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Budanov Met With The Person Who Organized The Attempt On His Life

Budanov Met With The Person Who Organized The Attempt On His Life
Kirill Budanov
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On the sidelines of the talks in Abu Dhabi.

During negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kirill Budanov met with a representative of the Russian delegation Dmitry Minaev. According to Ukrainian intelligence, he was the one who organized the assassination attempt on Budanov in 2019, reports the French publication Le Monde.

The meeting took place on Tuesday, November 10, at the five-star Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental hotel in Abu Dhabi, where negotiations to end the war were held over two days.

Minaev heads the counterintelligence division of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and was a member of the Russian delegation. According to Ukrainian intelligence, he was involved in organizing the assassination attempt on Budanov seven years ago.

Journalists from Le Monde noted the reaction of a Ukrainian official: during a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Budanov appeared to be taking the situation with a grain of salt, as if he had recognized yet another provocation by Vladimir Putin.

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