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Between reality and propaganda! Did Russian services thwart a Ukrainian assassination attempt against Sergei Shoigu?

The attack, according to the Kremlin, was planned at the grave of his relatives in a Moscow cemetery, using a video camera hidden in a vase of flowers

Nov 18, 2025 10:22 264

Between reality and propaganda! Did Russian services thwart a Ukrainian assassination attempt against Sergei Shoigu?  - 1

A group of saboteurs acting on behalf of the Ukrainian security services planned an assassination attempt on the Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Sergei Shoigu, TASS and the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper reported.

The assassination attempt was to be carried out during Shoigu's visit to the grave of his relatives in Moscow's Troekurovsky cemetery.

On November 14, the public relations center of the Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the thwarting of a terrorist attack against a senior Russian official.

The attack was planned at the grave of his relatives in a Moscow cemetery, using a video camera hidden in a vase of flowers flowers.

Three accomplices in the plot were detained: two Russian spouses and a migrant from a Central Asian country.

However, the target of the planned attack has not been revealed to this day.