Lavrov: Hundreds of US and British intelligence officers have been working in Ukraine for 10 years

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov confirmed that hundreds of American and British intelligence officers have been working in Ukraine for 10 years.

"In parallel, there was no doubt that Ukraine was teeming with weapons, at a time when hundreds of CIA and British intelligence officers were there," Lavrov said in a television interview.

"I think they have been there for 10 years, occupying huge buildings in the complex of official Ukrainian services and agencies," the Russian foreign minister added.

"These foreign intelligence officers in Ukraine, they pretty much controlled everything," Lavrov noted.

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