
Ukraine Arrests 2 Colonels Accused of Russian Plot to Kill Zelenskyy
Ukraine has arrested two high-ranking security officers after uncovering an alleged Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several other top officials, Ukraine’s security service has said. Ukrainian counterintelligence uncovered a network of spies managed by Russia’s FSB, to whom two Ukrainian colonels are accused of leaking information regarding the whereabouts of senior government personnel, according to a May 7 statement from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). The network planned to assassinate Mr. Zelenskyy and intelligence chiefs Vasyl Malyuk and Kyryll Budanov, who head the Security Service of Ukraine and the Main Directorate of Intelligence respectively. The spy network was tasked with identifying and turning members of Mr. Zelenskyy’s closest entourage who would be able to kidnap and kill him....
