2 Ukrainians detained for allegedly plotting Zelenskyy assassination with Russia, Ukraine says

Two colonels in Ukraine’s State Protection Service were identified as part of a group planning to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday.

The colonels, who have been detained but not yet been publicly identified, were recruited by the Russian Federal Security Service, known as the FSB, Ukraine said.

“Their mission involved identifying military personnel within Zelenskyy’s security detail capable of abducting and assassinating him,” Ukraine’s State Protection Service, or SBU, said.

Other high-ranking officials were also allegedly targeted by the group, which SBU officials described as a “network of agents.” SBU head Vasyl Malyuk and the head of military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, were among those who had been targeted, officials said.

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