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The war between Russia and Ukraine has been going on for more than two years. Meanwhile, Ukraine on Tuesday claimed that it had arrested two Ukrainian security officials. These officers were planning to assassinate Ukrainian President Zelensky in collaboration with Russia.
According to information received from the State Security Service of Ukraine, two colonels have been arrested for planning the assassination of Zelensky. He is accused of leaking information to Russia. The State Security Service said they had foiled a major plot to kill Zelensky.
What was the plan?
The State Security Service of Ukraine said that FSB agents were to find criminals in the military involved in presidential protection who could take the country's president hostage and then murder him. He said the assassination plan was also intended to target other senior Ukrainian officials, including security service chief Vasyl Malyuk and Ukraine's defense intelligence chief Kirill Budanov.
There was a murder conspiracy earlier too
Earlier in August 2023, a woman from the southern Ukrainian region of Mykolaiv was arrested in connection with a plot to assassinate Zelensky. According to reports, the woman was accused of gathering intelligence about Zelensky's visit to Mykolaiv so that Russia could launch an airstrike against the Ukrainian president.