The Russian Foreign Ministry denied the allegations, saying the British announcement was evidence that NATO countries are escalating tensions around Ukraine.
The U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office gave relatively little information about the intelligence unveiled on Saturday other than to say that the Russian government was considering trying to make a Kremlin-friendly former member of Ukraine’s parliament, Yevhen Murayev, the country’s new leader.
British authorities also said they had information showing how Russia’s intelligence services maintain links with numerous former Ukrainian politicians. Some of those former Ukrainian politicians are in contact with Russian intelligence officers planning the attack on Ukraine, the British government said.
Yanukovych fled Ukraine for Russia in 2014 after a pro-Western uprising on Kyiv’s central square, known as the Maidan, ousted his government. “I have a hard time digesting stupidity and nonsense: Maybe someone wants to shut down yet another independent TV channel,” he said in a series of text messages, according to the Telegraph.
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