Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed the head of the state guards after allegations that two members were involved in a plot to assassinate him, Al Jazeera reported.<\/p>\n
Zelenskyy fired the former leader of the state guards, Serhiy Rud, on Thursday, Al Jazeera reported, adding that the decision came after the State Security Service (SBU) said earlier this week that it had uncovered an assassination plot against Zelenskyy and other important officials.<\/p>\n
However, there is no official word yet on Rud\u2019s successor, according to the report.<\/p>\n
According to SBU, two men, both colonels in the state guard, had planned to take Zelenskyy hostage and later assassinate him, Al Jazeera reported.<\/p>\n
Other important officials, including SBU head Vasyl Maliuk and Kyrylo Budanov, the military intelligence agency\u2019s head, were also said to be targets of the foiled plot.<\/p>\n
Two Ukrainian security officials were detained for planning to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, CNN reported citing the country\u2019s State Security Service (SBU).<\/p>\n
Two colonels in Ukraine\u2019s government protection unit were accused of carrying out \u201csubversive activities against Ukraine in exchange for financial compensation\u201d, and both were charged with treason, and one of them was also charged with preparing a terrorist act, Ukraine\u2019s Prosecutor General\u2019s office said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor\u2019s office said one of the suspects received two drones and ammunition from Russia\u2019s State Security Service (FSB), which they intended to transfer to another accomplice to carry out an explosion.<\/p>\n
The SBU said it had \u2018foiled\u2019 the \u201cactively developing plans\u201d to assassinate Zelenskyy and other senior Ukrainian officials, including the head of the SBU, Vasyl Maliuk, and the head of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russia did not officially react to the allegations of the SBU, which alleged that the two bodyguards had shared sensitive information to the Federal Security Service (FSB).<\/p>\n
In recent months, Zelenskyy\u2019s administration has faced many difficulties and has shaken up some key positions as progress in Ukraine\u2019s conflict with Russia stalls out and officials face corruption accusations, Al Jazeera reported.<\/p>\n
Earlier in February, Zelenskyy appointed Oleksandr Syrskyii as the new army chief after dismissing General Valerii Zaluzhny from the post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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