British spies believe Russian-backed agents and sab oteurs are plotting to
launch an insurgency across Ukraine after an all-out invasion.
The latest allegations were presented to the media by several British
officials anonymously.
The Guardian reported on Sunday (13/2/2022) that British intelligence
claimed Moscow had a two-step plan to effect regime change across Ukraine.
"First, the armed forces will raid and attack military targets, then
surround the capital Kiev and possibly other major cities, before sending
FSB agents, KGB successor agents, to take up the pro-Russian leadership,"
the Guardian report said.
According to the report, Britain believed such a plan would be in place to
avoid a "bloody and high-stakes urban war" after the invasion. However,
there is no evidence to support the allegations given.
Western leaders have warned for months that Russia could be planning an
invasion of Ukraine, although Moscow has repeatedly denied the accusations.
Meanwhile, the intelligence services of the United States (US) and Britain
have leaked a series of reports alleging various plans of aggressive action
in Ukraine from the Russian side.
Earlier this month, the US claimed Moscow was planning a "fake attack by
Ukrainian military or intelligence forces" against "Russian sovereign
territory" or "Russian-speaking people," as a pretext for invasion.
West says this will involve filming "highly graphic propaganda videos, which
will include corpses and actors who will depict mourners and images of
destroyed locations."
No evidence has been presented to suggest Russia had any such plans, and the
Moscow embassy in Washington compared the allegations to former secretary of
state Colin Powell's 2003 false claim that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
possessed biological weapons, which was part of the justification for the US
invasion late last year. that.
Likewise, in December, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu claimed
private American military companies were preparing a false flag attack using
chemical weapons in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine.
However, he did not provide further details or evidence to support the
claim.
Politico reported this month that several US intelligence and national
security officials have expressed doubts over President Joe Biden's strategy
of releasing regular intelligence reports to the public, fearing the
declassification could damage Washington's credibility if it turns out to be
wrong.
US State Department spokesman Ned Price also faced rebuke from reporters
when he took to the podium to state claims that a propaganda video was being
made, with a reporter from the Associated Press also likening it to an
earlier intelligence malfunction that there were "weapons of mass
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