On Monday, pro- Kremlin news outlets and social media accounts published a bombshell report. Two British special forces officers and an MI6 operative had been captured in Ukraine by Russian authorities.

If true, it would serve as a major coup for Russian President Vladimir Putin , boosting Russian morale during a time of heightened tensions between Moscow and London.

The report, published by EADaily, a Moscow-based site known for echoing Russian state narratives, claimed that Colonels Edward Blake and Richard Carroll, along with an unnamed British intelligence officer, had been caught in a Russian operation near the front lines. It alleged they were “preparing a provocation or participating in sabotage operations” on Ukrainian territory.

The story cited the Norwegian website Ste

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