According to Russian state media, foreign agents offered Russian pilots up to $3 million to fly the jet into NATO-controlled airspace near Constanța, Romania, where it could have been shot down to provoke a major international crisis.

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Russia’s FSB has claimed it foiled a high-stakes Ukrainian-British plot to hijack a MiG-31 fighter jet armed with a hypersonic Kinzhal missile.

The audacious scheme, labeled a “massive provocation” by Moscow, highlights the extreme lengths Western powers are allegedly willing to take against Russia.

The thwarted operation exposes the shadowy world of espionage, high-stakes betrayal, and covert operations that threaten global stability.

Russia’s FSB says its decisive action prevented a potential disaster, safeguarding its hypersonic capabilities and sending a stark warning to NATO, the UK, and Ukraine: attempts to undermine Russian security will not succeed. The incident underscores the rising tension between Moscow and Western intelligence, a real-life spy thriller unfolding above European skies.

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Russia says it foiled Ukrainian-British plot to steal MiG-31 jet

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said Ukraine and Britain had sought to recruit Russian pilots to steal the fighter

Reuters

Tuesday 11 November 2025 09:07 GMT

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said 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 $3 million, state media reported on Tuesday.

The RIA news agency cited the FSB as saying that the hijacked jet was to be flown toward a NATO air base in the Romanian city of Constanta, where it could have been shot down by air defences.

The FSB, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, said Ukraine and Britain had planned a large-scale "provocation" using the hijacked aircraft, and that Ukrainian military intelligence had sought to recruit Russian pilots for $3 million to steal the fighter.