Europe is under attack from Russia. Why isn’t it fighting back? – POLITICO

Western countries have shied away from reacting to Kremlin acts of sabotage and terror.

If not for a delay in a connecting flight, the incendiary bomb would likely have burst into flames in the belly of a plane flying high above the European Union. Instead, it ignited on the ground in Germany’s Leipzig airport, setting fire to a DHL air freight container. Western intelligence officials believe the attack, which took place in July, was a trial run by Russian agents who planned to place similar bombs on flights to the United States. Advertisement “We have been observing aggressive actions by the Russian intelligence services for some time now,” said Thomas Haldenwang, who rec

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