Evidence suggests Ukraine trained militants in Middle East, says Russian security chief

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has evidence that Ukraine trained militants in the Middle East, FSB director Alexander Bortnikov said, Report informs referring to TASS.

"We know that the Ukrainian side was training militants in the Middle East," he told journalists, adding that representatives of the Kyiv regime had visited terrorist bases there.

According to Bortnikov, this is evidenced by the large number of foreigners fighting on the part of the Kyiv regime. "They are nationalists, mercenaries, Islamists the country brings in to fight against Russia," he noted.