MOSCOW, October 20. /TASS/. The US has discovered that Mexican criminal groups have been sending militants to Ukraine to receive training in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the press bureau of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has said.

"The Americans have uncovered that criminal groups have long been sending their operatives to Ukraine to be trained in assembling and using unmanned aerial vehicles in combat conditions. At least 80 individuals have been identified who underwent such training within the ranks of the Ukrainian armed forces. Payment for this 'education' was funneled to officials close to Vladimir Zelensky, using funds generated by drug traffickers from the sale of illicit substances in the United States," the news release reads.