Russia Planning Post-Invasion Arrest and Assassination Campaign in Ukraine, U.S. Officials Say
Foreign Policy.com
By Amy Mackinnon, Robbie Gramer, and Jack Detsch
The United States has obtained intelligence that Russia may target prominent political opponents, anti-corruption activists, and Belarusian and Russian dissidents living in exile should it move forward with plans to invade Ukraine, as U.S. President Joe Biden warned on Thursday that the threat of a renewed Russian invasion of the country remains “very high” and could take place within the next several days.
Four people familiar with U.S. intelligence said that Russia has drafted lists of Ukrainian political figures and other prominent individuals to be targeted for either arrest or assassination in the event of a Russian assault on Ukraine.
A fifth person, a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the United States has been downgrading its intelligence classification regarding threats to specific groups within Ukraine to share this information with Ukrainian government officials and other partners in the region positioned to help.
A spokesperson for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/02/18/russia-ukraine-arrest-assassination-invasion/
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would stop them
they Kill journalists don't they and Dissidents.
That’s the word I was looking for.