Russia says it foiled Ukrainian assassination plot against senior Putin-linked Orthodox priest


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  • Friday, 28 Feb 2025

FILE PHOTO: Metropolitan Tikhon Shevkunov, newly appointed head of the Crimean Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church, conducts a service at a cathedral in Simferopol, Crimea, October 21, 2023. REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday it had foiled an attempt by Ukraine's military intelligence service to assasinate Tikhon Shevkunov, a senior priest in Russia's Orthodox Church.

There was no immediate reaction from Kyiv to the allegation.

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