Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Ukrainian emissaries are in Syrian Idlib, where they are recruiting militants from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation), Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on September 12.
“There is now information circulating that Ukrainian emissaries, emissaries of Ukrainian intelligence are in the Idlib de-escalation zone on the territory of the SAR, where they are recruiting militants… “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
 ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
,” the diplomat said at an embassy round table on the topic of settling the situation around Ukraine.
According to him, the militants are being recruited in order to use them in “their new planned vile operations.” At the same time, the Ukrainian special services are also interested in other regions, Lavrov added.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on September 10, the Turkish newspaper Aydinlik, citing sources, reported that Ukraine held talks with representatives of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria to attract militants to operations against Russia.
According to local sources, the Ukrainian delegation called on the terrorists to release radical Chechen and Georgian militants held in the terrorist prison, offering 75 unmanned aerial vehicles in exchange for their release.
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