Several attempts to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky has been foiled by Ukrainian counter-intelligence

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits positions of the country’s armed forces near the line of separation from with Russian-backed rebels in Donetsk Region, Ukraine June 9, 2021. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS.

This comes after a group of Russian saboteurs led by a secret service agent was arrested in the city of Uzhhorod in the border area between Ukraine, Slovakia and Hungary, Ukraine’s UNIAN news agency reported.

The men were reportedly planning to masquerade as members of the Ukrainian armed forces in order to make their way to the Ukrainian capital.

The report could not be verified independently.

The Ukrainian government claims that Russian spy squads have tried to get to Kiev and eliminate Zelensky several times since the beginning of the war.