{"id":10354,"date":"2025-11-11T14:24:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/russia-says-it-foiled-ukrainian-british-plot-to-steal-a-mig-31-jet-state-media-reports\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T14:24:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:24:42","slug":"russia-says-it-foiled-ukrainian-british-plot-to-steal-a-mig-31-jet-state-media-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/russia-says-it-foiled-ukrainian-british-plot-to-steal-a-mig-31-jet-state-media-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia says it foiled Ukrainian-British plot to steal a MiG-31 jet, state media reports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MOSCOW — Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had foiled a plot by Ukrainian and British spies to tempt Russian pilots to steal a MiG-31 jet armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile for US$3 million (S$3.9 million), state media reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The RIA news agency cited the FSB as saying that the hijacked jet was to be flown toward a Nato air base in the Romanian city of Constanta, where it could have been shot down by air defences, the agency reported.<\/p>\n

The FSB, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, said Ukraine and UK had planned a large-scale “provocation” using the hijacked aircraft, and that Ukrainian military intelligence had sought to recruit Russian pilots for US$3 million to steal the fighter.<\/p>\n

“The measures taken have thwarted the Ukrainian and British intelligence services’ plans for a large-scale provocation,” RIA cited the FSB as saying.<\/p>\n

State TV showed pictures of messages and recordings of a man who they said was working for Ukrainian and British intelligence and had offered US$3 million to a Russian pilot to fly a MiG to Europe and that the pilot had also been offered citizenship.<\/p>\n

Reuters could not independently verify the account.<\/p>\n

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Russia’s Kinzhal is an air-launched ballistic missile that Moscow calls hypersonic, capable of very high speeds and manoeuvring flight paths intended to make it difficult for air defences to track and intercept.<\/p>\n

Russia has long cast UK as its main enemy. Moscow accuses London of stoking the Ukraine war and British intelligence of helping Ukraine to mount a series of operations deep inside Russia.<\/p>\n

UK casts the Russian invasion of Ukraine as an imperial-style landgrab by Moscow. London has repeatedly warned that Russian intelligence is trying to sow mayhem across UK and Europe to undermine democracy.<\/p>\n

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MOSCOW — Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had foiled a plot by Ukrainian and British spies to tempt Russian pilots to steal a MiG-31 jet armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile for US$3 million (S$3.9 million), state media reported on Tuesday. The RIA news agency cited the FSB as saying that the hijacked…<\/p>\n

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