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Russia says it foiled Ukrainian-British plot to steal armed MiG-31 jet
Talking of Ukraine, Russia’s Federal Safety Service (FSB) claimed it had foiled a plot by Ukrainian and British spies to tempt Russian pilots to steal a MiG-31 jet armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile for $3m, state media reported on Tuesday.
Reuters reported that the RIA information company cited the FSB as claiming that the hijacked jet was to be flown towards a Nato airbase within the Romanian metropolis of Constanța, the place it might have been shot down by air defences, the company reported.
State TV confirmed footage of messages and recordings of a person who they mentioned was working for Ukrainian and British intelligence and had supplied $3 million to a Russian pilot to fly a MiG to Europe and that the pilot had additionally been supplied citizenship.
The Guardian and Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the Russian claims.
Morning opening: Marking Armistice Day
Jakub Krupa
Quite a few European international locations – together with Belgium, France and Poland – are celebrating Armistice Day at the moment, which in Poland’s case additionally marks the anniversary of the nation regaining its independence in 1918.
We’ll regulate commemorative occasions, together with the ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris hosted by France’s Emmanuel Macron, and a significant march within the Polish capital of Warsaw. I’ll deliver you the newest from these occasions.
However we will even take a look at the newest on Ukraine, with one other evening of Russian assaults on the nation and Romania reporting a Russian drone incursion in a single day, 5 kilometres from the border with Ukraine. However Romanian president Nicușor Dan insisted it was an accident and performed down the importance of the occasion.
It’s Tuesday, 11 November 2025, it’s Jakub Krupa right here, and that is Europe Dwell.
Good morning.