The would-be assassins were allegedly promised rewards of $100,000 to $150,000 per kill, the Security Service of Ukraine said.
's army would be able to secure a speedy victory in his"special military operation." While maps from the Institute for the Study of War show that Russia has managed to occupy southern and eastern parts of the country, Ukraine has yet to abandonVasyl Malyuk, the acting head of the SSU, suggested that the alleged assassination attempt was in response to Russia's lack of victory in the war so far.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov and defense intelligence head Kyrylo Budanov were allegedly targeted in a foiled assassination plot by members of Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU. Above, Reznikov attends the Ukraine Security Consultative Group meeting at Ramstein air base on April 26 in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany.
The Luhansk resident allegedly attempted to disguise his travels to Ukrainian-controlled territory by entering through Belarus, but SSU employees documented his arrival in Ukraine's northwestern Volyn region and"his meeting with an accomplice."
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