An assassination plot against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by Chechens has been foiled, according to a top Ukrainian official.
An “elite group” of Chechens had arrived in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, to assassinate Zelensky, Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, said during a briefing, according to a Telegram post by Ukraine’s Center for Strategic Communications, a government office.