Ukrainian officers arrested over alleged plot to kill President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | ABC News
Ukraine’s State security service says it has foiled a plot to assassinate the president along with other top political and Military figures it claims to have exposed a network of Russian agents who were preparing to kill Vladimir zalinski as a gift to Vladimir Putin ahead of his inauguration in Moscow two Colonels in Ukraine’s State guard which protects top officials have been detained they suspected of enacting the plan drawn up by Russia’s Federal Security Service or FSB in addition to vadir zinski the enemy planned to eliminate the head of the security service the head of Defense intelligence and other high ranking officials the recruited agent was supposed to monitor the movement of the guarded Target and transmit information to the enemy based on the coordinates of the house where the official was supposed to be it was planned to launch a missile strike then they were going to attack the people who remained at the site with a drone and after that the Russians to strike with another missile in order to destroy traces of drone use there have been several Ukrainian claims of Russian attempts to take out Vladimir zilinski in 2022 the president said there have been at least 10 plots to assassinate him but their authenticity cannot be independently verified the Kremlin hasn’t commented on the latest allegations and ke hasn’t provided details on when the two accused agents were arrested Putin [Music] at the Kremlin Vladimir Putin walked a familiar path to take the oath marking the start as his fifth term as president as president of the Russian Federation I swear to respect and protect the rights and freedoms of people and citizens to respect and protect the constitution of the Russian Federation to protect the sovereignty Independence safety and integrity of the State and to loyally Serve the People the 71-year-old has been in power as president or prime minister since 1999 Australia joined a number of other Western nations in boycotting the inauguration over the war in Ukraine in his speech Mr Putin thanked those involved in his special military operation as he calls it in Ukraine and took aim at the West we have been and will be open to strengthening good relations with all count Ries who see Russia as a reliable and honest partner and this really is the global majority we do not reject dialogue with western states the choice is theirs do they intend to further try to prevent the development of Russia to continue the policy of aggression the unending pressure on our country for years or look for a way towards cooperation and peace it was a landslide victory for Vladimir Putin in the March election one that the West condemned as neither free nor fair the result will will keep him in power until 2030 and allows Mr Putin to overtake Joseph Stalin as Russia’s longest serving leader in more than 200 years Julia navalia the Widow of the opposition leader Alexa naali who was Mr Putin’s fiercest critic has urged Russians to continue fighting the regime against the backdrop of the war business left Russia and highly qualified Specialists left Putin doomed our country to isolation Russia left the Council of Europe Russian courts left the international legal system and Russian universities left the international education system because of Putin Russian athletes are not welcome at International competitions
Two colonels of the Ukrainian State Guard have been arrested over an alleged conspiracy to assasinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other high ranking officials. Ukraine’s state security service says the plot was orchestrated by the Moscow’s Federal Security Service (FSB) as an inauguration ‘gift’ to five-term Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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