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   Russia's main federal investigating authority says it will look at whether   
   - according to a media report - the SAS has been sent in to "assist the   
   Ukrainian special services in organising sabotage on the territory of   
   Ukraine".   
      
   The top investigative body in Russia is looking at whether the SAS is   
   "organising sabotage" in Ukraine.   
      
   The Investigative Committee - Moscow's main federal investigating   
   authority - said it would be following up on a report from Russia's RIA   
   Novosti news agency.   
      
   RIA quoted a Russian security source as saying about 20 members of the SAS   
   had been deployed in the western Lviv region, close to the border with   
   Poland.   
      
   The Investigative Committee said it would look at whether - according to   
   the report - the SAS had been sent in to "assist the Ukrainian special   
   services in organising sabotage on the territory of Ukraine".   
      
   The possible presence of British special forces - from a NATO country - is   
   significant, given that Moscow has warned the West not to get in the way   
   of what it calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine.   
      
   Information on the SAS - the Special Air Service - is often highly   
   classified. Its operations include direct action and covert reconnaissance.   
      
   A Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: "We do not comment on special   
   forces."   
      
   A defence source said: "We don't comment on stories around special forces,   
   especially ones that are being pushed out by the Russian news agencies,   
   because inaccurate speculation can put people's lives at risk, which is   
   why we neither confirm nor deny reports."   
      
   A week before the Russian invasion began, the British government said it   
   had pulled all its troops out of Ukraine, except those needed to protect   
   its ambassador.   
      
   Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the temporarily closed Kyiv embassy   
   will reopen next week.   
      
   He also confirmed for the first time during his trade trip to India   
   earlier this week that Ukrainian forces were in Britain.   
      
   More than 20 Ukrainian soldiers arrived last week for training on the 120   
   armoured vehicles that are being supplied to the resistance against   
   Moscow, the government said.   
      
   The battle for Donbas in eastern Ukraine continues to rage but Saturday   
   also saw fresh attacks in the south, with a missile strike in the port   
   city of Odesa.   
      
   Missiles are said to have struck a military facility and two residential   
   buildings in the city.   
      
   Russian forces fired at least six cruise missiles, but most were shot down   
   by Ukrainian forces, the officials said.   
      
   The Russian defence ministry said it had used high precision missiles to   
   destroy a logistics terminal where a large number of weapons supplied by   
   the US and European nations were being stored.   
      
   https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-russia-investigating-repo   
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