Russia has arrested four people on suspicion of plotting to assassinate senior defence officials and their families on Ukraine’s orders, the Kremlin’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said.

The year 2024 saw President Vladimir Putin further cement his power as he sought to counter Russia's isolation over the war in Ukraine.

Russian security officials said it arrested four Russians accused of planning to kill senior officials with the Defense Ministry.

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Thursday the arrests of four individuals accused of plotting to assassinate senior Russian military officers, alleging the scheme was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence.

The arrest announcement follows the death of Russia's Lt. Gen Igor Kirillov, who was killed on Dec. 17 by a bomb hidden on an electric scooter parked outside his apartment building.

Russia’s top security agency says that it has arrested several suspects accused of involvement in an alleged Ukrainian plot to assassinate senior military officers.

The deputy director of the Franco-Russian observatory and associate researcher at IRIS (Institute of International and Strategic Relations), Igor Delanoë, explains that the Ukrainians have been “engaged in targeted eliminations” for two years now.

Military officials, propagandists, and those seen as collaborators by Kyiv have been assassinated in Russia or the Ukrainian territories it occupies since the beginning of Russia's all-out war in 2022.

In the US biological laboratories, Ukrainians, with the help of Americans, developed bioweapons genetically aimed only at Russians. This was stated by former Pentagon adviser, retired US Army Colonel Douglas McGregor in an interview with Judge Napolitano.

During a year-end news conference on December 19, President Vladimir Putin proudly announced that not only has he “taken care” of Russia but he has also saved the nation “from the edge of the abyss.” Knewz.

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