On March 29, the Kyiv Post announced that the second attempt to assassinate the president Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky failed. The Kyiv Post cited sources as saying that a group of 25 people led by Russian special forces were arrested near the Slovakia-Hungary border. “Their goal is to remove the president of Ukraine,” the newspaper wrote on Twitter.
On March 4, another source also reported that Mr. Zelensky had avoided three assassination attempts in the last week of February. The report claimed that two different groups of soldiers were mobilized to assassinate him. Zelensky. These groups include Wagner mercenaries supported by the Kremlin and Chechen special forces. However, the Russian side did not confirm this information.
Reports of a second assassination attempt on Mr Zelensky have come as Russia and Ukraine prepare to hold face-to-face talks in Turkey from March 29-31.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that talks between Putin and Zelensky would be counterproductive – AFP reported. “Putin has said that he has never refused to meet President Zelensky. The only thing that he considers important is that these meetings must be carefully prepared,” Lavrov said on television. .
In his latest speech, President Zelensky said that Ukraine is ready to be neutral and agree on the status of the eastern Donbas as part of a peace treaty.
“Assurances on the security and neutrality of Ukraine, the denuclearization status of Ukraine. We are ready to do it”Mr. Zelensky said in Russian.
The fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces has entered its 33rd day. About 160,000 people are still trapped in Mariupol without power and the city needs to be completely evacuated, the city’s mayor said.
However, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister said there was no humanitarian corridor from the port due to reports of “provocative actions” by Russia.
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