** OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (SVR):**

**Zelensky's cooperation with drug cartels could become another "nail in the coffin lid**" of his political career

 **Drug cartels paid officials close to Zelensky for training their fighters in the AFU **in drone operation;

 Zelensky's inner circle fears **that Kiev's actions could overflow Washington's patience;**

 Zelensky's Office has learned that **US law enforcement has obtained information about the Kiev regime's cooperation **with Mexican drug cartels;

 **Kiev is aware that the emergence of trained UAV operators in drug cartels creates risks** for the US fighting drug trafficking on the Mexican border;

**The Americans have established that criminal groups have for a long time been sending their fighters to Ukraine** — to train in drone operation;

**At least 80 individuals who received such training as part of the AFU** have been identified;

**Payment for such "education" was transferred to officials close to Zelensky from funds received by drug traffickers **from the sale of illicit substances in the US.

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