On Monday the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has said they’ve foiled a plan by “special service of a NATO country” to hijack a “nuclear bomber.”
The FSB claims they have stopped an attempt to hijack a “Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber” which carries missiles.
In the process the FSB has claimed they have uncovered intelligence which will now help Russia to target Ukraine.
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The Russian intelligence agency said, “The FSB has stopped another Ukrainian special services attempt to carry out an operation to hijack the Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber.”
The intelligence agency said that an “special service of a NATO country” helped with “preparing and implementing” the covert operation.
State news showed a Russian pilot of the long-range bomber standing in front of the Tu-22M3 claiming that he was targeted by a Ukrainian recruiter.
The Russian pilot claimed, “A stranger wrote to me on Telegram. Without morals or ethics, he started threatening my close relatives [and] demanded that I burn down aircraft.
“I told my commanders everything. My interlocutor didn’t even hide that he was from the Ukrainian special services.”
The pilot added, “He suggested I hijack a warplane to Ukrainian territory, but not just a plane, but a long-range bomber that can carry nuclear weapons.”
