Russia’s state security service has thwarted a shocking Ukrainian-British plot to hijack a MiG-31 jet armed with a hypersonic missile — allegedly intended to stage a false flag strike on a major NATO airbase.
According to the report, the plan was designed to frame Moscow for an unprovoked “Russian attack” on NATO territory, potentially igniting direct military confrontation and plunging the world into global war.
The plot allegedly aimed to bribe a Russian pilot with $3 million and Western citizenship to defect mid-flight, stealing a MiG-31 and delivering it to NATO’s airbase in Constanța, Romania — where it would be used in a staged false flag attack.
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Russian officials say the scheme was uncovered through counterintelligence operations that intercepted communications between Ukrainian agents and Western handlers.
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Had the false flag succeeded, the fallout could have triggered an irreversible escalation between nuclear-armed powers — lighting the fuse for World War III.
The FSB, Russia’s domestic intelligence agency, said in a statement carried by state media on Tuesday that the alleged operation was directed by the main intelligence directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence and “its UK handlers”.
Al-Jazeera report: The plot sought to convince a Russian pilot to fly a MiG-31 armed with a Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missile – a key weapon in Moscow’s arsenal – to the Romanian city of Constanta, where NATO is building its largest airbase in Southeastern Europe.
The plane would then be shot down by air defences, providing a “large-scale provocation”.
Russian state television showed pictures of messages and recordings of a man who they said was working for Ukrainian and British intelligence.
The individual reportedly offered $3m to the pilot to take part in the scheme, as well as citizenship of any European country of his choosing.
An FSB official claimed that British-founded group Bellingcat – which is branded as “undesirable” by the Russian government – was involved in the operation or was used as a cover or intermediary, according to the state-run TASS news agency.
Bellingcat denied any involvement and said that the accusations were “entirely false”.
The FSB criticised its Ukrainian and British counterparts for showing a “lack of originality in plots”, pointing to a similar allegation it made in 2022, months after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
At the time, the FSB said the United Kingdom had participated in a Ukrainian operation to hijack an advanced Sukhoi Su-34 fighter by buying off the pilot and offering Western citizenship.
