They were colonels in Ukraine’s state guard service recruited by Russia's Federal Security Service.
KYIV – Ukraine’s state security service said it caught two agents for Russia plotting the assassination of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other top officials as “a gift” for Russian President Vladimir Putin asThe two men were colonels in Ukraine’s state guard service recruited by Russia’s Federal Security Service who leaked classified information to Moscow, the Security Service of Ukraine said on the Telegram app.
“The terrorist attack, which was supposed to be a gift to Putin for the inauguration, was indeed a failure of the Russian special services,” SBU chief Vasyl Maliuk was quoted as saying by his agency on Telegram.The Kremlin had declined to comment in April when asked about said during 2023’s autumn that his security services had foiled at least five Russian plots to assassinate him.
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