According to state officials, the embattled President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has escaped an assassination attempt that was planned and executed by members of the elite unit of the Kadyrovtsy also known as Kadyrov.
The assassination -attempt on Zelenskyy’s life happened in the early hours of Wednesday, according to Oleksiy Danilov, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, who announced on Ukraine 24 TV channel. Danilov said the attempt was however prevented.
Danilov said: “The special operation that was to be carried out directly by Kadyrovtsy to eliminate our president is fully known to us today.
“I can say that we received information from representatives of the FSB (Russia’s Federal Security Service) who have no desire to take part in this bloody war. Thanks to this, the Kadyrov elite group that came here to liquidate our president was killed.”
The Kadyrovtsy is a paramilitary organization in Chechnya that protects Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Chechen Republic.
