An alleged informant for Russia has been detained in connection to a plot to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) said Monday. The woman's name has not been publicly released, but according to a statement from the SBU, she is from the southern Ukrainian region of Mykolaiv. However, SBU agents prevented the attempted assassination after the agency obtained information about the “subversive activities of the suspect” and adopted additional security measures. Russian special forces were tasked with eliminating the Ukrainian president at the start of the war. Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said in March of last year that Zelensky had survived more than a dozen assassination attempts.

Source: CNN August 07, 2023 11:31 UTC