Russia-backed assassination plot against Ukraine supporters surfaces in FBI indictment
TL;DR
The FBI says Russia’s intelligence services plotted to surveil and murder targets in the United States and Europe—primarily individuals and infrastructure linked to Ukraine—and has charged five operatives who remain at large. The indictment describes a long-running network that recruited U.S. and international participants, offered money to carry out killings, and has disrupted these plans through cross-agency cooperation.
- Russia plotting to kill Ukraine allies in US and Europe, FBI says The Guardian
- US charges five people linked to Russian ‘assassination network’ Financial Times
- DOJ charges Russians for allegedly financing terrorism, murder-for-hire plots ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- DOJ accuses Russian intelligence agents of plotting to murder U.S. dissident CBS News
- DOJ charges Russian agents for alleged murder-for-hire plot in US Washington Examiner
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