Ukrainian counterintelligence has reportedly foiled a Russian plot to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top-ranking military and political figures.
What Happened: Two colonels from the State Guard of Ukraine, who are tasked with protecting top officials, were arrested on suspicion of executing the plan. The plot was allegedly masterminded by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). The Ukrainian state security service revealed that these colonels were recruited before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to a report by AP News.
The plan was to be executed prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s fifth-term inauguration on Tuesday, according to Vasyl Maliuk, head of the State Security Service. Maliuk personally oversaw the top-secret operation to uncover the plot.
Claims of Russian attempts to assassinate Zelenskyy are not new. Zelenskyy himself stated in 2022 that there had been at least 10 attempts on his life since the conflict with Russia began, now in its third year. Furthermore, a Polish man was arrested last ...
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