Ukraine Thwarts FSB Assassination Plot Against Russian Opposition Figure in Kyiv

Ukraine's Security Service says it foiled FSB terror attack amid reports of alleged shootout with Defence Intelligence

Ukraine's Security Service says it and military intelligence prevented an FSB plot to carry out an attack against a Russian opposition political movement leader who had travelled to Ukraine.

By VALENTYNA ROMANENKO

Ukraine’s SBU says it thwarted FSB plot to assassinate Russian opposition figure

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced that it worked with the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of the Defense Ministry to foil an assassination plot targeting a Russian opposition figure.

Ukraine thwarts FSB plot against Russian opposition figure Stepan Kaplunov, source says

The FSB aimed to attack a Russian opposition figure that had come to Kyiv for Ukraine's independence day

By Jonas Heins

SSU, DIU foil Russian plot to assassinate Russian opposition leader

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), together with the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), foiled a terrorist attack that Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) was preparing against one of the leaders of a Russian opposition political nationalist movement who had traveled to Ukraine for Independence Day.