Ukraine Says It Arrested Two in Zelenskiy Assassination Plot
- Two colonels were part of a special unit protecting officials
- Zelenskiy has claimed to have survived several plot attempts
Volodymyr Zelenskiy
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Ukrainian authorities said they foiled a plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other high-ranking officials, making the announcement on the day of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration in Moscow.
Two colonels with Ukraine’s Department of State Security, a special unit responsible for protecting government officials, have been detained on suspicion of high treason, the Prosecutor General’s office said Tuesday on its website. One of the suspects is also accused of helping to organize an act of terrorism.