Ukrainian officials said they believed either Russian secret services or pro-Kremlin Chechen assassins were behind an attack on a Chechen man accused of plotting to kill Vladimir Putin. Okuyeva was killed by two bullets to the head, while Osmayev was wounded but survived. I tried to give her first aid, but she was shot in the head,” Osmayev told Ukrainian television from his hospital bed. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Amina Okuyeva was an uncompromising critic of Russia and the Kremlin-backed regime of Ramzan Kadyrov. Osmayev and Okuyeva, as the highest-profile Chechens backing Ukraine after Munayev’s death, knew that they were also targets.

Source: The Guardian October 31, 2017 17:56 UTC