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Ukraine says it foiled a Russian spy agency plot to assassinate President Zelensky [Video]

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian counterintelligence investigators have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other top military and political figures, Ukraine’s state security service said Tuesday.

Two colonels in the State Guard of Ukraine, which protects top officials, were detained on suspicion of enacting the plan drawn up by Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, a statement said. The colonels were recruited before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to the statement.

It quoted the head of the State Security Service, Vasyl Maliuk, as saying the plot foresaw an attack before Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inauguration for a fifth term on Tuesday. Maliuk said that he personally oversaw the top-secret operation to track the plot.

Ukrainian claims of Russian efforts to kill Zelensky aren’t new. Zelensky said in 2022 there has been at least 10 attempts to assassinate him, and now the war with …

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GRAPHIC WARNING: Multiple Russian strikes on Kharkiv kill at least 11 | REUTERS [Video]

Russian strikes killed at least 11 people, including a pregnant woman, and injured 25 others in two separate attacks in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, local officials said. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #world #UkraineCrisis #RussiaUkrainewar #Ukraine #Russia #Kharkiv #strikes Read the story here: https://reut.rs/3yq4IRL👉 Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribeKeep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/Follow Reuters on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReutersFollow Reuters on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReutersFollow Reuters on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reuters/?hl=en

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Putin concludes a trip to China by emphasizing its strategic and personal ties to Russia | KLRT [Video]

BEIJING (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded a two-day visit to China on Friday, emphasizing the countries burgeoning strategic ties as well as his own personal relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as they sought to present an alternative to U.S. global influence. Putin praised the growth in bilateral trade while touring a China-Russia []