Overview

• On June 23, SBU chief Wassyl Maljuk revealed a thwarted plot to assassinate President Zelenskyy at Rzeszów airport.
• Investigators say Russia’s FSB enlisted a former Polish soldier with Soviet-era sympathies alongside two ex-Ukrainian bodyguards.
• Planned tactics ranged from FPV drone strikes to a sniper assault during Zelenskyy’s transfer from train to government aircraft.
• The Polish ABW, in coordination with the SBU, arrested the alleged mastermind in April 2024.
• Polish prosecutors indicted the ex-soldier in May 2025 for espionage on behalf of a hostile intelligence service, and Ukrainian authorities say they remain vigilant for new threats.