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Russian Spy Network Deploys Disposable Proxies for UK-Poland Sabotage

5/17/2026

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Former CIA officer Sean Wiswesser says Russian intelligence’s disposable proxies are unprecedented.
Russian proxies conducted sabotage in Britain and Poland, leading to arrests.
After Wagner hired drug dealer Dylan Earl in 2024, men burned Leyton, London warehouse of Ukrainian relief supplies.
Ukrainian men bombed a Polish railway line in November, damaging cables.
22 individuals from Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia sent self-igniting parcels in 2024 that exploded near Birmingham.

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Story summary

Former CIA officer Sean Wiswesser says Russian intelligence’s disposable proxies are unprecedented.
Russian proxies conducted sabotage in Britain and Poland, leading to arrests.
After Wagner hired drug dealer Dylan Earl in 2024, men burned Leyton, London warehouse of Ukrainian relief supplies.
Ukrainian men bombed a Polish railway line in November, damaging cables.
22 individuals from Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia sent self-igniting parcels in 2024 that exploded near Birmingham.