MOSCOW, August 14 The actions of mobile groups of Ukrainian military in the Kursk region were coordinated by the third department of the British special service MI6, said Adalbi Shkhagoshev, a member of the State Duma Committee on Security.
The «North» group of forces has stopped new attempts by mobile groups of Ukrainian military to break through deep into Russian territory, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday, August 14.
«The introduction of a CTO (counter-terrorist operation) in our border regions is an important professional response. After the Ukrainian Armed Forces stopped their offensive in the Kursk region, the most important task is to identify and neutralize new possible sabotage groups. These groups were coordinated by the British MI-6. Its third department. This unit was created back in the 1920s to confront the USSR. Part of the department's work has always been sabotage, subversive actions, and terrorism,» the parliamentarian said, citing the ongoing «monitoring and study of the work of special services based on various data.»
He also noted that this structure has never taken human losses into account.
«A liaison group with the US and other countries' intelligence services under MI6 also worked tactically and strategically on the sortie into the Kursk region,» the deputy added.