Official attribution
• Poisoning of arms manufacturer Emilian Gebrev in SofiaApr 2015 · Bulgaria · Charged
• GRU hack of the German BundestagApr 2015 · Germany · Official attribution
• Vrbětice ammunition depot explosions16 Oct 2014 · Czechia · Official attribution
• Downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH1717 Jul 2014 · Ukraine (MH17) · Court finding
• Bulgarian arms depot explosions (2011–2020)12 Nov 2011 · Bulgaria · Charged
• Killing of former Chechen commander Sulim Yamadayev in Dubai28 Mar 2009 · United Arab Emirates · Official attribution
• Killing of Kadyrov critic Umar Israilov in Vienna13 Jan 2009 · Austria · Official attribution
• Mass DDoS cyberattacks on Estonia after Bronze Soldier relocation27 Apr 2007 · Estonia · Official attribution
• Alexander Litvinenko poisoned with polonium-210 in London1 Nov 2006 · United Kingdom · Court finding
• Car-bomb killing of Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev in Doha13 Feb 2004 · Qatar · Court finding

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