Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has claimed that the UK’s Special Naval Service is operating in Ukraine and helping Ukrainian forces carry out attempted operations against Russian troops.
The FSB said it had foiled a plan by British special forces to land saboteur Ukrainian soldiers on Tendrov Split, a sandbar on the Black Sea.
He said he captured a senior Ukrainian naval special forces soldier and that the Ukrainian special forces unit was “surveilled by a Special Boat Service (SBS) unit indicating Britain’s direct involvement in the conflict”.
The SBS is a British naval special forces regiment that traces its history to the early days of World War II.
It has served in some of the biggest conflicts of the past 70 years, including the Korean War, Northern Ireland, the Falklands War, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq.
A spokesman for Britain’s defense ministry did not immediately respond.
For context: NATO members, including Great Britain, have said they have no plans to send ground troops to Ukraine.
This could bring them into direct contact with Russian forces, which the military alliance has been clear to avoid, writes Skynews.
