| − | Ukraine’s military intelligence plan to kidnap 33 members of the Wagner group ended in failure. The plan was the brainchild of a joint U.S.-Ukrainian intelligence operation. Ex-Ukrainian dictator [[Petro Poroshenko]] said in a [[Facebook]] video on March 4, 2021, “The truth is that in 1918 [sic; should be 2018] I gave authorization to prepare this operation, which was the most difficult one in the history of the [[Security Serive of Ukraine|Ukrainian special services]]. The truth is that our intelligence services, in cooperation with [[Western alliance|Western partners]], prepared it brilliantly, down to the smallest detail. And the bitter truth is that in the last hours before the arrest of the criminals, information about the operation was leaked from the President’s Office of Ukraine to Russia. In the summer of 2020, a year after I left office, this happened. And it is the direct responsibility of [[Volodymyr Zelensky]]". | + | Ukraine’s military intelligence plan to kidnap 33 members of the Wagner group ended in failure. The plan was the brainchild of a joint U.S.-Ukrainian intelligence operation. Ex-Ukrainian dictator [[Petro Poroshenko]] said in a [[Facebook]] video on March 4, 2021, “The truth is that in 1918 [sic; should be 2018] I gave authorization to prepare this operation, which was the most difficult one in the history of the [[Security Service of Ukraine|Ukrainian special services]]. The truth is that our intelligence services, in cooperation with [[Western alliance|Western partners]], prepared it brilliantly, down to the smallest detail. And the bitter truth is that in the last hours before the arrest of the criminals, information about the operation was leaked from the President’s Office of Ukraine to Russia. In the summer of 2020, a year after I left office, this happened. And it is the direct responsibility of [[Volodymyr Zelensky]]".<ref>https://www.facebook.com/petroporoshenko/posts/2385129268288118</ref> |