Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense warned more Wagner Group Russian militants arrived in Ukraine on direct orders from Russian President Vladimir Putin to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Wagner Group mercenaries arrived in Ukraine on a mission to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and take out other high-ranking Ukrainian politicians on the fourth week since the invasion’s onset.
"Putin personally ordered another attack by one of the few proxies," the post said."All previous attempts have ended in the failure and elimination of terrorists." "The Russian occupiers, having failed to achieve their goals during the full-scale aggression against Ukraine, continue to try to destabilize the Ukrainian government, demoralize society, disrupt the resistance movement, and slow down Ukraine's international cooperation," the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said on Sunday."The organization of assassinations of the first persons of our state is part of the strategy of the occupiers.
Prigozhin, a Russian businessman with close ties to the Kremlin, was among several Russian oligarchs sanctioned by the Biden administration earlier this month in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian officials said that Zelenskyy has survived several assassination attempts. Besides Wagner militants, reports indicate Chechen fighters had also been tasked with eliminating Ukrainian politicians. Since its inception in 2014, the Wagner Group has been considered a proxy group of the Russian state abroad, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies .
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