Failed abduction of Russian aircraft: Chervinsky told who gave permission to surgery

In July 2022, there was a written consent for the operation of a hostile aircraft in July 2022. However, it was destroyed by disbanding the part, told former reconnaissance Roman Chervinsky. Former Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny gave permission to surgery for the abduction of a Russian aircraft in July 2022. Former scout Roman Chervinsky reported this in an interview with "Ukrainian Truth".

He noted that the SBU addressed the intelligence, which gathered a certain amount of information. However, the SBU could not evaluate the aircraft itself, create a corridor in the airspace, ensure flight safety and support, landing. "Therefore, they turned to us for contact with military-air forces. I reported to my leadership. The management reported Zaluzhny. Zaluzhny gave a sanction. The first sanction was oral to find out the possibility of conducting such an operation," Roman Chervinsky said.

According to him, after that, he, along with his commander, went to the commander of the Air Force in order to report the plan of the SBU. "He listened, said that we were contacting the head of one of the territorial centers, so we went to the lower -level commander. He allocated to us an employee who spoke with the Russian pilot about technical issues of flight, checked whether he was talking on the right slang and confirmed What is a pilot, ”Chervinsky explained.

At this stage, intelligence reinstated the then Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny that the Air Force confirmed the pilot, and that he will not be able to in any way penetrate into the Ukrainian territory, since it may be knocked down in the air corridor in case. "Zaluzhny gave a sanction that he agrees with the operation," he said. In particular, there was a written consent, including him.

However, due to the fact that part was disbanded in August 2022, there was no archive for secret documents, so the consent was destroyed. "When Zaluzhny signed this sanction, he wrote a letter to the SBU in parallel, in which he asked for joint action to send their employee to enter the group and perform his part of the work. This document remained in the case. She showed that he did not exist that the employee was not seconded and so on.

We will remind, in April 2023 it became known that the SBU was investigating a criminal case due to an unsuccessful attempt of Ukrainian fighters to steal an enemy aircraft. In particular, from April to Lipets 2022, SBU and PS representatives tried to recruit the Russian pilot and persuade him to overtake the plane to Ukraine.