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(NEWSWEEK) -- Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said that it thwarted an attempt by Ukrainian intelligence to recruit a Russian pilot to hijack a Tu-22M3 supersonic strategic bomber jet.
In a statement on Monday, the FSB said Ukraine's special services promised the Russian pilot Italian citizenship and money as part of a deal that would see him "fly and land a missile carrier in Ukraine."
The FSB of the russian Federation said that they prevented the recruitment of a russian pilot and the hijacking of a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber
Apparently, Ukraine and NATO special services wanted to recruit a russian pilot for $2 million and Italian citizenship.
For this, he… pic.twitter.com/VP8k5dlhdN
— Jürgen Nauditt (@jurgen_nauditt) July 8, 2024
Russia's Tu-22M3 jet, which has the NATO code name Backfire, is described by its designer Tupolev as a long-range supersonic missile carrier bomber that uses aerial bombs and guided missiles to destroy sea- and ground-based targets.
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