# MP says Ukraine will continue sabotage against Russia with Khmara as defense minister

https://mins.news/en/item/26273

- TASS, 2026-08-19 14:18 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2175203

> State Duma deputy Alexander Boroday said Ukraine’s newly appointed defense minister, former SBU special-operations officer Yevgeny Khmara, would likely use greater resources to organize sabotage, terrorist attacks and ideological operations aimed at undermining social stability in Russia. Boroday said Khmara would apply methods he had used at the SBU.

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