Are assassins out to kill Vladimir Putin?

Ukraine’s head of intelligence claims Russian president has been target of hit

Vladimir Putin hosting a meeting in the Kremlin via video link
(Image credit: Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Image)

Vladimir Putin survived an attempted assassination shortly after ordering the Ukraine invasion, Kyiv’s head of military intelligence has claimed.

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