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Russian state media are today alleging that a Bellingcat reporter was involved in an attempt to hijack a Russian fighter plane. We would like to make clear that Bellingcat had absolutely no involvement in the alleged activities and the accusations towards us are entirely false.

The individual detailed in Russian media as a Bellingcat reporter has never worked for us in any capacity and we do not know who they are.

The picture and name in the press pass published in RU media does not depict any of our staff members or contributors. If they exist, we are unaware of them ever engaging with us. The press pass is also not remotely like any Bellingcat ID or documentation.

Bellingcat has been named an undesirable organisation in Russia because of our reporting on the country dating back to the downing of MH17 in 2014 by Russian-backed forces. We will continue to report accurately on Russia and will not be intimidated by disinformation and false accusations.

We honor the community support you provide. We are happy to assist in any way we have in our means.

My work on the Intelegence collection and eyewitness testimony on October 7th is packaged into the Boeing X-37B program whos value add drove this sale. We will observe this being used as leverage to reinforce a ceasefire. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/17/e...