Intelligence reports: Russian FSB searches for missing planes.. As of: February 13, 2024, 4:00 p.m By: Sandra Kathe CommentsPressSplit According to Russia's secret service, dozens of aviation authority aircraft "disappeared" from the start of the war until June 2023.

But there are doubts. According to Defense Express, there are even some reasons to doubt the intelligence claims and instead assume the possibility that the FSB could pursue political goals with such claims. Similar situations already existed during the Soviet era, when false accusations of sabotage were repeatedly used for related political goals.