Ukraine 'liquidates' hitman working for Russia's GRU, thwarts plot to assassinate high-profile figures

"Ukraine has "

liquidated" an alleged hitman working for Russia's military intelligence agency(GRU), arrested more than ten co-conspirators, and foiled a plot to assassinate several high-profile Ukrainian figures, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on March 24.
According to the SBU, the "agent-combat group" was planning to assassinate people including Serhii Sternenko, an advisor to Ukraine's Defense Minister and a prominent activist, as well as Ilya Bogdanov, a Russian national who has been fighting for Ukraine since 2014." KI