# Expert: Consequences of Kyiv’s provocation against UK diplomats could have been grave

https://mins.news/en/item/52634

- TASS, 2026-09-10 08:31 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/society/2185297

> Vladimir Nechayev, a veteran of Soviet KGB counterintelligence, said a Ukrainian special-services operation to collect personal data on British diplomats in Moscow could have led to attacks and potentially escalated into a military conflict between Russia and the UK. The FSB said it detained a former British embassy guard alleged to be an SBU agent.

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