On October 16, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov affirmed that Ukraine would have had difficulty carrying out terrorist attacks against Russia's key energy facility without support from Western intelligence agencies.
Speaking at the "Russian Energy Week" Forum in Moscow, Mr. Peskov was asked about the statement of the Director of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Aleksandr Bortnikov, that the British special forces were involved in Ukrainian attacks on assets of the Caspi pipeline Corporation (CPC).
Mr. Peskov emphasized that the complexity of terrorism actions targeting critical energy infrastructure shows that Ukrainians cannot carry out it alone.
Mr. Peskov added: "This could not have happened without the participation of Western intelligence agencies. In this case, it is the English, that is clear.
FSB Director Bortnikov also accused British special forces and the MI6 intelligence agency of assisting Kiev in planning unmanned aerial attacks (UAVs) against energy facilities under the CPC earlier this year.
CPC has shares of US energy groups such as Chevron and ExxonMobil, which export Kazakhstan's crude through Russia.
At a meeting between senior security officials in Uzbekistan on October 16, Mr. Bortnikov warned that British and Ukrainian forces are planning to sabotage the TurkStream gas pipeline - a gas supply route from Russia to Türkiye and some southern European countries.
Not stopping there, the FSB Director continued to accuse British special forces and intelligence officers of being directly involved in planning cross-border attacks and deliberate assassinations on Russian territory.
