Photo: Instagram/mupsrbije
Serbian police detained two suspected Russian agents at the Serbian-Hungarian border who may have been planning a sabotage operation in Germany, according to German tabloid Bild.
Police found an explosive device in the pair’s luggage when they were arrested in early June, News.Az reports, citing Meduza.
According to Bild, their target may have been a defense-industry facility linked to support for Ukraine. The arrest, Bild writes, was made possible “by information from friendly intelligence agencies and Germany’s security services.”
In mid-June, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt announced that authorities had prevented an explosion in the country by placing those involved in planning the attack under surveillance. He provided no further details.
The German newspaper Die Welt reported that the planned attack was to take place in Bavaria. Security-service sources told the outlet that Russian intelligence agencies were involved in preparing the explosion.
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, Western countries that back Kyiv have regularly reported the detention of Russian agents, spies, and saboteurs. Citing a 2025 report from Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Bild notes that German authorities believe the country is regularly targeted by Russian hybrid attacks.