Russia accused of faking terror plot to make them more likeable to Donald Trump
Ukrainian politicians have claimed the Kremlin faked a terror plot in Crimea to discredit their country in the eyes of US President-elect Donald Trump.
Russia’s spy agency, the FSB, said it caught three members of an alleged “sabotage and terrorism group” with explosives and weapons in the naval base city of Sevastopol on Wednesday, and claimed the trio were controlled by Ukrainian military intelligence.
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry quickly denied the allegation, suggesting instead that Vladimir Putin knew American special services would be feeding information to Mr Trump ahead of him assuming office in January, and wanted to make sure he was on Russia's side.
The FSB allege the three Ukrainian citizens were “plotting acts of sabotage against military sites and crucial i...