The difference is the position of the source, close to the GRU leadership.
>The difference is the position of the source, close to the GRU leadership.
Supposedly, according to Karpichkov. However, the only evidence we have so far is his statements. The DailyMail states that it could well be basically just sour grapes by a very disgruntled man. After all, Major Karpichkov supposedly fell out with his KGB paymasters over money he claimed was owed to him, and ended up in jail before fleeing to Britain. Also, how could he have kept contacts in Russia after over a decade? Wouldn’t it be possible that at least some of those might have been compromised?
Besides, Russia was already involved in Syria, and the UN and Obama wasn’t saying boo to him with regard to that or the Ukraine.