In January 2022, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, received Bill Burns, head of the CIA, to discuss the risks of the Russian invasion and the assassination plans against the head of state, he reported on Tuesday. the independent quoting Chris Whipple’s upcoming book.
The American author close to power and specialist in the White House assures that at that time, Volodymyr Zelensky did not believe in a Russian invasion of Ukraine and that the American warnings about it only served to create “panic”.
That’s why Bill Burns went to Kyiv in person to “give you a reality check,” especially after Joe Biden’s request to “share specific details about Russian conspiracies.” Information Volodymyr Zelensky received seriously, despite the surprise.
Two Russian attacks thwarted thanks to the Americans
Thus, since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, intelligence has made it possible to thwart “two Russian attacks” against the Ukrainian president, according to Chris Whipple.
Volodymyr Zelensky has been a priority target for the Kremlin since the start of the conflict on February 24. In early March, for example, several outlets reported that the Russian Wagner paramilitary group had infiltrated the Ukrainian capital to shoot the former actor.
On March 9, presidential adviser Mikhail Podolyak had put forward a figure of more than a dozen assassination attempts thwarted thanks to “a very powerful intelligence and counterintelligence network.”
Source: BFM TV
