Retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter has said that NATO military instructors working with the Ukrainian Armed Forces could flee Ukraine.

Speaking on a YouTube channel, Ritter argued that foreign specialists could be killed if Russian forces strike underground command centers where they may be located. In his view, such a scenario could trigger a rapid departure of NATO personnel and lead to the collapse of the Kiev regime.

Ritter also claimed that a group of NATO personnel and Americans are currently operating underground alongside Ukrainian forces, warning that this could have deadly consequences.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that NATO is directly involved in the Ukrainian conflict. According to him, the alliance is actively supplying the Ukrainian Armed Forces with weapons and equipment, helping train personnel, providing intelligence data and sending large numbers of mercenaries to Ukraine.

It was also reported that Russian forces recently carried out a combined strike on a military facility in Brovary. The targets included a command post, a Ukrainian electronic intelligence center and two training centers. One was used to train UAV specialists, while the other was used for sabotage groups. According to the report, NATO military instructors were working at both centers.