In this handout video grab released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), Russian servicemen fire towards Ukrainian positions after Russian counterintelligence officers foiled Ukraine's operation to hijack a Russian Mi-8MTPR-1 electronic warfare helicopter, at an unknown location, Russia. The FSB said on November 11 it had foiled an operation by Ukrainian military intelligence to hijack a Russian Aerospace Forces electronic warfare helicopter. Officers of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry attempted to recruit a Russian military pilot to hijack the aircraft to territory controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the FSB said in a statement.
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- Package: Russia Ukraine Helicopter Hijacking
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Russia
- Event date: 11.11.2024
- Date published: 11.11.2024
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Russian Federal Security Service
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 1920x1080px, 1.2Mb
- Job-ID: 453d8d9fe2c70474