1 UKRAINE
Arrest over ‘Zelenskiy assassination plot’
The security service claimed to have foiled a plot to assassinate Volodymyr Zelenskiy after the arrest of a woman suspected of gathering intelligence about his movements.
The unnamed woman was said by the security service of Ukraine, known as the SBU, to be gathering information about Zelenskiy’s visit to the southern Mykolaiv region, on which it was said Russia was planning to unleash a major air assault.
On his Telegram channel, Zelenskiy said the head of the SBU had updated him on the “fight against traitors”.
A drone attack on Moscow earlier this year, attributed to Ukraine’s military, had been described by the Kremlin as an attempt to assassinate Vladimir Putin, for which it was claimed there would be reprisals.
At the start of the war, Zelenskiy had said he was aware that Putin wanted him dead. Aides claimed in March last year that Zelenskiy had survived three assassinations in one week and that there had been dozens more.
The SBU said extra security measures had been put in place after it became aware of the plot.
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2 UNITED STATES
Warships dispatched in response to Alaska patrol
The US dispatched four navy warships and a reconnaissance plane after multiple Chinese and Russian military vessels carried out a joint naval patrol near Alaska last week.
The patrol, first reported by the Wall Street
