{"id":6047,"date":"2026-04-20T18:22:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/6047\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T18:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:22:31","slug":"berlin-summons-russian-envoy-over-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/6047\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin Summons Russian Envoy Over &#8216;Threats&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Berlin summoned the Russian ambassador on Monday over &#8220;direct threats from Russia&#8221; against &#8220;targets in Germany,&#8221; the Foreign Ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>The threats &#8220;are an attempt to undermine our support for Ukraine and test our unity,&#8221; the ministry said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our response is clear: we will not be intimidated. Such threats and all forms of espionage in Germany are completely unacceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ministry did not specify the &#8220;threats&#8221; and would not provide additional details when asked by AFP. The Russian embassy declined to comment to AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s Defense Ministry last week published a list on its official Telegram channel containing 21 companies Moscow considers either subsidiaries of Ukrainian defense companies or suppliers of key components.<\/p>\n<p>At least three German firms were among those listed as supplying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for Ukraine. The post included a vague suggestion that those locations could be targeted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The European public should not only clearly understand the underlying causes of the threats to their safety, but also know the addresses, as well as the location of &#8216;Ukrainian&#8217; and &#8216;joint&#8217; companies producing UAVs and their components for Ukraine in their countries,&#8221; the Russian ministry wrote in last Wednesday&#8217;s post.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tnews<br \/>\n\t\t<a data-id=\"in-article-block\" class=\"related-article__inner\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2026\/04\/20\/czech-foreign-ministry-summons-russian-ambassador-over-russian-military-threats\" title=\"Czech Foreign Ministry Summons Russian Ambassador Over Russian Military Threats\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tCzech Foreign Ministry Summons Russian Ambassador Over Russian Military Threats<br \/>\n\t\t\tRead more<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Monday morning, Russian authorities arrested a German woman found with a homemade bomb in her backpack in what it alleged was a Ukrainian plot to blow up a law enforcement building in the southern city of\u00a0Pyatigorsk.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s FSB security service said the woman, identified only as having been born in 1969, was recruited by a citizen of a Central Asian country who was working for Ukrainian security services.<\/p>\n<p>According to the FSB, the bomb was supposed to detonate remotely, which would have killed the woman. It said law enforcement used electronic jamming to prevent the device from exploding.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Asian man,\u00a0identified only as having been born in 1997, was said to be a &#8220;supporter of a radical ideology.&#8221; The FSB said it arrested the man near the law enforcement building that he and the German woman planned to blow up.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate response to the claims from Ukraine. A German Foreign Ministry spokesman said they were aware of press reports about the arrest but would not comment further out of privacy concerns.<\/p>\n<p>A Message from The Moscow Times:<\/p>\n<p>Dear readers,<\/p>\n<p>We are facing unprecedented challenges. Russia&#8217;s Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office has designated The Moscow Times as an &#8220;undesirable&#8221; organization, criminalizing our work and putting our staff at risk of prosecution. 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