The Federal Security Service (FSB) has disrupted a Ukrainian intelligence operation overseen by NATO intelligence agencies to hijack Russian combat aircraft.
The ministry said in a statement that the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation has uncovered and thwarted an operation of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry supervised by NATO special services to hijack Russian combat aircraft.
“Employees of the Ukrainian military intelligence, acting on behalf of their country’s political leadership, tried to recruit Russian military pilots for money and guarantees of citizenship in one of the European Union countries. To persuade them to fly and land aircraft at airfields controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” the statement said.
The officers of the Ukrainian special services involved in this operation and their accomplices have been identified, the FSB stressed.
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