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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chechen Leader Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo/Al Arabiya
Ukraine’s Secretary of National Security and Defense, Oleksiy Danilov, told Radio NV that Kadyrov and Putin discussed plans to send a group of Chechen assassins to kill Zelensky at a meeting on February 3.
The meeting, which Danilov said was “tracked” by Ukrainian intelligence, was held exactly three weeks before Putin launched his full-fledged invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
“At this meeting, a plan to eliminate our president was agreed upon, and Kadyrov promised that his group would do it,” Danilov told Radio NV as quoted by Reuters. Business InsiderFriday (22/4/2022).
Danilvov said that three groups working for Kadyrov were deployed to Ukraine to carry out the plan two days after the start of the invasion.
“They didn’t leave earlier because they had been waiting for the ‘green corridor’ to reach the government headquarters in Kiev safely,” he added.
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But the assassins were unsuccessful in their mission.
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