Zelensky has survived three assassination attempts in the last week thanks to internal dissidence in Russia, according to 'The Times'

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President

has

allegedly survived three assassination attempts in the past week by two different groups,

reported Friday

.

Two different groups have attempted to assassinate the Ukrainian leader, the so-called

Kremlin

-backed mercenaries

and Chechen special paramilitary forces, although attempts by both have been foiled by anti-war elements within Russia's own

(

).

The aforementioned newspaper indicates that the mercenaries of the so-called

in

have suffered losses during their assassination attempts and have been alarmed by how the Ukrainians have known how to anticipate their movements.

cites a source close to that group who admits it was "intriguing" how well-informed the security team protecting

seemed to be .

An attempt to end

's life on the outskirts of

was reportedly aborted last Saturday and, according to Ukrainian security officials, a team of Chechen assassins was "eliminated" before they could reach the Ukrainian president.

.

Oleksiy Danilov

, secretary of

the

Ukrainian

television channels

that it was the Russian spies themselves who alerted them to the assassination plans.

According to Ukrainian officials, the information that led to the deaths of the Chechens came from

agents who oppose the Russian invasion.

"I can say that we have received information from members of the

who do not want to participate in this bloody war," said Danilov, adding that "thanks to this, the

elite group has been destroyed after having come to eliminate our president ".

mercenaries

were unaware of the attempts by Chechen assassins, but that group has been in

for more than six weeks , monitoring the activities of 24 high-profile Ukrainian targets.

According to

special forces

, to provide them with a safe corridor out of

once the assassination was complete.

A source close to the mercenaries in

indicates that the mercenaries are believed to have made plans to carry out another assassination attempt before the weekend.

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