Vadym Skibitsky, the deputy director of Kiev's military intelligence service, assured that the "absolute priority" of the Ukrainian secret service was the death of the head of the Kremlin. He also acknowledged that his services were seeking to eliminate the leader of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, when asked about the strengthening of Putin's protection measures, said that Russia was right to launch the "special military operation" in Ukraine fifteen months ago.