# SBU says it foiled FSB-linked plot to assassinate K-1 kickboxing federation president

https://mins.news/en/item/69003

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-09-22 13:37 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/sbu-says-it-foiled-fsb-linked-plot-to-assassinate-k-1-kickboxing-federation-president-in-kyiv/

> Ukraine’s Security Service said it disrupted an alleged FSB-linked plan to ambush and shoot the president of Ukraine’s K-1 kickboxing federation near a Kyiv sports facility. A woman from Russian-occupied Melitopol was detained while allegedly scouting the site; Ukrainska Pravda identified the intended target as Akhmad Akhmedov.

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