
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was the target of an assassination plot to be carried out by a retired Polish military man who had first been recruited by Soviet Russia decades ago.
The news was announced by the head of the country's internal security agency.
Lieutenant General Vasyl Malyuk, head of Ukraine's SBU, detailed the alleged plot in a closed-door meeting with Ukrainian media.
Malyuk said the Polish citizen was activated by Russia with a plan to kill Zelensky at Poland's Rzeszów-Jasionka airport using either a drone (FPV) or a sniper rifle, TSN newspaper reports.
The would-be assassin was fascinated by the Soviet idea, RBC reported, and held onto his beliefs for years. But the plot was foiled by a joint effort between the SBU and the Polish internal security service (ABW).