Aside from Papperger, there were plans to attack other defense leaders, says James Appathurai, deputy secretary general of NATO's department for innovation, hybrid and cyber issues, to reporters in Brussels according to Dagbladet.
The Russian sabotage campaign included plans to derail trains, arson, attack politicians' property and threats to kill industry leaders in Europe, Appathurai said according to the newspaper.
The information was first made public to the general public in the summer of 2024, when through Western intelligence sources such as CNN spoke.
Rheinmetall produces, among other things, artillery shells and the Leopard 2 tank, which is delivered to, among other things, Ukraine.
The plot was revealed by the US intelligence agency, which informed Berlin and managed to avert the threat.
