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‘Assassination attempts’ on Zelenskyy revealed as 10 killed in attack on Kyiv.

Russia tried to cancel Istanbul talks, says Ukraine's security chief.

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Russia planned to carry out an assassination attempt on Zelenskyy at the Rzeszów airport.

The heads of Ukrainian security services were also to be targeted. The details of the foiled plots were provided by the head of the Security Service of Ukraine, V. Malyuk

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🗣️The attempted assassination of Volodymyr Zelensky was stopped thanks to the cooperation of the SBU and Polish services.

"We detained him. Our Polish colleagues showed professionalism, we worked together on this," Malyuk said during a meeting with journalists

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According to Ukrainian intelligence, the planned attack was to be carried out at the Rzeszów airport, where the Ukrainian president often changes planes on his way to the front or foreign meetings.

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According to Vasyl Malyuk, the Russians considered several options.

"The task was to physically remove President Zelensky at the Rzeszów airport. Several methods were considered. One of them was an FPV drone, another - a sniper."

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Malyuk did not say when the attempted assassination was supposed to have taken place. However, he mentioned another failed assassination attempt on Zelenskyy, which was supposed to have taken place at the Presidential Office in Kyiv.

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The assassination was allegedly carried out by a retired soldier, a Pole, recruited by Russian services several decades ago. The FSB agents' plot was exposed last year, and now the Ukrainians have provided details of the case.

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Paweł K., who was detained in April 2024 on Polish territory was then charged with declaring readiness to act for Russian intelligence. The ABW statement on this matter was recalled by the spokesman for the Minister of Internal Affairs, Jacek Dobrzyński.

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Among K.'s tasks was to collect and provide the military intelligence of the Russian Federation with information on the security of the Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport — informed prosecutor Anna Adamiak, spokeswoman for the Prosecutor General

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"We are working closely with the Ukrainian services in matters of ensuring the security of President Volodomyr Zelenskyy. The case of thwarting the preparatory actions for the assassination attempt on the President of Ukraine took place in April 2024 and...

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... ended with the detention by the Internal Security Agency & arrest of a Polish citizen who had such plans & tried to establish cooperation with the Russian services," — reports the head of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Tomasz Siemoniak,"

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On May 19, 2025, the Ministry of Interior & admin, T. Siemoniak, reported that Paweł K. is accused of committing the crime of declaring readiness to act for the benefit of a foreign intelligence service against the Republic of Poland. He faces 8 yrs in prison.

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Russia also tried to assassinate Vasyl Malyuk, Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Main Directorate of Military Intelligence of Ukraine, and Denys Yermak, brother of the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.

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The plan was to use explosives for this purpose, & the 14-year-old was responsible for observing the target.

The attack was planned for May 15, when talks with Andriy Yermak were taking place in Istanbul.

The Russians' goal was to cancel the meetings.

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"We had full control over the course of events. We managed to gain access to his phone, where we recorded many conversations in which his guardians directed the entire process in detail," — SBU chief Vasyl Malyuk reported.

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The Russians prepared 2.5 kg of explosives for this purpose, although 800 g would have been enough to blow up a car.

"The planned attack could have had catastrophic consequences," said the head of the SBU.

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