[Regnum] The Kiev regime organized assassination attempts on Russian President Vladimir Putin, which were unsuccessful. This statement was made on July 13 by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov (an individual included in the register of terrorists and extremists in Russia).“They were there, but, as you can see, they have also been unsuccessful so far,” the Ukrainian publication Strana.ua quoted him as saying.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, later on March 13, the head of state's press secretary Dmitry Peskov stated that the Russian president's security was being ensured at the proper level. The Kremlin representative specified that the threats emanating from Kiev were obvious.
In late March, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Vasyl Malyuk (an individual included in the register of terrorists and extremists in Russia), hinted at the agency's involvement in the murders and assassination attempts on Ukrainian and Russian politicians and public figures, including war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky and former Verkhovna Rada deputy Ilya Kiva . He also gave some details of the assassination attempts, without officially admitting involvement in them.
In May 2023, Budanov indicated that the Kiev regime was involved in assassination attempts on famous Russians. However, he did not answer the question about Kiev's involvement in the bombing of writer Zakhar Prilepin in the Nizhny Novgorod region. And on May 25, Budanov's deputy Vadim Skibitsky said that the Russian leader was the main target for the GUR.
On May 27, 2023, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commented on the threats made by the Kiev regime against the head of state, calling Ukraine a terrorist state. The head of the MFA recalled that the threats were made by the adviser to the head of the office of the leader of the Kiev regime, Mykhailo Podolyak, and the then Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov (an individual included in the register of terrorists and extremists in Russia).