Kremlin Denies Claims Russian Authorities Want to Assassinate Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (C) in the town of Bucha, northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, on April 4, 2022. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

Russia has no plans to kill Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy or remove him from office, a top Kremlin spokesman said on April 6.

“No, this is not true,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state-run media, in response to a question about whether Russia wants Zelenskyy dead. He added that Russian authorities “have never talked about the occupation of Ukraine.”