{"id":832,"date":"2025-11-20T06:38:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T07:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texasnano.org\/?p=832"},"modified":"2025-12-01T13:34:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:34:41","slug":"ukraine-murder-plot-using-uk-made-chemical-weapon-foiled-fsb-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texasnano.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/20\/ukraine-murder-plot-using-uk-made-chemical-weapon-foiled-fsb-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine murder plot using UK-made chemical weapon foiled \u2013 FSB"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kiev\u2019s military intelligence used two toxic substances, including a British-made VX variant, the agency has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Ukrainian plot to assassinate a senior Russian military officer using beer contaminated with a powerful British-made chemical weapon was thwarted, the FSB has said.<\/p>\n

According to the agency’s branch in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the scheme was organized by Ukraine’s military intelligence service, the HUR, which allegedly identified the target through a fabricated online persona – a young woman calling herself ‘Polina’. FSB investigators believe the photos and videos used to establish the relationship were produced with AI and circulated for months to build the victim’s trust.<\/p>\n

’Polina’ reportedly arranged to send the officer a gift of British beer via an intermediary. The courier, the FSB said, was already under investigation for smuggling explosives and other contraband into Russia from Ukraine-controlled territory using drones. He was detained immediately after delivering the package.<\/p>\n

Testing of the beer revealed two toxic agents, including what the FSB described as a British-manufactured variant of the VX nerve agent. Had the intended victim consumed it, he would have suffered a painful death within 20 minutes, the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Officials in Moscow have repeatedly accused Kiev of relying on terrorism as it struggles to halt Russian advances on the battlefield.<\/p>\n

Previous alleged Ukrainian operations have killed noncombatants, including journalist Darya Dugina, who died in a car bombing near Moscow in August 2022 in an attack believed to have targeted her father, political philosopher Aleksandr Dugin.<\/p>\n

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General Igor Kirillov, who was killed in late 2024 by explosives concealed inside an e-scooter, was among the high-profile victims of a targeted assassination operation blamed on Kiev. Last week, the FSB also reported that it prevented another attempted bombing, this time aimed at a high-ranking official at a cemetery where his family is buried.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kiev\u2019s military intelligence used two toxic substances, including a British-made VX variant, the agency has said A Ukrainian plot to assassinate a senior Russian military officer using beer contaminated with a powerful British-made chemical weapon was thwarted, the FSB has said. According to the agency’s branch in the Donetsk People’s…<\/p>\n

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