Ukraine Claims To Have Thwarted Zelensky Assassination Plot
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Ukraine arrests Russian informant planning to assassinate Zelenskyy with airstrike
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pop jop/Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) A Ukrainian woman has been detained by Ukraine’s Security Service in connection with an apparent plot to attack President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the service said on Monday.
The woman, who is from Mykolaiv but was not publicly named, was being questioned, officials said. She had been part of a plot aimed at assassinating Zelenskyy during his visit last week to Mykolaiv, a southeastern city near the front, officials said.
Law enforcement officials said she had been caught "red-handed" as she handed info to the Russians.
She allegedly was passing information on to Russian forces about Zelenskyy s location, including specific a full itinerary for the president s visit to the Mykolaiv region. The Russians would have then ordered an airstrike to assassinate him, Ukrainian officials alleged.
Investigators learned of her alleged plans ahead of the visit and Zelenskyy took “additional security measures” while in the area, security official