{"id":1354602,"date":"2022-03-02T03:44:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T08:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1354602"},"modified":"2022-03-02T08:53:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T13:53:00","slug":"assassination-attempt-on-zelensky-foiled-after-tip-off-from-russian-spies-ukrainian-official-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/assassination-attempt-on-zelensky-foiled-after-tip-off-from-russian-spies-ukrainian-official-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Assassination Attempt On Zelensky Foiled After Tip-Off From Russian Spies, Ukrainian Official Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fassassination-attempt-on-zelensky-foiled-after-tip-off-from-russian-spies-ukrainian-official-claims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1354602&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238728415.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An assassination attempt on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was foiled and a Russian hit squad was \u201cdestroyed\u201d after Ukrainians were tipped off by Russian spies, a Ukrainian official said Tuesday on Ukrainian television.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of Ukraine\u2019s National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said \u201cthat his country received information about a planned assassination attempt on President Volodymyr Zelensky from agents of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB),\u201d National Review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/ukrainian-defense-head-attempt-on-zelenskys-life-foiled\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can say that we received information from representatives of the FSB, who today have no desire to take part in this bloody war,\u201d Danilov said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kadyrovites\u2019 elite group, which came here specifically to eliminate our president, was directly destroyed,\u201d the official added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKadyrovites refers to a Chechen paramilitary group accused of a number of human-rights violations and abuses,\u201d National Review noted. \u201cThey serve at the pleasure of Razman Kadyrov, the head of the Chechen Republic and a close ally of Vladimir Putin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ukraine-russia-double-agent-foil-assassination-zelensky-claim-2022-3\">According<\/a> to Insider, Danilov\u00a0said the alleged assassins \u201cwere split into two groups, with one destroyed in the town of Hostomel, just northwest of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and the other \u2018under fire.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky reportedly refused to be evacuated from Kyiv last week, famously saying he needs \u201cammunition, not a ride.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/ukrainian-defense-head-attempt-on-zelenskys-life-foiled\/\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cThe U.S. government is prepared to help Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leave Kyiv to avoid being captured or killed by advancing Russian forces, according to U.S. and Ukrainian officials,\u201d The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/02\/25\/russia-ukraine-president-zelensky-family-target\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cBut so far, the president has refused to go.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A senior American intelligence official with direct knowledge of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/shop\/products\/i-need-ammunition-t-shirt\">conversation<\/a> that U.S. officials had with Zelensky when he was reportedly asked to evacuate says that Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/whdh.com\/news\/zelenskyy-declines-us-offer-to-evacuate-kyiv\/\">responded<\/a>: \u201cThe fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u00a0European Parliament on Tuesday voted to accept Ukraine\u2019s application to join the European Union (EU) after the Ukrainian president gave a passionate speech before the body, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/a-moment-of-truth-for-europe-european-parliament-greenlights-ukraine-bid-to-join-eu\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Zelensky formally signed an application to join the European Union on an expedited basis on Monday after making repeated to calls to allow his country to join the bloc. Zelensky\u2019s calls have received vocal support from some already in the bloc, including the countries of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>After nearly a week of fending off Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Zelensky gave an impassioned speech in front of the European Parliament that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamJSchwarz\/status\/1498631127409512454\">received<\/a> a standing ovation and \u201cnear-unanimous\u201d support from the body\u2019s members to begin the process of joining Ukraine to the bloc. The parliament vote does not grant Ukraine status of an EU-candidate country.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Russian military reportedly launched a missile strike into Kharkiv\u2019s Freedom Square on Tuesday, a civilian area in the heart of the nation\u2019s second-largest city, The Daily Wire noted. \u201cThis is the price of freedom. We are fighting just for our land. And for our freedom, despite the fact that all of the cities of our country are now blocked,\u201d Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/zelensky-video-european-parliament-address-ukraine-ed88a2e1-ff9e-471c-9a4d-92e0406ff541.html\">told<\/a> the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An assassination attempt on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was foiled and a Russian hit squad was \u201cdestroyed\u201d after Ukrainians were tipped off by Russian spies, a Ukrainian official said Tuesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1354602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1354602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1354602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1354602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1354602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}