In the shadow of diplomatic overtures between Washington and Moscow, the US Department of Justice has unsealed charges against five men allegedly orchestrating assassination plots on behalf of Russian intelligence — targeting Ukrainian allies and Russian dissidents across American soil and Europe. The accused, including senior intelligence figures and a Cuban national coordinating operations from within Russia, remain at large. The indictment reveals a methodical campaign of recruitment and surveillance, one in which money was offered as the currency of lethal intent. That these charges emerge
US charges five Russian intelligence operatives with plotting murders of Ukrainian allies
Multiple assassination plots targeting Ukrainian allies and Russian dissidents; one plot in summer 2025 was prevented when the recruited US resident did not carry out the murder.