Ukraine thwarts plot against military commander amid rising regional strikes
Ukrainian security forces foiled a plot against a brigade commander, while Poland and Romania reported Russian airspace incursions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that security services foiled a Russian-orchestrated assassination attempt targeting Ihor Obolensky, commander of the 13th National Guard "Khartia" Brigade. Authorities detained the alleged attacker and an accomplice.
The development occurs amid heightened security concerns along NATO's eastern border. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile likely breached Polish airspace, leaving a ten-meter crater on impact. In neighboring Romania, air defense scrambled F-16 fighters to intercept two unauthorized Russian drones.
Concurrently, Ukrainian drones targeted a Wildberries logistics center in Russia's Volgograd region for the first time, causing a fire but no reported casualties, while Russian forces launched 80 attack drones overnight across Ukraine.
Sources: Digi24, Moldova1, Ziarul de Gardă
Sources
- Ziarul de Gardă — LIVE TEXT/ Rusia a atacat Ucraina cu 80 de drone, iar 65 au fost doborâte. Război în Ucraina, ziua 1617
- Moldova1 — Tensiuni la granița NATO: Polonia și Ucraina confirmă pătrunderea unei rachete rusești Kh-101 în spațiul aerian polonez
- Digi24 — Primele declarații ale pilotului român de F-16 care a doborât drone rusești: „N-am știut pentru ce decolăm”
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