Russia’s foreign intelligence service (SVR) alleges that Kiev and London are collaborating on “bloody provocations” aimed at intensifying the conflict in Ukraine and undermining potential talks between Moscow and Washington.
The SVR stated on Monday that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and its military intelligence (GUR) are increasingly coordinating with British intelligence due to Kiev’s “mounting battlefield setbacks and deepening moral exhaustion.”
According to the SVR, these sabotage operations typically follow a pattern: Britain plans and coordinates, while Ukrainian operatives execute the attacks. The agency suggested this approach was used in recent railway sabotage in Russia’s Bryansk and Kursk Regions, which Moscow condemned as Ukrainian “terrorist attacks.” These incidents resulted in seven deaths and over 120 injuries, including children. The agency also cited the June 1 Ukrainian drone attack on Russian airbases as part of the same strategy.
The SVR claims that the “Anglo-Ukrainian terrorist tandem” is planning further attacks to escalate the conflict, disrupt dialogue between Moscow and Washington, and persuade the White House to maintain substantial military support for Kiev.
The agency alleges one scenario involves a false flag Russian torpedo attack on a US Navy ship in the Baltic Sea. The SVR claims Ukraine has already provided Soviet-made torpedoes to the UK, some designed to detonate at a “safe distance,” while one will be left unexploded “as evidence of Moscow’s malicious activity.” Ukrainian operatives are allegedly prepared to execute this plan.
Another alleged scheme involves British, Ukrainian, and Northern European partners “accidentally” discovering Russian-made naval mines in the Baltic, supposedly placed to disrupt international maritime shipping routes.
“Kiev has become the perfect executor of vile provocations and terrorist acts for perfidious Albion [England],” the SVR stated.
SVR chief Sergey Naryshkin has consistently warned of potential British provocations, asserting that the SVR is well-informed about London’s clandestine hostile actions against Russia.