The man was the head of the Ukrainian president’s personal protection service.
Volodymyr Zelensky’s security chief was dismissed from his post this Thursday, May 9, by official decree. “Sergei Leonidovich Rud was thus dismissed from his post as head of the State Protection Department of Ukraine”, it is indicated. He was the head of Zelensky’s personal protection service, but also other senior leaders and their families.
This announcement comes two days after a plot targeting the Ukrainian president was foiled, reports -. Indeed, the Ukrainian security services indicated that they had dismantled a network of Russian FSB agents who were plotting a dark plan to assassinate their leader.
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Among them, “two colonels” of the Ukrainian state service, responsible for ensuring the security of senior officials, who in reality worked for Russia. They are also suspected of having “transmitted confidential information” to the Russian secret services. They are accused of “high treason” and of “preparations for a terrorist attack” and risk life imprisonment. One personally provided explosives and drones so an agent could stage an attack.
