Ukraine’s President Claims Russia-Backed Coup Plot Involving Key Ukrainian Oligarch

Ukraine’s President Claims Russia-Backed Coup Plot Involving Key Ukrainian Oligarch
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky holds a press conference at the Antonov aircraft manufacturing plant in Kiev, on May 20, 2021. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters at a Nov. 26 press briefing in Kyiv that his country’s intelligence services had uncovered plans for a Russia-backed coup, prompting the Kremlin to deny the allegations.

Zelensky claimed at the briefing that Ukrainian intelligence unearthed evidence of an imminent coup plot planned for Dec. 1 or 2, calling the development “important.”

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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