Assassination attempt against Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy foiled, assassins killed
New Delhi, March 2: Head of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov on Wednesday announced on television that a team of Chechen assassins sent on a mission to kill Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been "eliminated" and assassination attempt foiled
Recently, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had warned that some Russian groups had entered capital Kyiv and were hunting for him and his family for assassination.
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"We are well aware of the special operation that was to take place directly by the Kdyrovites to eliminate our President Volodymyr Zelenskyy," said Oleksiy Danilov, while referring to the Chechen paramilitary organisation that is assisting Russian forces in the invasion of Ukraine.
Danilov said Ukraine received intelligence about the assassination plot from Russian Federal Security Service, agents who oppose the war.
Notably, the President remained in Ukraine with his family despite the threat. He also recorded a video along with his top advisers in front of the presidency building to assure he was still in the capital. "We are here. We are in Kyiv. We are protecting Ukraine," he was reported as saying.
Meanwhile, Shelling in Kharkiv has left 21 dead and 112 injured as Russian paratroopers attacked the city overnight.
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Ukraine’s second-largest city has seen heavy gun battles between Ukrainian and Russian troops while a military hospital has been attacked, as per reports.
