Ukraine says it foiled Russian plot to assassinate Zelensky

The Security Service Ukraine (SBU) said this Tuesday that it thwarted a plan by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) to assassinate the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenskyand the heads of Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR), Kirilo Budanovand from the SBU itself, Vasil Maliuk.

“The network, whose activities were supervised by the FSB in Moscowincluded two colonels of the State Administration Security (in Ukraine) who passed secret information to the Russian Federation“, explained the SBU is a statement.

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The Security of State Administration It is the body tasked with providing security to Ukrainian leaders. The two colonels were arrested in the operation, as reported by the Ukrainian prosecutor’s officefor crimes of high treason and terrorism.

One of the two detainees received FSB two drones FPV and ammunition with which third parties would carry out attacks against selected Ukrainian leaders, according to the Prosecutor’s Office.

According to the SBU, this colonel personally led Kyiv drones, as well as ammunition for Soviet RPG-7 rocket launcher and MON-90 antipersonnel mines, also Soviet-made. The detainee had received this material in another region of the Ukraineaccording to him SBUwho disclosed alleged conversations held with his contact on FSB.

“The enemy was actively developing plans to eliminate the president Volodimir Zelensky”, says the statement.

One of the network’s tasks was, according to the SBU, to recruit from among the military personnel tasked with protecting the president.”executors“that they could”take him hostage and then kill him”. In addition to the drones mentioned, the FSB Russia planned to use missiles in the attacks.

“The enemy planned to eliminate“also” to the head of the SBU, Vasil Maliukto the head of the GUR, Kirilo Budanovand other “high-ranking” Ukrainian officials, adds the statement from the Ukrainian secret service, which states that the liquidation of Budánov was scheduled for “before Easter” (Ukraine celebrated Orthodox Easter last Sunday).

According to Maliuk“the terrorist attack“should be “a gift to (Russian President Vladimir) put on before his inauguration.”what happened today in Moscow.

Source: Elcomercio

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