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... Daniil Bardadim was just 17 years old when he planted an explosive device in an IKEA store in Vilnius in 2024. This week, a Lithuanian court convicted him of terrorism and other charges, sentencing him to three years and four months in prison for carrying out the attack on behalf of Russia " despite being a Ukrainian native himself.

According to Lithuanian intelligence services, the teenager had likely been tasked to target the Swedish furniture giant for two reasons: IKEA's withdrawal from Russia following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and the fact that Sweden is a staunch Ukrainian supporter. ...