A group of six people, including Cuban citizens, has been accused of terrorism in Lithuania for an alleged failed attack against a company related to military aid to Ukraine, and during the year 2024.
This was reported this Friday by the Baltic country’s prosecutor’s office, which detailed how the group is also made up of Spaniards and Colombians, according to a report of EFE.
The Lithuanian authorities had announced the arrest of two Spanish citizens, who, according to the statement published this Friday, acted in collusion with the other suspects following instructions from Russian military intelligence.
The six people, all in preventive detention, face sentences of up to 15 years in prison for attempting to burn down the facilities of a company in the Lithuanian city of Siauliai, where radio technical equipment destined for the Ukrainian armed forces was stored.
However, according to the reconstruction of the events presented this Friday by the prosecution, the group failed twice in its mission and failed to damage the material.
Attempt 1
A first attempt allegedly occurred on September 17, 2024, when a Spanish citizen and a citizen with dual Spanish and Colombian nationality went to the facilities of the TVC Solutions company with incendiary material but abandoned their plan after being surprised by some passers-by.
The two men fled to Riga, the capital of neighboring Latvia, where they were detained by police and extradited to Lithuania, according to the report.
Attempt 2
The second attempt, applies EFEallegedly took place on September 22, 2024. On that occasion, a Russian and a Belarusian residing in Spain traveled to Siauliai, according to the prosecution.
The two left convinced that they had been successful, although it was later determined that the facilities had not been damaged because the incendiary liquid was insufficient to ignite the equipment stored by the Lithuanian company.
A day later, according to the prosecution, on September 23, a Cuban citizen residing in Russia arrived at the scene to assess the damage caused by the attack, but she was detained by the Lithuanian authorities.
Investigators also managed to identify a Colombian resident in Spain who allegedly acted as an intermediary and played a financial role in the group and who was detained and transferred to Lithuania in May 2025.
Now, the Siauliai Regional Court must decide whether to admit the accusation and open proceedings against the accused.
A network run by the Russian secret service
Finally, the prosecutor’s office concluded, there are four other suspects, one of whom has already been arrested in Colombia and is in the extradition process.
At least a thousand Cubans have fought in the Russian Army, according to Ukraine
The other three are being sought and captured; These are two Cuban men, one of them also with Russian nationality, both born in 1991, and a woman with dual Cuban and Spanish nationality, born in 1965.
The assessment of the security forces of Lithuania and those of other European countries is that this same group may have possibly committed similar acts of sabotage in the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania.
It is believed that the actions were all coordinated by the Colombian and the Cuban residing in Russia, related to the Russian secret services.
According to the statement, cited by the Spanish agency, the objective was “to intimidate society, disrupt and hinder support for Ukraine in its defense against the Russian invasion and encourage fear and distrust within Western societies.”
