Russia has launched a formal probe following claims that Brit SAS heroes are secretly on the ground in war-torn Ukraine. The Investigative Committee [IC] has announced that they will look into the alleged role of “sabotage” experts being undercover in the besieged country.It comes as Russia has warned British “mercenaries” could be executed if they choose to stay in Ukraine to fight Putin's troops.Footage on social media has revealed that Brits Shaun Pinner, 48, and Aiden Aslin, 28, are both being detained after siding with Kyiv in Donbas.The clip has urged foreign fighters to "go home before it's too late" and said the pair's fate will be “in the hands of the winners”.It claimed that Britain is trying to spin a false PR story that the pair were “almost Ukrainians” serving as defenders.“But it’s not like that,” said the video which also claimed the SAS was training Ukrainian forces in Kyiv.“The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate the facts of the activities of British SAS saboteurs in Ukrainian regions,” said news outlet RIA Novosti.The IC claimed that “at least two groups of specialists in sabotage and guerrilla warfare from the British Special Air Service (SAS) have been sent to the Lviv region”.An IC source claimed SAS operatives in Ukraine “are specialists in sabotage and partisan activities, recruiting and training agents to work in hostile territory”.Russia appears to base its investigation on information allegedly received from captured Ukrainian troops.The SAS is “considered one of the most highly qualified in the world in organising coups d'etat, mass protest rallies, contract killings of political figures, recruiting agents, including those in the highest echelons of power, and preparing.
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