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 by AFP Staff Writers Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Aug 8, 2022
Ukraine's security service on Monday said it had arrested Russian agents who were planning to assassinate the defence minister and the military intelligence chief. The SBU "arrested killers from the Russian special services who were plotting the assassinations" of Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov and military intelligence boss Kyrylo Budanov, the service said on Telegram. It published a video showing an armed group subduing and handcuffing two men in civilian clothing who were approaching a car. The arrests took place in Kovel in northwestern Ukraine, with one of the alleged plotters arriving in the country from Russia via Belarus, the SBU said. It claimed the men were preparing "the physical liquidation" of the two top officials and an unnamed "Ukrainian activist". Each killing was to be rewarded with a sum of money ranging from $100,000 to $150,000, the SBU added.
Sadr rival demands parliament reconvene as sit-in continues Baghdad (AFP) Aug 8, 2022 Former Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday called for the resumption of legislative sessions, after his political rivals occupied parliament for almost a week, deepening political tensions. Though supporters of the powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr have not camped inside the legislative complex since Friday, they continue a sit-in in the gardens around it, inside Baghdad's normally secure Green Zone. They are protesting a nomination for the post of prime minister by the rival Shiite ... read more
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