Russia's FSB claims it foiled a Ukraine and UK intelligence plot to hijack a MiG-31 with Kinzhal missile and fly it to Romania, aiming to provoke NATO....
... center and the Starokostiantynov airfield in response to a provocation by Kiev, whose intelligence services planned to hijack a MiG-31 fighter jet, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said.
InitialContact via FakeJournalist and Bellingcat Claim
According to the FSB, a man posing as a journalist from Bellingcat first contacted the MiG-31 commander, later sending a press card and proposing paid consultations on military matters.
According to the FSBPublic RelationsCenter, the attack was launched in retaliation for an attempted hijacking of a Russian MiG-31 interceptor armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile by ...
Russia’s security services say they have successfully prevented a Ukrainian-British intelligence plot to hijack a Russian MiG-31 interceptor armed with a hypersonic missile ... The MiG-31 is one of Russia’s most advanced aircraft ... Ex-MI5 chief ... ....