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Ukraine's foiled plot to storm parliament
Summary
A retrospective on the reported plan to seize power on Constitution Day and the four arrests that followed.
What did Ukrainian officials say they had stopped on 1 July 2024? According to reports at the time, they uncovered a plan to storm parliament and seize control from the current government, with the plot tied to Constitution Day.
The officials arrested four individuals implicated in the plot. The reports of that date gave the arrests as the outcome of the investigation.
The date in the plan
Constitution Day is a public holiday celebrated in Ukraine on 28 June each year since 1996. It marks the anniversary of the Verkhovna Rada's approval of the Constitution of Ukraine on 28 June 1996. The plan, as reported, was linked to that holiday, which falls on the anniversary of the parliament's adoption of the country's founding law.
The target of the alleged plot was the parliament itself, the body that approved the Constitution. The reported aim was to take control from the government then in office.
The disclosure on 1 July 2024 centred on two points: the uncovering of the plan and the detention of four people. Beyond that, the reports of that day offered no further detail in the material available, and this retrospective sticks to what was announced.
