Russia thwarts NATO-backed attempt by Ukraine to hijack strategic bomber
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Monday it had foiled a NATO-backed attempt by Ukraine to hijack a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber, News.Az reports.
“The Russian Federal Security Service has foiled another attempt by Ukrainian intelligence agencies to conduct an operation to hijack a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces,” the FSB said in a statement.It claimed an unidentified “special service of a NATO country” was involved in “preparing and implementing” the operation.
According to the FSB, an unidentified Russian pilot was promised money and “Italian citizenship” for flying and landing the Tu-22M3 in Ukraine.
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