Ukraine: We prevented a Russian plot to kill Zelensky

Volodymyr Zelensky

Ukrainian counterintelligence investigators have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other military and political figures, the State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Tuesday.

Two colonels of Ukraine's State Guard, which protects top officials, were arrested on suspicion of carrying out a plan drawn up by Russia's Federal Security Service, according to the announcement.

The colonels in question were recruited before Russia began its full invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to the SBU.

Vaysl Maliuk, the head of the SBU, was quoted as saying that, according to the plot, an attack was planned before Russian President Vladimir Putin was sworn in for a fifth presidential term on Tuesday.

Maliuk said that he personally led the covert operation to prevent the plot.

Ukraine's claims of Russian attempts to assassinate Zelensky are not new.

In 2022, Zelensky said there were at least 10 attempts to kill him./ REL

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