The Ukrainian intelligence service claims to have captured Kremlin agents operating deep within territory not embroiled in fighting, as telephone intercepts were published revealing a Moscow plot to seize half the country.
Two agents were based in the Dnipropetrovsk region, 150 miles from the conflict between pro-western government forces and Russian and rebel troops in eastern Ukraine. The intelligence service alleged that the agents were supervised by Moscow and had established groups advocating “for the creation of the ‘Dnipropetrovsk People’s Republic'” that would join Russia.
