A DHL plane in a hangar at Leipzig/Halle Airport in July 2024. Hendrik Schmidt/picture alliance/Getty Images/File Vilnius Reuters —

Detonations of parcels carried by DHL and DPD in Europe in 2024 were organized and supervised by Russian citizens with ties to Russian military intelligence, Lithuania’s general prosecution service and criminal police said on Wednesday.

Security officials in Lithuania said last year the four parcels were part of a test run for a Russian plot to trigger explosions on cargo flights to the United States.

A joint statement by the two Lithuanian services said the parcels had contained explosive devices that were set off by electronic timers hidden in vibrating massage pillows.

It identified Ukrainian citizen Daniil Gromov, whose Russian documents

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