Ukraine’s security service says a woman has been arrested over a Russian plot to kill President Volodymyr Zelensky, writes BBC.

The service said she had tried to find out the itinerary ahead of his visit to flood-hit Mykolaiv in June.

Zelensky confirmed he had been informed about the arrest saying the head of the SBU had updated him about the “fight against traitors”. Russia has not commented on the arrest.

Ukraine’s security service, the SBU, said in a statement that the woman was arrested “red-handed” when she was trying to pass intelligence to the Russians. They alleged that ahead of the visit, she tried to gather intelligence to try to find out Zelensky’s plans in the southern Mykolaiv region. They also published an image of the suspect with masked SBU officers in a kitchen, blurring the faces of both the woman and the officers.