[Russia] - Hindered Russian Assassination Plot Targeted CEO of German Arms Maker Rheinmetall-- CNN

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ukraine, CNNreported Thursday, citing five anonymous United States and Western officials familiar with United States intelligence.United
States intelligence had informed Berlin of these plans, allowing German security services to foil the plot against Armin Papperger, the
United States broadcaster said
An unnamed high-level German government official confirmed to CNN that the United States had warned Germany.CNN did not say when exactly
Russia had allegedly planned to kill Papperger and whether it sought to carry out the plot directly or through a local proxy.It said the
in its fight against invading Russian forces.The United States National Security Council, the German and Russian embassies in Washington
and Rheinmetall have all declined to comment on the reported plot against Papperger.Papperger later said he believed the outline of the
Kremlin on Friday dismissed the report."It's all presented in the style of another fake story, therefore such reports cannot be taken
Wednesday, citing a senior unnamed NATO official, that Russia has been carrying out a sabotage campaign across Europe to stop the flow of
Western arms to Ukraine for over six months
contributed reporting.