Russian plot to kill Volodymyr Zelensky foiled, Kyiv says


Two Ukrainian government protection unit colonels have been arrested. The SBU said they were part of a network of agents belonging to the Russian state security service (FSB). Ever since Russian paratroopers attempted to land in Kyiv and assassinate President Zelensky in the early hours and days of the full-scale invasion, plots to assassinate him have been commonplace. The Ukrainian leader said at the start of the invasion he was Russia’s “number one target”.

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