Russia claims it foiled Ukrainian assassination attempt on leader of annexed Crimea

The Russian security services (FSB) claimed on Monday to have thwarted an assassination attempt against the leader installed by Moscow in crimeathe Ukrainian peninsula annexed in 2014, accusing kyiv attempting to plant a bomb in his vehicle.

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“It has been frustrated tried of murder against he leader of crimea, Sergei Aksionovorganized by the Ukrainian special services”declared the FSBquoted by Russian news agencies.

A Russian citizen born in 1988 was detained, accused of having been “recruited by SBU officers”the Ukrainian secret services, added the FSB, according to which this man “followed training in subversive intelligence in Ukraine, including explosives.”

The accused He did not have time to execute his criminal intentbecause he was arrested at the moment he was picking up an explosive device from a hideout”, indicated the FSB.

Since the start of the offensive Moscow in February 2022 there have been several attacks that killed or injured those responsible for the Russian occupation in Ukraine. Russia blamed Ukraine from them.

crimea was annexed in March 2014 by Russiaafter an intervention by his Special Forces and a “referendum” of incorporation denounced by Ukraine and the Western powers.

The peninsula serves as a logistics base for Russian forces fighting in southern Ukrainewhere the troops of that country have been carrying out an offensive for several weeks.

Source: Elcomercio

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