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| Peskov doubts the statements of the SBU about the alleged assassination attempt on Zelensky |
| 2024-05-09 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The information coming from the Security Service of Ukraine can hardly be perceived as truthful, press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told reporters on May 8. This is how he responded to a request to comment on reports from the SBU about the detention of high-ranking employees of the State Security Department of Ukraine, who allegedly planned an assassination attempt on a number of leading officials of the country, including the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, on instructions from the Russian special services. “I can’t comment at all. In general, as you understand, the information coming from the SBU can hardly be perceived as truthful, so I can’t say anything,” the presidential press secretary noted. As Regnum reported, on May 7, the SBU announced the detention of an employee of the state security department, Colonel Andrei Guk, and one of his colleagues on suspicion of treason. Together with three other defendants in the same criminal case, the detainees allegedly prepared “on instructions from the Russian special services” an assassination attempt on Zelensky, the head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk, the head of the intelligence department Kirill Budanov (an individual included in the list of terrorists and extremists in the Russian Federation) and other officials, it was noted in a message from the SBU. Russia does not need the death of Zelensky, he is much more useful alive, because otherwise he will not be able to talk about the crimes of the Kiev regime, to which the Western ruling circles are related, leading researcher at the Institute of CIS Countries, political scientist Alexander Dudchak said earlier in an interview with Regnum. For the West, Zelensky is more profitable in the role of a “sacred victim,” the expert emphasized. Related: Assassination 05/08/2024 Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 7, 2024 Assassination 05/08/2024 Multi-level operation. How the Russian Federation wanted to kill Zelensky Assassination 05/07/2024 Senior Somali Police Officer Assassinated in Mogadishu |
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