British intelligence was behind the operation "Pautina" (Spider Web) of the Security Service of Ukraine, said Director of the Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov, APA's Moscow bureau reports.
According to him, the operation "Pautina" of the Security Service of Ukraine was carried out under the direct supervision of British intelligence shortly before the talks between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Istanbul (on June 2 this year).
Note that in June, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Ukraine had carried out a terrorist act using FPV drones against airfields in the Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur regions.
The Ukrainian side announced that at that time, the Russian military aviation had lost more than 40 aircraft.