London\u2019s intelligence operatives are directing Kiev\u2019s sabotage missions in Russia, Aleksandr Bortnikov has claimed<\/p>\n
British intelligence services are directly involved in orchestrating Ukrainian attacks on internationally-owned energy sites in Russia and are plotting further operations against a key regional pipeline, Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Aleksandr Bortnikov has claimed.
\nSpeaking on Thursday at a meeting of security chiefs in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Bortnikov claimed that personnel from the UK\u2019s Special Air Service (SAS) and MI6 spy agency helped plan Ukrainian drone strikes on assets of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) earlier this year. The consortium, which includes major US companies such as Chevron and ExxonMobil, exports Kazakh oil through Russia.
\nAccording to Bortnikov, British and Ukrainian operatives are also planning acts of sabotage against the TurkStream gas pipeline, which was launched in 2020 to supply Russian natural gas to consumers in T\u00fcrkiye and several southern European nations.
\nHe also alleged that British commandos and intelligence officers have been involved in planning Ukrainian cross-border raids and drone strikes inside Russia. The FSB chief claimed that Operation Spiderweb, in which drones were deployed from disguised compartments in trucks to strike Russian airfields this summer, was devised under British direction.<\/p>\n
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Bortnikov also accused the UK of authorizing Ukrainian targeted assassinations inside Russia.
\nThe statements were part of a speech in which the Russian official described London\u2019s leading role in shaping the West\u2019s anti-Russia policies in an effort to maintain global influence amid declining power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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