Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed his bodyguard chief. Sehri Rudd was the chief of the agency UDO which is responsible for Zelensky’s safety. It has not been announced yet who will get this post in his place. Nor has it been told why Sehri Rudd was removed.
However, the decision to remove him has been taken when the conspiracy to assassinate Zelensky was exposed in Ukraine just 3 days ago. In this case, two colonels of the State Guard Service of Ukraine were also arrested.
The two officers arrested in Ukraine who were given modern weapons to kill Zelensky have been charged with treason. One has also been accused of being involved in terrorist action. It is claimed that both the accused had received money and weapons from Russia.
One of the two accused was given two drones and modern weapons by the Russian intelligence agency (FSB) to assassinate Zelensky. The accused wanted to give these weapons to his third accomplice for the murder of Zelensky, but he was caught before the conspiracy could take place.
Senior officials of Ukraine were also the target.
Security officials said that not only Zelensky but other senior officials were also the target in this conspiracy. He said that the conspiracy of assassination attempts has been exposed. This included the head of Ukraine’s intelligence agency (SBU) Vasyl Malyuk and Ukraine’s defense intelligence chief Kirill Budanov. According to Ukraine’s investigative agency, the FSB’s plan was to kidnap Zelensky and later kill him.
Attempts to kill Zelensky have been made twice before.
After the war between Russia and Ukraine started in February 2022, attempts to kill Zelensky have been made several times. The first attempt was made in August 2023. There was a plan to kill Zelensky by airstrike. Then the Ukrainian woman living in Mykolaivyak, Ukraine was arrested.
Last month (April) also a Polish man was accused of plotting to kill Zelensky. Security officials had said that this person had given information to Russia about the security of Poland airport. Russia had planned to enter Ukraine from this airport and attack Zelensky.
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