Federal authorities have unveiled an indictment alleging Russia’s intelligence services orchestrated a covert network to pay individuals in the U.S. and Europe to surveil and assassinate targets perceived as aligned with Ukraine. The charges, announced Tuesday, target five fugitives accused of participating in a plot involving reconnaissance and planned killings. The operation, detailed in a Manhattan court filing, suggests a cross-border effort to eliminate perceived opponents amid ongoing geopolitical tensions. The full scope of the conspiracy and the identities of those involved remain under investigation.
Intelligence services allegedly attempted to pay people to surveil and kill people perceived to be aligned with UkraineRussia’s intelligence services are plotting to carry out targeted killings in the United States and in European nations supporting Ukraine, federal authorities said Tuesday as they announced charges against five people who remain at large.An indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court said a network of the intelligence services had paid and attempted to pay individuals in the United States and in other countries to surveil targets to be killed with plans to then kill them. Continue reading...
