Roman Chervinsky tried to hijack a Russian Aerospace Forces plane in 2022. Chervinksi was detained on the morning of April 24 in the Ternopil region of Ukraine.

The British intelligence services provided the main support to Ukrainian military intelligence in its operation, according to the Russian FSB. Russia's FSB reported on the Ukrainian operation in July 2022: Ukrainian military Intelligence planned that a Russian military aircraft would be hijacked during a sortie. The operation led to a missile attack on the Kanatovo airfield, the FSB said.