Architect of Wagner Group arson attack to pay victims more than £160,000 Dylan Earl was jailed for 17 years for his leading role in the attack on premises in east London. Evening Standard · Oct 2
Police investigate whether London arson attacks were planned for weeks Criminals paid on behalf of Iran are believed to be behind attacks against Jewish targets, say detectives The Guardian - UK · Apr 20
Counter-terror police investigate London arson attacks on Iranian and Jewish targets Officers looking into attacks on Iran International media offices, synagogue and Jewish charity ambulances The Guardian - UK · Apr 16
Putin's Russia already waging conflict on streets of London, says military expert The warning came from Leyton and Wanstead MP Calvin Bailey who served for over 24-years in the Royal Air Force Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2025
Moment Wagner Group arsonist arrested in B&Q car park after planned campaign of terrorism for Russian state This is the moment a Wagner Group arsonist is arrested in a B&Q car park. The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025
Six Britons acting for Wagner group jailed for arson attack on UK warehouse Judge says men imprisoned over fire at site storing Ukraine aid planned terrorist campaign in interests of Russia The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025
UK judge sentences 5 men for roles in Russia-linked arson attack in London A British judge has sentenced five men for their roles in an arson attack in London that authorities say was masterminded by Russian intelligence as part of a wider campaign of sabotage and disruption The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025
Arsonists jailed for 'terror' attack on east London warehouse on behalf of Putin's Russia Dylan Earl orchestrated the arson attack after getting instructions from agents of Putin’s Russia Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025
Wagner Group stooges jailed for Russian state ‘sabotage campaign’ on UK warehouse The warehouse was targeted by the terrorist Wagner Group because it was being used to supply humanitarian aid and StarLink satellite equipment to Ukraine The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025
Wagner Group stooges jailed for warehouse arson in planned ‘sabotage campaign’ The warehouse was targeted because it was being used to supply humanitarian aid and StarLink satellite equipment to Ukraine. Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025
Warehouse terror attack organiser was ‘easy meat’ for Wagner Group, court told Dylan Earl, from Elmesthorpe, Leicestershire, was working under the instruction of the proscribed Wagner Group, the Old Bailey was told. Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025
UK court convicts 3 men of arson in attack linked to Russia’s Wagner Group Attack on equipment for Ukraine was planned by Wagner mercenaries on behalf of Russian intelligence, prosecutors said. Al Jazeera · Jul 9, 2025
European intelligence officials warn that a Russian sabotage campaign is escalating European intelligence officials say they’re worried the risk of serious injury or even death is rising in a campaign of sabotage blamed on Russia as untrained saboteurs set fires, plant explosives or build bombs The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2025
Revealed: How Moscow’s Wagner Group recruited young British men online to plot London arson attack Intelligence historian Trevor Barnes reveals Moscow’s sabotage playbook in the UK disclosed by the Wagner Group arson trial Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025 Men acting for Wagner Group convicted of arson on Ukraine-linked London warehouse Arsonists acting for Russian group found guilty after 2024 fire targeting building used to supply humanitarian aid
Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025 Wagner Group arsonists guilty of London fire attack on warehouse linked to Ukraine war Dylan Earl and Paul Reeves orchestrated the east London arson attack for private militia funded by Russian state
Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025 ‘Common’ for hostile states to use criminals to carry out offences on UK soil Countries including Russia have paid proxies in the UK to carry out attacks.
Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025 Arsonists guilty of attack on Ukraine-linked warehouse for Wagner Group The attack on the property in Leyton, east London, caused about £1 million worth of damage, the Old Bailey has heard.
Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2025 Majority direction for jury in Wagner Group arson trial Around £1 million of damage was caused in an arson attack on an industrial unit in Leyton, east London, last March 20, the Old Bailey has heard.
Evening Standard · Jul 1, 2025 Jury out in Wagner Group arson trial Around £1 million of damage was caused in an arson attack on an industrial unit in Leyton, east London.
Evening Standard · Jun 16, 2025 Wagner Group arson accused ‘scared’ by news of ‘Russian terrorism’, court told Ugnius Asmena, 20. admitted being at the scene of the fire last March.
Evening Standard · Jun 5, 2025 Wagner Group UK proxy instructed to use Cold War drama as a ‘manual’ Dylan Earl has admitted orchestrating an arson attack on a warehouse and plotting to burn down businesses and kidnap their Russian dissident owner.
Evening Standard · Jun 5, 2025 Wagner spies 'plotted to blow up Mayfair restaurant and kidnap its owner' The men were filmed setting fire to an east London warehouse, the Old Bailey heard
The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025 Arsonists streamed attack on London StarLink warehouse for Wagner Group, court told Jakeem Rose, 23, Ugnius Asmena, 20, Nii Mensah, 23 and Paul English, 61, were allegedly recruited to set fire to the warehouse
The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025 Arsonists streamed Ukraine-linked warehouse attack for Wagner Group, court told Around £1 million of damage was caused by the blaze at an industrial unit in Leyton, east London, last March 20, the Old Bailey was told.