Oh… I didn’t even realize this was the same as that DHL bombing plot from whenever ago. Is this maybe just a bad source? They dated it recently, but I can’t read the FT article about it so I can’t even see the date.
But yes. It’s weird that killing Ukrainians by the train car load is fine but blowing up European air travel would all of a sudden be a big deal (although I do agree with you that it would be). Zelensky and others are saying that Putin wants to fight Europe, and presumably they would know, but that seems so clearly suicidal that it does seem like they would back off from it. But like you say, who knows with the level of disconnect in their decision making.
Based on this part, it looks very strongly like the same incident:
The key element of the scheme was the explosions at DHL logistics centers in Poland, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The parcels with magnesium fuses were sent from Lithuania.
European services found out that this was only the first stage. The next step was to blow up airplanes on routes to the United States, which would have caused mass casualties and global shock.
I’d say that if this was about a separate incident, the reporter would use some phrase such as “again” in the phrasing.
Oh… I didn’t even realize this was the same as that DHL bombing plot from whenever ago. Is this maybe just a bad source? They dated it recently, but I can’t read the FT article about it so I can’t even see the date.
But yes. It’s weird that killing Ukrainians by the train car load is fine but blowing up European air travel would all of a sudden be a big deal (although I do agree with you that it would be). Zelensky and others are saying that Putin wants to fight Europe, and presumably they would know, but that seems so clearly suicidal that it does seem like they would back off from it. But like you say, who knows with the level of disconnect in their decision making.
Based on this part, it looks very strongly like the same incident:
I’d say that if this was about a separate incident, the reporter would use some phrase such as “again” in the phrasing.