Peskov called the assassination attempt on British diplomats a provocation by Kyiv
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- Dmitry Peskov commented on the FSB’s detention of an SBU agent who was preparing an assassination attempt on British diplomats in Moscow.
- According to the press secretary, Kyiv's goal was to accuse Russia of a crime and provoke direct British participation in the conflict.
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Why It Matters
The FSB detained a Russian citizen who worked as a security guard at the British Embassy on suspicion of treason.
Dmitry Peskov called Kyiv’s attempt to prepare an assassination attempt on British diplomats in Russia a provocation.
According to Peskov, the Kiev regime wanted to use the collected data to commit sabotage and terrorist attacks against the British Ambassador and other diplomats in order to blame Russia for this and drag Britain into a direct armed conflict with the Russian Federation.
MOSCOW, September 10 - RIA Novosti. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov called Kyiv’s attempt to prepare an assassination attempt on British diplomats in Russia another provocation.
“As for attempts to organize, in fact, organize all kinds of provocations, this is obviously what the Kiev regime is doing. Here is today’s message from our special services about the detention of a person who was preparing an assassination attempt on British diplomats in Moscow, and so on, and so on,” Peskov told reporters.
The FSB detained for treason an agent of the Security Service of Ukraine - a citizen of the Russian Federation, an employee of the organization that guards the British Embassy in Moscow. He collected information about the embassy’s employees and security system on instructions from Ukrainian blogger Dmitry Karpenko, who goes by the pseudonym “Apostle Dmitry.”
Open Questions
- What is the evidence of the detainee’s connection with the Ukrainian special services?
- What is the reaction of the British side to these statements?
