MOSCOW, May 8. Reports of an assassination attempt on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky are causing concern in the United States, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
“Of course, we are glad that a potential assassination attempt was averted. <…> “This news (about the preparation of the assassination attempt. — Ed.) definitely causes concern,” she said.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced the detention of two colonels of the State Security Department of Ukraine, who allegedly prepared the assassination attempt. on Zelensky. According to information previously published by the SBU, the defendants were allegedly supposed to launch missile attacks on Zelensky and other high-ranking Ukrainian officials. Later, the Ukrainian publication «Strana» wrote that the accused were Colonel Andrey Guk and an officer named Derkach.