Secretary of the Russian Security Council: Russia opposes 56 countries trying to commit sabotage at its facilities

Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergei Shoigu
Photo: Izvestia

Russia is currently resisting the actions of 56 countries that are trying to commit sabotage and terrorist attacks on critical facilities. This was announced on March 17 by the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Sergei Shoigu, at a visiting meeting in the Ural Federal District.

"In fact, there is a huge system of 56 countries operating against our country, all the experience gained by the special services of these countries in committing sabotage and terrorist acts against critical infrastructure facilities," said the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Izvestia quotes.

According to Shoigu, Western intelligence agencies have developed many methods for attacking strategically important facilities in Russia. At the same time, he stressed that the country is confidently coping with all threats.

The biggest Ukrainian attempted attack on the Russian capital in at ⁠least a year – downed 250 drones over the weekend

A senior Russian security official warned on Tuesday that the pace and development of Ukrainian drone production meant that no Russian region was safe from attack, Reuters writes.

Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia's powerful Security Council and a former Russian defence minister, told a meeting of officials in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg that the number of Ukrainian sabotage attacks against Russia had increased by 40% in 2025 to ⁠1,830 incidents.

"...the pace of development of weapons systems, primarily unmanned drone systems, and the sophistication of the methods used to deploy them are such that no region of Russia can feel safe," Shoigu was quoted by the TASS state news agency as saying.

The mayor of Moscow said on Monday that air defence systems had foiled the biggest attempted attack on the Russian capital in at ⁠least a year, downing 250 Ukrainian drones over the weekend. The Russian Defence Ministry reported on Tuesday that 421 Ukrainian drones had been shot down in the last 24 hours.

Ukraine has struck deep inside Russia with sabotage groups ​and drones, killing Russian generals and attacking oil refineries ⁠and oil pipelines.

In separate comments at the same meeting on Tuesday, Shoigu said a network of intelligence agencies from ⁠56 countries was operating against Russia to facilitate what he called "sabotage and terrorist" attacks. He did not name the intelligence agencies.

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