Ukraine's Zelenskiy dismisses head of state guards, held responsible for failed assassination

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy dismissed the head of the state guards, the group held responsible for the reported failed assassination attempt this week on the president.

Zelenskiy issued a decree dismissing Serhiy Rud. No successor was identified.

The state security service said this week it caught two men, colonels in the state guard service, accused of plotting the assassination of Zelenskiy and other top officials.