Ukraine foils Russian plot to assassinate leadership

Ukraine's security service (SBU) said it has foiled a Russian plot to kidnap and assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and kill other top Ukrainian officials.

Two serving colonels from the Ukrainian government's own protection unit have been arrested in a troubling sign of Russian penetration of Ukraine's security apparatus.

Other intended targets in the conspiracy included Vasyl Malyuk, the head of the SBU, and Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov, the chief of Ukraine's military intelligence agency.