A report has come out of Ukraine that a couple of Army officers have been implicated in a plot to assassinate Zelensky….

Two of Volodymyr Zelensky’s own colonels are accused of joining a Russian plot to assassinate him. Multiple assassination plots have surfaced previously, but the BBC notes this one stands apart because of the military officers involved. They were allegedly working with Russia’s FSB—successor to the KGB—and had been recruited before the war began, per the New York Times. The colonels worked in the Ukraine agency responsible for keeping top officials safe.

Among other things, they’re accused of trying to recruit men willing to kidnap and kill Zelensky from among his bodyguards. Both are charged with treason, and one with preparing a terrorist act, reports CNN. Other high-profile targets were Vasyl Maliuk, who runs Ukraine’s domestic intelligence agency, and Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, head of military intelligence.

The story line is that they were acting on orders from Russia.

But were they?

Is this a story concocted to garner some sympathy since Ukraine sees to think we are not doing our part in their war with Russia.

Or could this have been an attempted coup?

Or could it be two disgruntle commanders that are tired of seeing their troops die needlessly and were taking matters in the their own hands?

Or could this be just another bullshit line from the War Department to keep the media on their side?

Whichever it is I want to see more details but I guess they may not be forthcoming.

Waiting….waiting….

If this was such an attempt by Russia why is the news and the sources so thin?

Was this just another government lie like the yellow cake uranium in the early 2000s?

I will be watching and reading for more information….but I fear this is all we may get.

The two Ukrainian officials are being held on suspicion of treason and of preparing a terrorist act.

The SBU said three FSB employees oversaw the organisation and the attack.

One of them, named as Dmytro Perlin, had been recruiting “moles” since before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Another FSB employee, Oleksiy Kornev, reportedly held “conspiratorial” meetings “in neighbouring European states” before the invasion with one of the Ukrainian colonels arrested.

In a released interrogation with one of the suspects, they can be heard describing how they were paid thousands of dollars directly by parcels or indirectly through their relatives. It is not clear whether he was speaking under duress or not.

(bbc.com)

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