Ukraine war: assassination attempt on Zelenskyj in Kyiv – 25 men involved
Created: 03/22/2022, 08:32
By: Daniel Dillmann
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has apparently escaped an assassination attempt by Russia.
Russia* apparently sends assassins to Kyiv* again in the Ukraine war*.
But Volodymyr Zelenskyj*, President of Ukraine*, also survived the next assassination attempt.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin* is said to have tried four times in the Ukraine conflict* to kill Selenskyj.
Kyiv – Volodymyr Zelenskyy has long since become a symbol of resistance against Russia in the Ukraine war.
For this reason alone, the Ukrainian president is in the crosshairs of the Kremlin - and has apparently escaped an attempt on his life again.
According to Ukrainian counterintelligence, an assassination attempt on Zelenskyy was stopped.
Accordingly, a group of Russian saboteurs, led by a secret service agent, were arrested in the city of Uzhgorod in the border triangle between Ukraine, Slovakia and Hungary.
This was reported by the Unian news agency on Tuesday night.
It is said to have been about 25 men who were on their way to Kyiv.
According to intelligence information, the group had pursued several goals in the Ukrainian capital: the assassination of Zelensky and other acts of sabotage that would have given Russia and the Kremlin strategic advantages in the Ukraine war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy apparently escaped the next assassination attempt in Kyiv.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyi escapes the next assassination attempt in the Ukraine war
As camouflage, the group is said to have posed as a territorial unit of Ukraine in order to advance as far as Kyiv.
Uzhgorod is about 800 kilometers from the Ukrainian capital.
However, the information on the objectives and plan of the saboteurs cannot be independently verified at this time.
In the Ukraine war, agents on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin are said to have tried several times to kill Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The Ukrainian president is said to have escaped three assassination attempts.
This is reported by the Sunday Times from Great Britain.
Russia is said to have used mercenaries from the notorious Wagner Group and commissioned special units from Chechnya to carry out the attacks.
Volodymyr Zelenskyj turns to his own people in the Ukraine war
Volodymyr Zelenskyj reported in the morning from the capital Kyiv, which was still hard fought in the Ukraine war.
In a video message to all of Ukraine, the President called on his compatriots to resist Russia and its army.
At the same time, Zelenskyi held out the prospect of further negotiations with Moscow* on a ceasefire.
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