WSJ: An Unexpected Encounter Awaits Budanova In Abu Dhabi

The head of the Office of the President of Ukraine spotted a Russian general who wanted to kill him.

The Russian delegation to the talks with Ukraine and the U.S. in Abu Dhabi included one of the FSB’s top officials, General Dmitry Minaev. According to The Wall Street Journal, it was his department of counterintelligence operations that was behind the failed assassination attempt on Kirill Budanov in Kyiv in 2019.

Today, Budanov—the former head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) and now head of the Office of the President of Ukraine—is part of the Ukrainian delegation and is sitting across the negotiating table from Minaev. The general is one of four members of the Russian delegation who did not participate in previous rounds.

The assassination attempt took place on April 4, 2019, in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv. A Russian saboteur attempted to plant explosives under the Chevrolet Evanda that Budanov was using, but the device detonated the very moment it was being installed. The saboteur sustained serious injuries, while Budanov was unharmed. Later, two Russian operatives were sentenced to 7 and 8 years in prison.

Their high-ranking FSB handler has now arrived in Abu Dhabi as a participant in the peace talks.

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