https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politics/us-germany-foiled-russian-assassination-plot/index.html
US intelligence discovered earlier this year that the Russian government planned to assassinate the chief executive of a powerful German arms manufacturer that has been producing artillery shells and military vehicles for Ukraine, according to five US and western officials familiar with the episode.
The plot was one of a series of Russian plans to assassinate defense industry executives across Europe who were supporting Ukraine’s war effort, these sources said. The plan to kill Armin Papperger, a white-haired goliath who has led the German manufacturing charge in support of Kyiv, was the most mature.
When the Americans learned of the effort, they informed Germany, whose security services were then able to protect Papperger and foil the plot. A high-level German government official confirmed that Berlin was warned about the plot by the US.
For more than six months, Russia has been carrying out a sabotage campaign across Europe, largely by proxy. It has recruited local amateurs for everything from arson attacks on warehouses linked to arms for Ukraine to petty acts of vandalism — all designed to stymie the flow of weapons from the West to Ukraine and blunt public support for Kyiv.
据五名了解情况的美国和西方官员透露，美国情报部门今年早些时候发现，俄罗斯政府计划暗杀一家强大的德国武器制造商首席执行官，该制造商一直在为乌克兰生产炮弹和军用车辆。
这些消息人士称，这一阴谋是俄罗斯一系列暗杀欧洲各地支持乌克兰战争努力的国防工业高管计划之一。其中，最成熟的计划是暗杀阿明·帕珀格 ，他是一位白发巨人，领导德国制造业为基辅提供支持。
当美国人得知这一计划时，他们通知了德国，德国安全部门随后保护了帕珀格并挫败了这一阴谋。一位德国高级政府官员证实，美国向柏林发出有关这一阴谋的警告。
六个多月来，俄罗斯一直在欧洲各地进行破坏活动，主要是通过代理人。1平0俄罗斯招募当地业余人员进行各种活动，从纵火袭击与乌克兰武器有关的仓库到轻微的破坏行为——所有这些都是为了阻止武器从西方流入乌克兰，并削弱公众对基辅的支持。
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