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Russian saboteur working for Ukraine shares reconnaissance videos

Summary by BBC News
In a BBC World Service documentary, the man claims to have played a role in drone attacks on his home soil.

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The two men talk about the work they say they did to support Ukrainian intelligence during the war.

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Hundreds of Russian citizens could be helping the Ukrainian military in attacks on high-ranking Russian officials and military targets, or even directly on the Ukrainian side of the front. Key information has been leaked to a volunteer team in Warsaw, and a BBC documentary reveals how Ukrainian intelligence services manipulated the Russian leadership and pocketed half a million dollars.

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When he was stopped for a check, he had homemade explosives in his car. “The risk was huge, but as you can see, they didn’t catch me,” says the man, whom the BBC calls Ivan. He is Russian and claims to be secretly helping Ukrainian military intelligence attack targets in his own country.

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The two Russians, who say they are cooperating with Ukrainian military intelligence, described to the BBC the sabotage and intelligence gathering operations in Russia.

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BBC News broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, October 19, 2026.
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