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09-05-2024, 09:58 AM
Russian plot to kill Zelensky foiled, Kyiv says.
The Ukrainian security service (SBU) says it has foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other high-ranking Ukrainian officials.Two Ukrainian govt protection unit colonels have been arrested.
SBU said part of network agents belonging to Russian security service (FSB) reportedly is searching for willing "executors" been among Mr Zelensky's bodyguards to kill him.
Ever since Russian paratroopers attempted to land in Kyiv and assassinate President Zelensky in the early hours & days of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, plots to assassinate him have been commonplace.
The Ukrainian leader said at the start of the invasion he was Russia's "number one target", this alleged plot stands out from the rest. It involves serving colonels, whose job it was to keep officials and institutions safe, allegedly hired as moles.
Other targets included military intelligence head Kyrylo Budanov and SBU chief Vasyl Malyuk, the agency added. They had also reported plann to kill Mr Budanov before Orthodox Easter, this year on 5 May.
To SBU, the plotters had aimed to use a mole to get info about his location, they would then have attacked with rockets, drones and anti-tank grenades. One officers who was later arrested had already bought drones & anti-personnel mines, SBU said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68968256
The Ukrainian security service (SBU) says it has foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other high-ranking Ukrainian officials.Two Ukrainian govt protection unit colonels have been arrested.
SBU said part of network agents belonging to Russian security service (FSB) reportedly is searching for willing "executors" been among Mr Zelensky's bodyguards to kill him.
Ever since Russian paratroopers attempted to land in Kyiv and assassinate President Zelensky in the early hours & days of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, plots to assassinate him have been commonplace.
The Ukrainian leader said at the start of the invasion he was Russia's "number one target", this alleged plot stands out from the rest. It involves serving colonels, whose job it was to keep officials and institutions safe, allegedly hired as moles.
Other targets included military intelligence head Kyrylo Budanov and SBU chief Vasyl Malyuk, the agency added. They had also reported plann to kill Mr Budanov before Orthodox Easter, this year on 5 May.
To SBU, the plotters had aimed to use a mole to get info about his location, they would then have attacked with rockets, drones and anti-tank grenades. One officers who was later arrested had already bought drones & anti-personnel mines, SBU said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68968256
