In this handout video grab released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), bundles of U.S. dollar banknotes which the FSB said was supposed to be payed to a pilot in advance for hijacking a Russian combat aircraft to Ukraine, are on display at the unknown location. The Ukrainian intelligence service has promised to pay up to 2 million dollars to a Russian pilot it tried to recruit for hijacking a military aircraft, according to footage released by FSB on July 25. Earlier in the day, the FSB said that it had thwarted a Ukrainian military intelligence operation supervised by the special services of NATO countries to hijack Russian air force Sukhoi Su-24, Su-34 or Tupolev Tu-22M3 combat aircraft. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.
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- Categories: Crime, Law & Justice
- Event date: 25.07.2022
- Date published: 25.07.2022
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Russian Federal Security Service
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 673x445px, 166.9Kb
- Job-ID: d3db4ba7ef8a2804