Assassination Attempts on Zelensky, Budanov, and Ermak: Maluk Reveals Details of Disrupted FSB Special Operations.

The head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Vasyl Maluk, spoke about the details of the special operations that helped avert a series of assassination attempts on the country's top leadership, including President Volodymyr Zelensky. This information became known from the official social media of the SBU.

According to Maluk, last year a large-scale plan was uncovered, which involved high-ranking officials of the State Guard Administration. During the operation, two colonels were detained who were preparing an assassination attempt on Zelensky.

«They were working for the FSB of the Russian Federation, specifically for the 5th service. They were preparing an assassination attempt on our President – Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky,» Maluk stated.

It was also revealed that, in addition to the assassination of the president, the detainees were planning to kill the head of the GUR, Kyrylo Budanov, Maluk himself, and they were transmitting intelligence information to the Russians. The second attempt on Zelensky was to take place in Poland, but thanks to a joint operation by the SBU and the Polish Internal Security Agency, the criminal was detained.

Uncovering Russian Intelligence Plans

Maluk separately reported on the uncovering of plans by Russian intelligence services to eliminate Denys Ermak, the brother of the President's Office head. Denys Ermak serves as a sniper in the Foreign Legion of the GUR and is a target of interest for the enemies.

The engineer who planned the murder was a young man, but thanks to the professionalism of the SBU and a successful operation, including video and audio surveillance set up in the executor's apartment, the plan was successfully disrupted.

Ukrainian intelligence services were able to avert assassination attempts on President Volodymyr Zelensky and other high-ranking officials thanks to the conducted special operations. It became known about planned attacks by Russian intelligence services on individuals close to the Ukrainian leadership, which were also successfully stopped thanks to the effective work of the SBU.