SBU in cooperation with the Polish Internal Security Agency stopped Polish military pensionerwho planned the assassination of President Zelanski at the airport in Rzeszów – said the head of SBU Wasyl Maliuk at a closed meeting with journalists.
He added that the bomber considered the possibility of using a drone or a sniper rifle.
An attempt to assassination at Zelanski in Rzeszów. SBU boss: has been thwarted
Maliuk said that the man was “recruited” by the Russian services ten years ago and “believed in the Soviet idea and for years he was intended.”
The former military was supposed to have the task of “physically removing Zelanski at the airport in Rzeszów”. As Maliuk said, the perpetrator was detained. He added that “Polish colleagues worked professionally, it was our joint work with them.”
The head of the SBU did not specify when an attempt in the assassination in Rzeszów took place. In the same conversation he also mentioned another unsuccessful assassination of Ukrainian president. It took place in his office in Kiev.
The bombers were to work for the Russian Federal Security Service, which was then managed by General Lieutenant Beseda. This complex operation lasted almost two years.
The perpetrators also collected information and prepared attacks for the head of the intelligence of Ukraine Kyryło Budanów and the head of SBU Wasyla Małyuk.
Spokesman for the Ministry of Interior and Administration Jacek Dobrzyński He told Interia that the assassination was thwarted in Rzeszów in April last year.
“As far as I know, an indictment was formulated in this case,” he added.