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Kyiv's 7 May 2024 arrests over alleged Zelenskyy plot
Summary
A look back at the Security Service of Ukraine's announcement of two detained protection unit colonels accused of working for Russia.
What did the Security Service of Ukraine say on 7 May 2024? It announced that it had detained two colonels from the Ukrainian government's protection unit, accused of planning an assassination of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top Ukrainian officials.
According to the Security Service, both officers had been recruited by Russia's Federal Security Service. The allegation was that people entrusted with guarding the country's leadership had instead been working for Moscow's intelligence apparatus.
A wider pattern
The case fitted into a larger picture described later. According to Ukrainian government officials and news sources, Zelenskyy has survived dozens of assassination and kidnapping attempts by Russian or pro-Russian agents during the war, including at least three that were foiled by Ukrainian security services.
The announcement on 7 May 2024 was made by the Security Service, which presented the detentions as a thwarted plot rather than an attack that had been carried out.
