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US accuses Russia of trying to kill Ukrainian allies overseas

The FBI says five men "conspired to intimidate, threaten, or murder people on US soil and around the world". Grouped from 3 articles across 3 sources.

3 reports3 sourcesSep 16, 2026, 12:26 PM
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BBC NewsSep 16, 2026, 12:26 PM

US accuses Russia of trying to kill Ukrainian allies overseas

The FBI says five men "conspired to intimidate, threaten, or murder people on US soil and around the world".

The GuardianSep 16, 2026, 1:28 AM

Russia plotting to kill Ukraine allies in US and Europe, FBI says

Intelligence services allegedly attempted to pay people to surveil and kill people perceived to be aligned with Ukraine Russia’s intelligence services are plotting to carry out targeted killings in the United States and in European nations supporting Ukraine, federal authorities said Tuesday as they announced charges against five people who remain at large. An indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court said a network of the intelligence services had paid and attempted to pay individuals in the United States and in other countries to surveil targets to be killed with plans to then kill them. Continue reading...

NBC NewsSep 16, 2026, 11:30 AM

U.S. accuses Russia of plot to kill a prominent dissident in Washington

The Kremlin orchestrated a murder-for-hire plot against a prominent Russian dissident in Washington, D.C., this summer, the Department of Justice has said, as it unsealed charges against five people it alleged were part of a “global assassination network” aimed at causing “destruction and mayhem around the world.”

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