Russia wants to have foiled an assassination attempt on the head of government of annexed Crimea. The domestic intelligence service FSB arrested a man hired by Ukraine to kill Sergei Aksyonov with a car bomb.
According to the Russian secret service FSB, it prevented an attack on the head of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia. “An attempted attack on the governor of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, organized by the Ukrainian secret services was foiled,” the Russian state news agency TASS quoted the Russian secret service as saying. Ukraine initially did not comment on the allegations.
The FSB accused the government in Kiev of wanting to plant a bomb in the car of the governor appointed by Moscow. A suspect has been arrested. It was a Russian hired and trained by the Ukrainian security services to kill Aksyonov with a car bomb.
Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. The Russian Black Sea Fleet is stationed there.
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