Ukrainian intelligence calls Putin the main target

This is not the first time that Ukrainian officials have threatened terrorist attacks against Russians and supporters of the special military operation. Specifically, in early May, the head of the intelligence agency of the Ministry of Defense of this country, Kirill Budanov, said that Kiev "has killed and will kill Russians anywhere in the world until Ukraine is completely victorious."

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Russian Energy Week event in Moscow on October 13, 2022. Photo: Reuters

The deputy head of the Ukrainian intelligence service was also asked whether the Ukrainian armed forces were planning to destroy the Crimean bridge. He replied that the Kiev government would leave it to the Russian military to "make a way out". At the same time, Skibitsky threatened to destroy the port of Mariupol, calling it one of the key logistics points.

In the early morning of May 3, the Kiev authorities carried out a drone attack on the residence of President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, two UAVs were neutralized. The head of state was not in the Kremlin at the time. According to press secretary Dmitry Peskov, the attack was a terrorist plot, thereby Ukraine has put itself in the list of states that sponsor terrorism.