2024-07-08 12:35:56
MOSCA. Russia’s security services (FSB) said on Tuesday that they had foiled an attempt by Ukraine to recruit a Russian pilot and steal a strategic bomber from Kremlin forces. According to the FSB, “special services of NATO countries” were involved in the “preparation and implementation” of this plan to steal “a TU-22M3 strategic bomber,” an aircraft capable of carrying out nuclear and conventional strikes over long distances.
“Ukrainian intelligence intended to recruit a Russian military pilot, in exchange for a financial reward and Italian citizenship, to induce him to transfer and land the strategic bomber in Ukraine,” the FSB said in a statement. The Tass news agency, citing a video of the Russian pilot in question, reported that a Kiev intelligence officer had offered the pilot $3 million, of which $1 million would be paid by the Ukrainian state defense conglomerate Ukroboronprom.
2024-07-08 12:35:56