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Kyiv's security service reported a plot against Zelenskyy
Summary
A look back at the Security Service of Ukraine's announcement that two protection unit colonels had been detained over an alleged assassination plan.
What did Ukraine's security service announce on 7 May 2024? The Security Service of Ukraine said it had detained two colonels from the government protection unit. According to the service, both had been recruited by Russia's Federal Security Service.
The service said the two officers were planning to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top Ukrainian officials. The announcement concerned members of the very unit responsible for guarding the country's leadership.
The case was one of many reported plots against the president. Later accounts, citing Ukrainian government officials and news sources, said Zelenskyy had survived dozens of assassination and kidnapping attempts by Russian or pro-Russian agents during the Russo-Ukrainian war. These included at least three that Ukrainian security services foiled.
The detentions of 7 May 2024 were presented by the security service as a disrupted plot, with the two colonels in custody.
