Kyiv: Since the Russian Invasion began last week, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has survived three assassination attempts, reports have said. But the attempts of assassination failed as the Ukrainian officials were on alert, according to The Times.
According to the report, two different assassination groups – the Wagner group and Chechen rebels, were sent with intentions of killing the president.
According to The Washington Post, Russia’s Federal Security Service had alerted the Ukrainians about a unit of Kadyrovites – elite Chechen special forces – were sent with the aim of killing Zelensky. It quoted Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, saying as these units were destroyed.
He added, “Chechen special forces were killed on Saturday on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv.”
“And I can say that we have received information from the Federal Security Service, who today do not want to take part in this bloody war,” Danilov told The Post.
As per The Times report, the intelligence inputs came from the anti-war elements from the Federal Security Service.
According to the report, Wagner mercenaries were frightened by the Ukrainians’ ability to predict their movements so precisely.
Without naming the source of information, they stated in the report that an official said it was “eerie” how well briefed Zelensky’s security team appeared to be.
The US had offered help for evacuating Zelensky at the start of war in Ukraine, but he chose to stay in the war field and fight. He has decided to stay in Kyiv amid the Russian Invasion at intimate quarters with his protection squad and closest aides.
His this decision is being praised by the whole world. President Emmanuel Macron, in his address to the nation, called Zelensky “the face of honour, freedom and courage”.
Zelensky has stated that he fears of being ‘number one target of Russian invasion.’ On Thursday he called for the talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as the only way to end the conflict.
“If anyone thinks… Ukraine will surrender, he knows nothing about Ukraine and has nothing to do in Ukraine,” Zelensky said in his latest video address in an apparent message to Putin.
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