Russia’s top investigative agency is looking into whether the SAS is “organizing sabotage” in Ukraine.
The Investigative Committee – Moscow’s main federal investigative body – said it would monitor the report from Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency.
RIA quoted a Russian security source as saying that about 20 members of the SAS were deployed in the western region of Lviv, close to the border with Poland.
The Investigative Committee said it would look into whether – according to the report – the SAS was sent “to assist Ukrainian special services in organizing sabotage on Ukrainian territory”.
The possible presence of British special forces – from a NATO country – is crucial, as Moscow has warned the West not to thwart what it calls “special military operations”. ” in Ukraine.
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In the bunker below the holding cell
Other major developments:
• President Zelenskyy said he will meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Kyiv tomorrow
• Boris Johnson talks to Mr Zelenskyy about the ‘new phase’ of military aid including heavy weapons
• British intelligence believes that Russia has not made any big profits in the last 24 hours
• Attempts to evacuate civilians from Mariupol failed
• Satellite images seem to reveal mass graves outside Mariupol
Ukrainian soldiers near Izyum in the Donetsk region
A week before the Russian invasion began, the British government said it had withdrawn all of its troops from Ukraine, except those needed to protect its ambassador.
UK personnel trained local troops in the use of anti-tank weapons.
The Kyiv Embassy is temporarily closed Will reopen next weekPrime Minister Boris Johnson announced.
Information on the SAS – Special Aviation service – is generally highly classified. Its operations include direct action and covert reconnaissance.
“We do not comment on special forces,” a Defense Department spokesman said.
A defense source said: “We do not comment on stories around special forces, especially those that are being covered by Russian news agencies, because inaccurate speculations have could put people’s lives at risk, which is why we neither confirm nor deny the reports.”
President Zelenskyy answers questions from journalists live in Kyiv
Zelenskyy is not afraid to meet Putin
During a press conference in Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he “has no right to be afraid” when he meets the Russian president “because our people have shown that they are not afraid”.
He spoke in a subway station and had to stop at one stop to let a train pass.
He told reporters.
He wants to end the conflict and any “strong person would choose the diplomatic route” over the military path.
Zelenskyy does not fear for his life but his family cares, he added.
He said that foreign countries will finance different regions of Ukraine as part of the reconstruction plan after the war.
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Multiple air raids reported in Odesa
Odesa . missile attack
At least five people have been killed, including a three-month-old baby, following a missile attack in the southwestern port city of Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said.
They said 18 more people were injured.
The missile is said to have hit a military facility and two residential buildings in the city.
Officials said Russian forces fired at least six cruise missiles, but most were shot down by Ukrainian forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry said it used a high-precision missile to destroy a logistics terminal where there are
Weapons supplied by the United States and European countries are being stored.
