Multilevel military operation: Ukrainian colonel on presidential assassination attempt

He said this on the Espreso TV channel.

"We must pay tribute to the professionalism of the Security Service of Ukraine. Because in the face of carefully concealed agents of influence, they managed to detect them directly in the Department of the State Protection of Ukraine, that is, in the structure responsible for preserving the life and health of our president. This is a very steep consequence of a multi-level and long-term military operation. Obviously, Putin could have been prepared for a gift in the form of the assassination of our key government and military officials. However, the fact that our special services were ahead of the game is an honour and a praise to our special services," Seleznyov said.

According to the Ukrainian Armed Forces colonel, there are many agents of Russian influence working in Ukraine.

"Intensification of Russia's counterintelligence activities remains a key issue. Because now that we are starting to receive weapons, equipment, ammunition from our Western partners and move it through the territory of Ukraine, it is extremely important to protect this process from unnecessary eyes and ears. We need to work proactively to prevent the Russians from using their spy network to identify logistics routes and ways to move weapons that are very much needed on the battlefield," Seleznyov said.

• The Security Service of Ukraine exposed a network of Russian FSB agents and detained two colonels of the Department of the State Protection of Ukraine who were preparing the assassination of the President of Ukraine and other representatives of the country's top military and political leadership.