LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A woman has been arrested for allegedly plotting to kill Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, authorities say.
Ukrainian Secret Service in a statement on Monday, disclosed that the woman “was preparing an enemy airstrike on Mykolaiv region” during Zelenskyy’s recent visit.
The SBU said the woman, who was not publicly identified, was collecting information, including the time and a list of locations Zelenskyy planned to attend in the southern region.
A spokesperson for the SBU reportedly confirmed that Ukraine believed Zelenskyy was the target of the attack.
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The SBU disclosed that it learned of the alleged plot in time and that “additional security measures were taken during the visit.”
According to the statement, it continued to document the woman’s actions to learn more about her alleged Russian handlers and learned that she was also instructed to locate the Ukrainian army’s strategic assets near the town of Ochakiv in the Mykolaiv region, which the SBU claimed the Russians were planning to use to launch a massive airstrike on the region.
The woman was apprehended “red-handed” as she was trying to pass intelligence to the Russians, the statement said.
She was identified only as a resident of Ochakiv and a former military shop saleswoman. She faces up to 12 years in prison if she is convicted.
According to Aljazeera, Zelenskyy stated on the Telegram messaging service on 7 August, that the head of the SBU had updated him about the “fight against traitors.”