White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre spoke about the preparation of an assassination attempt on Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky by agents of the aggressor country, which was prevented by the SBU.
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On Tuesday, May 7, the SBU announced that it had exposed a network of agents of the Russian Federation that was preparing attempts on the lives of representatives of the political and military leadership of Ukraine – the head of the special service Vasily Malyuk, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the MOU Kirill Budanov, President Vladimir Zelensky and two other high-ranking officials.
The department reported that the perpetrators of the attempt on the head of state were supposed to take him taken hostage and then killed, NBN reports.
It is reported that the Russian agents were two colonels of the State Security Administration who “leaked” secret information to the FSB.
As the Voice of America writes “, the Biden Administration commented on the SBU’s prevention of the assassination attempt on the Ukrainian leader. White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre noted that this is alarming news. The official added that the American leadership is glad that they were able to thwart the plans of the Russians.
Recall that last month a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the MOU commented on another attempt by the Russian Federation to assassinate Zelensky.