Russia-Ukraine updates: Chechen hit-squad sent to kill Zelensky ‘neutralized’

Hit squad targeting Zelenksy gets 'neutralized' -- thanks to tip from Russian forces sympathetic to Ukraine: Members of an elite Chechen death-squad dispatched by Vladimir Putin to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were “eliminated” Tuesday — thanks to intel from Russian security forces sympathetic to Ukraine, according to a senior Ukraine official. Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, said on Ukrainian TV that two Chechen units who “came to kill our president” were thwarted — with one unit captured and the other having been engaged by Ukrainian forces, according to a report in The Telegraph.-- More...