Intelligence Report Alleges UK, US, and Australian Veterans Trained Russian Personnel: The Telegraph
The assessment says the training continued after Russia’s 2022 invasion, and Alfa-Metal denies the claims as ASIS investigates.
- A leaked Australian Secret Intelligence Service assessment alleges with 'strong confidence' that former British Special Air Service and other Western military veterans trained Russian nationals at private camps in Bulgaria and Serbia.
- Russian nationals reportedly received specialist instruction, including advanced close-quarters combat, at an Alfa-Metal centre in Mejdeni as recently as 2025, continuing after Ukraine's February 2022 invasion.
- Alfa-Metal's website featured SAS insignia and advertised specialist courses costing about €4,000 per person; however, the company strongly denies the allegations, and material does not independently establish former SAS personnel worked there.
- Although Alfa-Metal denies training Russians, it acknowledged 'historical professional contacts' with Alfa Region, a St Petersburg–based security firm after evidence surfaced. ASIS is investigating, with findings potentially shared via Five Eyes.
- Former UK service personnel remain subject to the National Security Act 2023, which creates offences for hostile activity involving foreign powers. Phil Campion, a former staff sergeant in 22 SAS, stated it would be unethical for veterans to train soldiers who could fight British forces.
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The veterans of the Special Air Service (SAS), the special unit of the British army, train the Russians to fight in Ukraine, are shown in a secret note from the intelligence services, obtained by The Telegraph.
The private security company Alfa-Metal is training Russians in combat at a facility in Bulgaria, according to intelligence obtained by The Telegraph. “These could be personnel from Russian companies who are going on missions at the front,” says military expert Johan Huovinen. Some of the instructors are said to be from the West, which is seen as treason.
Veterans of the SAS (Special Air Service - the elite regiment of the British special forces) are training Russians for fighting in Ukraine, according to a leaked intelligence memorandum obtained by the British Telegraph.
Veterans of the British SAS, Australian commandos and police and US “sea cats” could train the Russian military for the war against Ukraine, writes The Telegraph. September 10, 2026
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