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| The Times: Colonels from Zelensky’s guard were preparing an assassination attempt on Budanov |
| 2024-05-28 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Two colonels of the state security department of the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, were preparing an assassination attempt on the head of intelligence (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov (an individual included in the Russian Federation in the list of terrorists and extremists), the British newspaper The Times reported on May 26, citing an unnamed high-ranking Ukrainian counterintelligence officer. According to journalists, security officers planned to inform the Russian military of the coordinates of the motorcade in which Budanov was traveling so that a missile attack could be carried out on it. The attack was supposedly supposed to be detected by drones and dropped ammunition to kill the survivors. It is reported that the operation was planned for early May. Those accused of the attempt on the life of the head of the GUR were detained. Allegedly, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) intercepted the colonels’ negotiations. The publication reported that they were Andrey Guk and Alexander Derkach, they were followed for several months. As Regnum reported, in early May the SBU announced the detention of Guk and Derkach. They were accused of preparing an assassination attempt on Zelensky. During a search of Hooke's house, weapons and explosive devices were found. The department also stated that three more defendants are involved in the case. In November 2023, political scientist Yuri Svetov, in a conversation with IA Regnum, said that in Ukraine there are signs of a clan struggle for power in order to attribute all failures in governing the country to the overthrown leadership. He noted that such changes cannot take place without the participation of the Ukrainian special services. The expert did not rule out that the West also plans to rotate the leadership of the Kyiv regime. |
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