'Meanwhile, the open-source investigation organization Bellingcat said on April 20 that the Russian operation which Czech authorities have linked to the blast in Vrbetice involved at least six operatives from a GRU unit known as 29155.
The investigation, conducted in partnership with The Insider, Der Spiegel, and Respekt.cz, found that the operation was “supervised personally” by the unit’s commander, identified as Colonel General Andrei Averyanov, who “traveled undercover to Central Europe at the exact time of the operation and left back to Moscow mere hours after the explosion.”
Unit 29155 has been linked to a series of attempted assassination plots and other sabotage across Europe, including Skripal's poisoning.
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Britain’s NATO allies responded to the Skripal poisoning by imposing sanctions on Russia and expelling diplomats.''PRAGUE -- The Czech Republic has called on fellow European Union and NATO members for "solidarity" action to support it amid a diplomatic spat between Prague and Moscow over Czech claims that Russian military agents were behind a deadly 2014 explosion at a Czech arms depot.
"We are calling for collective action by EU and NATO countries aimed at solidarity expulsions," acting Foreign Minister Jan Hamacek said on April 20, a day after 18 Russian diplomats identified by Czech intelligence as being intelligence operatives left their posts in Prague, while 20 Czech Embassy employees in Moscow were ordered to leave by Moscow.
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The allies “will consult on the situation with the Czech foreign minister later this week,” a NATO official said, adding: “NATO allies stand in solidarity over Russia’s dangerous pattern of destabilizing behavior.”
Meanwhile, the open-source investigation organization Bellingcat said on April 20 that the Russian operation which Czech authorities have linked to the blast in Vrbetice involved at least six operatives from a GRU unit known as 29155.
The investigation, conducted in partnership with The Insider, Der Spiegel, and Respekt.cz, found that the operation was “supervised personally” by the unit’s commander, identified as Colonel General Andrei Averyanov, who “traveled undercover to Central Europe at the exact time of the operation and left back to Moscow mere hours after the explosion.”
Unit 29155 has been linked to a series of attempted assassination plots and other sabotage across Europe, including Skripal's poisoning.
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Britain’s NATO allies responded to the Skripal poisoning by imposing sanctions on Russia and expelling diplomats.'
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