Inside Russia's FSB Network in Ukraine
The speaker reports that the Russian FSB has established extensive agent networks within Ukraine, with operatives allegedly requesting authorization from Moscow to conduct covert operations including assassinations and sabotage.
Summary
According to the speaker, who claims to have received information over many months, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has developed significant intelligence networks operating inside Ukraine. These agent networks apparently contain operatives who have been sending requests to Moscow leadership. The requests indicate that these agents believe they have the capability to conduct various covert actions within Ukrainian territory, including assassination and sabotage operations. The agents are specifically asking for permission or authorization from Moscow headquarters to execute these proposed covert actions.
Key Insights
- The FSB has established very extensive agent networks operating within Ukrainian territory
- Agents within these networks have been sending requests to Moscow over many months
- FSB operatives claim capability to conduct covert actions including assassination and sabotage inside Ukraine
- These agents are specifically requesting permission from Moscow to execute the proposed covert operations
- The speaker's information comes from regular communications received over very many months regarding FSB activities
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Transcript
[0:00] Now there is something else to say which is comes from information that I received I've regularly received over very many months. This is that the Russian counter intelligence agency the FSB has now established very extensive agent networks in Ukraine itself. And these networks, some of the people in these networks [0:30] have apparently been sending requests to Moscow. They've been saying that they've been able to do all sorts of, shall we say, covert actions inside Ukraine, assassination, sabotage, things of that kind. and they've been asking for permission to do them.
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