Kyiv Claims to Have Foiled Planned Coup Attempt Against Zelenskyy Government

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s five-year presidential term expired in May.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 25, 2024. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images

Ukrainian authorities say they have thwarted a coup attempt aimed at overthrowing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his government in Kyiv.

“Law enforcement personnel uncovered a group of pseudo-activists who were planning to stage provocations in Kyiv on June 30,” the Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office said in a July 1 social media post.