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Two protection colonels held over alleged Zelenskyy plot
Summary
A look back at the Security Service of Ukraine's announcement on the alleged plot against the president and other top officials.
What did Ukraine's security service say on 8 May 2024 about a plot against its own president? The announcement, reported on 7 May, was that the Security Service of Ukraine had detained two colonels from the government protection unit, the body tasked with guarding top officials.
According to the Security Service, both men had been recruited by Russia's Federal Security Service. It said they were planning to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top Ukrainian officials.
The case was notable because the two suspects came from the unit that protects senior figures, rather than from outside it.
A wider pattern
Later accounts, drawing on Ukrainian government officials and news sources, say Zelenskyy has survived dozens of assassination and kidnapping attempts by Russian or pro-Russian agents during the war. They count at least three that Ukrainian security services foiled.
