Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has received information about planned sabotage operations against the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, organized jointly by British and Ukrainian intelligence agencies, FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov announced at a departmental board meeting.

"We have information that the British, together with Ukrainian intelligence services, are preparing sabotage against the Turkish Stream gas pipeline." "Bortnikov stated, emphasizing that such actions are aimed at undermining the energy infrastructure.

Furthermore, according to the head of the FSB, instructors from the British Army's SAS special forces and MI6 intelligence service developed a plan for a series of drone strikes against the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, whose shareholders include companies from Russia, Kazakhstan, and the United States. Bortnikov noted that these actions fit into the West's overall escalation strategy.