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Ukraine says it captured Russian military intelligence hit squadReuters KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine’s security service SBU said on Wednesday it had captured a Russian military intelligence hit squad responsible for the attempted murder of a Ukrainian military spy in the run-up to a presidential election on Sunday.The issue of how to deal with Russia, which annexed Crimea in 2014 and backs pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, is prominent ahead of the vote, with incumbent Petro Poroshenko casting himself as the commander-in-chief Ukraine needs to defend the country.Vasyl Hrytsak, the head of the SBU, the main intelligence agency, told a news conference in Kiev that seven members of the Russian group had been detained and charged and that an eighth person had been detained on Wednesday morning. Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-russia/ukraine-says-it-captured-russian-military-intelligence-hit-squad-idUSKCN1RT195
