Tapped Calls Show Russian Servicemen Active in Ukraine, Security Service Says

The Moscow Times ^ | Apr. 15 2014 12:14 | Anna Dolgov

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In another of the phone calls, the SBU video cited a Moscow phone number for one of the callers, identified only as "Alexander" in the video.

Ukrainska Pravda reported that the number belonged to a pro-Kremlin publicist Alexander Borodai, and cited unidentified sources as saying that the man had been entrusted with the "Crimea question" and now is handling the "Donetsk question" in eastern Ukraine. In February, Borodai published a YouTube video, titled: "How to Divide Ukraine."

The SBU said in a statement that Russia had begun "large-scale military aggression" in eastern Ukraine by deploying "subversive groups" of servicemen from elite military units.

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"pro-Kremlin publicist Alexander Borodai" is in fact a senior ranking general officer and formerly a Deputy Director of the FSB responsible for operating Russian covert military operations in and against foreign nations.

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Well, a Moscow Times piece allowed to remain here for minutes so far. It’s probably one of very few publications, if not the only one, that continues to publish freely in Russia. Articles from the Moscow Times were once promptly deleted. A few years ago, the owner was Jewish. Don’t know if that’s the case now.