On October 28, a Ukrainian drone attack damaged the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the port of Sevastopol, Crimea. Moscow immediately accused Britain of aiding and orchestrating the attack, as well as blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines – the worst acts of industrial sabotage in recent memory.
The UK Ministry of Defense issued a scathing denial in response, calling the charges "misrepresentations of epic proportions". Whoever is behind these specific attacks, suspicions of a hidden British hand in the destruction are not unfounded. The Grayzone has obtained leaked documents, in which British intelligence agents sign an agreement with the Odessa branch of the Ukrainian security services, to create and train a secret army of Ukrainian partisans.
Plans called for the secret army to carry out sabotage and reconnaissance operations in Crimea on behalf of Ukraine's Security Service (SSU) - precisely the type of attacks seen in recent weeks.