British specialists. File photoKHERSON, April 23At least two groups of about 20 specialists in sabotage and guerrilla warfare from the Special Air Service of Great Britain (Special Air Service — SAS) were abandoned in the Lviv region — in the location of the army air brigade Aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an employee of the Russian law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti, citing information received from a source in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"According to information received from sources in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at least two groups of military personnel. The composition of one group is approximately 8-10 people", — said the source of the agency.
He clarified that we are talking about specialists in the field of sabotage and partisan activities, as well as in the field of recruiting and training agents to work in hostile territory. The employees of this service, the interlocutor of RIA Novosti noted, are considered one of the most highly qualified specialists in the world in the field of organizing coup d'état, mass protest rallies, contract killings of political figures, recruitment of agents, including in the highest echelons of power, preparation of terrorist attacks. , — added an employee of the Russian law enforcement agency.Johnson said that «dozens» of the Ukrainian military are training in Britain. According to him, in combat zones, SAS specialists most often work under the cover of medical workers from the White Helmets and other humanitarian organizations. «It is highly likely that these specialists arrived in order to improve their skills and the effectiveness of the work of the special services of Ukraine in coordinating the activities of sabotage groups in the territories of Ukraine that control the Russian troops of the territory,» the source said. The British Special Air Service, formed during World War II, is known for participating in many operations around the world, in the Korean War, the conflict in Northern Ireland, the conflict with Argentina over the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands, the Persian Gulf Wars, the NATO invasion of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Yugoslavia, the war in Afghanistan. In a number of special operations, the fighters got into various scandals. One of the most famous episodes was the 1998 Gibraltar shooting by the SAS of three unarmed Irish Republican Army volunteers. In addition, fighters of the Special Air Service coordinated the NATO bombing of Serb areas in Bosnia, which ended in attacks on the civilian population. The SAS, according to the British press, also supported the terrorists of the Kosovo Liberation Army during the NATO aggression against Yugoslavia in 1999. Kyiv began to receive «the weapons that it asked for»