According to the British newspaper The Times, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has escaped at least three assassination attempts sponsored by Moscow last week.
Russia has been carrying out its threats since February 24, and Ukraine is now the scene of a sad war. At the head of it, Vladimir Zelenski is still trying to defend his homeland.
And while he did not hesitate to appear in a video last week to prove he had not fled his country, the Kremlin has made it its number one goal of elimination.
Thus, according to the Times, two heavily armed teams would have a mission to assassinate the Ukrainian president. And this is not a force at all, as the first comes straight from Chechnya on the orders of its president, Ramzan Kadyrov, who is also a staunch supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
President Zelenski has survived at least three assassination attempts in the past week, The Times has learned https://t.co/YVnDRCxytk
– The Times (@thetimes) March 4, 2022
In this way, more than 10,000 soldiers were mobilized to join Vladimir Putin’s “denazification” offensive. According to the British daily, the first assassination attempt was thwarted last Saturday in the heart of the city of Kyiv, before they managed to reach Vladimir Zelensky.
Indeed, as the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov explained on Ukrainian television: “I can say that we have received information from the FSB (former KGB), which does not want to take part in this bloody war. And thanks to that, Kadyrov’s elite group was destroyed, those who came here to eliminate our president. “
Two more attempts
Two other attempts would then be made by a second team led by the Wagner group’s mercenary militia. This Russian private military company was founded by former Russian oligarch Evgeny Prigogine, who is known to be very close to President Vladimir Putin, although Russia has never officially recognized him. While its militia has been established in several African countries, the Kremlin has also hired these mercenaries in Syria, along with Bashar al-Assad’s troops.
Currently, 400 men from Wagner’s group have been in Ukraine for several weeks, according to the Times, and have tried to assassinate the Ukrainian president twice.
Enough to raise questions from Wagner’s mercenaries, who, in addition to suffering significant losses, according to the Times, would be concerned about the accuracy of the information Ukraine will have. According to a source close to the group, “it is strange to see how well informed President Zelenski’s security team is.”
However, Wagner is not ready to give up his mission, because, as the source still confirmed to the Times, “it only takes one to get there and everyone goes home with a bonus.” What undoubtedly motivates the mercenary forces, let us not forget that if the Ukrainian head of state dies, the Kremlin can get rid of any form of direct responsibility and put a pro-Russian president at the head of Ukraine.