Russian plot to kill Zelensky foiled, Kyiv says - BBC News

Two Ukrainian security officials are held over a Russian plot to assassinate the president, Ukraine says.

27 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Telegram/SBUImage caption, Ukraine said it arrested two Ukrainian officials who worked with the Russian security servicesBy James Waterhouse in Kyiv and Laura GozziBBC NewsThe Ukrainian security service (SBU) says it has foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other high-ranking Ukrainian officials.

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).

They had reportedly been searching for willing "executors" among Mr Zelensky's bodyguards to kidnap and kill him.

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.

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