The quote is regarding operations taking place in Europe, not Ukraine. This kind of thing has been happening for a long time actually. Russia blew up Czech amm

The quote is regarding operations taking place in Europe, not Ukraine. This kind of thing has been happening for a long time actually. Russia blew up Czech ammunition depots in 2014 (killing two Czechs), tried to poison Bulgarian execs with nerve agents in 2015, etc. But it's getting much bolder and much harder to ignore, as much as Western politicians would like to ignore it.