Commenting on the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, the head of the GUR, Kirill Budanov, said that Ukrainian intelligence may have been involved. He said this during a telethon, UNN reports.
"Wherever regimes and dictators fall and where regimes intersect with regimes that are at war with us, it will always be to our advantage. How did it happen? Well, somehow it happened. russia officially accused our organization of this from the UN rostrum in the face of their Permanent Representative nebenzi in the early days. This is their vision. Everyone worked on it. The Turks have worked on it. Perhaps we were working somewhere along the way. Many people worked to make this regime fall," the DIU head said.
Budanov also noted that while the Russian contingent was in Syria, the Russians recruited local personnel for the war against Ukraine.
"I hope that this will all cease to exist now," he summarized.
Addendum
Syrian rebels, who have made significant progress in their offensive, announced on December 8 the capture of the capital Damascus and announced the fall of ruler Bashar al-Assad. Assad himself fled to Russia.
On December 30, Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga confirmed his visit to Damascus and meeting with Syria's new leader Ahmad al-Sharaa.
Sibiga noted that this is the first visit of an official delegation of Ukraine to Syria in many years, which indicates a willingness to open a new page in bilateral relations between the countries.