Russian secret service FSB wants to recruit IS fighters to infiltrate other countries. The United States of America, Ukraine, and Turkey are mentioned as targets.

Source close to the FSB spoke of regular, but largely unsuccessful attempts to penetrate Ukraine's military circles. FSB in Ukraine has targeted the head of a volunteer battalion that has been fighting on the side of Ukraine since 2014, in the ranks of Crimean Tatars and Chechens, according to reports. According to Ukraine's January 2023 data, Kyiv has unmasked more than 600 Russian agents.