The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) has confirmed foiling a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other high-ranking Ukrainian officials.
Two Ukrainian government protection unit colonels were arrested as the SBU said they were part of a network of agents belonging to the Russian state security service (FSB).
The SBU added it had also intercepted another plot to assassinate military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov which it said had been planned for “before Easter”.
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.
But this alleged plot stands out from the rest as It involves serving colonels, whose job it was to keep officials and institutions safe, allegedly hired as moles.
