SBU Says It Foiled FSB-Linked Plot to Assassinate K-1 Kickboxing Federation President in Kyiv
The suspect allegedly retrieved a pistol and ammunition from a Kyiv cache before counterintelligence officers detained her near the target's workplace.
- On Tuesday, Sept. 22, the Security Service of Ukraine detained a Russian-linked operative in Kyiv accused of planning to assassinate a Russian opposition figure near a local sports complex.
- Russian intelligence recruited the 30-year-old suspect in Russian-occupied Melitopol, offering to drop a criminal drug case; after training at an FSB-run facility, she entered Ukrainian-controlled territory through Belarus.
- Ukrainska Pravda identified the target as Akhmad Akhmedov, a kickboxing coach who fought for Ukraine since 2022, while counterintelligence officers seized a pistol and smartphone containing direct communications with her handler.
- Authorities charged the operative with high treason under Part 2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine; she remains in custody without bail and faces potential life imprisonment if convicted.
- The arrest adds to a growing number of Russian-linked assassination investigations; in June, law enforcement detained a 38-year-old man planning to attack Andrii Yusov, spokesperson for Ukraine's military intelligence, using an FPV drone.
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Ukrainian authorities have detained a woman who, on the orders of Russian intelligence, allegedly planned to kill an opposition figure who fought on the Ukrainian side and is currently working as a kickboxing coach in Kyiv.
SBU says it foiled FSB-linked plot to assassinate K-1 kickboxing federation president in Kyiv
The SBU did not publicly name the intended target, saying only that he had fought for Ukraine since 2022, first in Kyiv Oblast and later on the eastern front, and currently heads a nationwide civic organization while working as a kickboxing coach.
FSB Hitwoman from Melitopol Arrested in Kyiv While Plotting to Kill Russian Opposition Leader
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has arrested an operative working on behalf of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) who was preparing to assassinate a prominent Russian opposition figure in Kyiv, the agency reported on September 22.
The enemy wanted to kill a Russian opponent who had fought for Ukraine since 2022, first in the Kiev region and then on the front in the east.
In Kiev, the FSB killer who was preparing an assassination attempt on a Russian oppositionist was detained by the <p>SBU detained a resident of occupied Melitopol in Kiev, who was preparing an assassination attempt on a Russian oppositionist at the behest of the FSB. Her threatened with life imprisonment.</p>
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