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Ukraine’s Security Service has detained two Ukrainian officials suspected of plotting to assassinate President Volodymyr #Zelenskyy and other top figures in a plan coordinated by #Russia, reports Semafor.
Two colonels in the State Guard of #Ukraine were detained on suspicion of working with Russia’s Federal Security Service to carry out the plot.
Ukraine detains two over alleged Zelenskyy assassination plot | Semafor
The country's security service said it had foiled a Russian plot to assassinate the Ukrainian president.Jenna Moon (www.semafor.com)
Tim Mak
in reply to Tim Mak • • •Six member states of the #EU sent representatives to the inauguration ceremony of Russian President Vladimir #Putin today. They include #France, #Hungary and #Slovakia, Radio Liberty reported.
The presidential inauguration is standard in #Russia, despite this being Putin's third consecutive term in office. 20 EU countries did not send officials, showing splits in the bloc over relations with #Moscow.
https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-inavhuratsiya-putina-uchast-yes/32936115.html
Стали відомі країни ЄС, які візьмуть участь в інавгурації Путіна – їх шість
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in reply to Tim Mak • • •#Russia is no longer using the Crimean Kerch bridge to supply its front line troops, reports The Independent.
Instead, recent satellite images show the Russians are relying on land routes through occupied eastern #Ukraine. This shift comes after Ukraine's attacks on the bridge.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-war-crimea-bridge-russia-land-routes-b2540140.html
Russia using land routes rather than Crimean bridge to supply troops in Ukraine, analysts say
Arpan Rai (The Independent)