Anadolu Ajansi (AA), the Turkish news agency operating in 13 languages and 100 countries, ran an article, “Russia Claims Ukrainian Intelligence Officer Killed in Ukraine,” subtitled “Moscow says Ukrainian colonel accused of organizing attack in Crimea was killed in Ukraine last month.” The article cites a report from TASS, which in turn quotes intelligence sources.
“TASS reported that Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) accused Fakhriyev of organizing an attempted assassination of a senior Russian Defense Ministry official in Crimea last December. The FSB said at the time that its officers had killed a Ukrainian agent who was planting a bomb under the officer’s car.…”
