The Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation announced the prevention of an attempt to hijack a MiG-31 fighter, which, according to Russian intelligence services, Ukrainian intelligence tried to carry out as a provocation against the largest NATO air base. This was reported by Russian media with reference to the Public Relations Center (PSC) of the FSB of Russia.
“The Federal Security Service uncovered and stopped the operation of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and its British curators to hijack abroad a supersonic high-altitude fighter MiG-31 of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which is a carrier of the hypersonic aviation missile “Dagger,” the report says.
The FSB claims that that the plane was subsequently planned to be sent to a NATO base in Romania (the city of Constanta), where it would have been shot down by air defense systems.
The department noted that foreign intelligence made an attempt to “recruit” Russian pilots and involve them in the operation for $3 million.
It is noted that in the event of a successful hijacking of a MiG-31 fighter with a Kinzhal missile, the Russian pilot, in addition to money, was promised citizenship of one of the countries West.
In addition, the FSB of the Russian Federation announced a “retaliation strike” against the electronic intelligence center of Ukraine.
“As a response to the provocation from November 9 to 10 of this year, a Russian Aerospace Forces strike using Kinzhal hypersonic missiles hit the main electronic intelligence center of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense in the city of Brovary, Kyiv region, and an airfield Starokonstantinov in the Khmelnitsky region, where the notorious F-16s are stationed,” the message says.