Former US Army Special Operations operative Jack Murphy has suggested that NATO and US intelligence agencies have been running agents inside Russia, directing them to target critical infrastructure in a bid to create “chaos.” Shopping centres, gas pipelines and fuel depots have all suffered damage across Russia in recent months with Mr Murphy pointing to a CIA-directed campaign of covert “sabotage”.
Writing on his website, Mr Murphy said: “The campaign involves long-standing sleeper cells that the allied spy service has activated to hinder Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine by waging a secret war behind Russian lines.
“The campaign is responsible for many of the unexplained explosions and other mishaps that have befallen the Russian military-industrial complex since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February.”
The US special forces veteran cites “former officials” who declined to identify specific targets for the “CIA-directed campaign”.
Mr Murphy added: “Railway bridges, fuel depots and power plants in Russia have all been damaged in unexplained incidents since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February.”
He argued that while no US officials were involved on the ground the strikes were likely carried out by an “allied intelligence service” with the green light allegedly coming from US president Joe Biden.
Mr Murphy wrote: “While command and control over the sabotage program resides with the CIA for legal reasons, the NATO ally has a strong say in which operations go forward since it is their people taking the risks.”
Last week a massive explosion rocked Chuvashiya in western Russia after a gas pipeline ruptured.
The blast is the latest in a series of mysterious explosions that have hit critical Russian gas infrastructure since the start of the Ukraine invasion.
Reports emerged stating that the soldiers died after wreckage from a shot-down Ukrainian drone fell onto the airbase which is situated hundreds of miles from the frontlines.
A Russian defence ministry spokesman said: “A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down at low altitude while approaching the Engels military airfield in the Saratov region
“As a result of the fall of the wreckage of the drone, three Russian servicemen of the technical staff who were at the airfield were fatally wounded.”
The airbase is located 450 miles southeast of Moscow and was previously hit on December 5.
