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Hit squad has been sent to kill him. he discussed his desire for a no fly zone and even describing his beliefs about russian troops that are in his country saying they're just cannon fodder and it's vladimir putin calling the shots here. he even encouraged putin to meet with him or pull troops out of the country. i asked zelensky about his conversations with president biden. he had this to say. >> trey yingst with fox news. you spoke with president biden. how would you describe your conversations with the u.s. leader and do you believe the americans waited too long to give ukraine the support ...

To do some analysis. talking to them about the primary, state of the union, and the situation in ukraine. peter doocy has the reaction to the state of the union from the white house. but, first, we turn to mike tobin who is in the action in ukraine. mike? >> good morning, brian. the ukrainian national security chief says a plot to assassinate the ukrainian president vlad zelenskyy was foiled and all the assassins were killed. according to the security chief, the assassins from a chechen hit squad. they slipped into ukraine during the fighting at the gostomel airport. in the chaos able to slip ...

Sean? >> sean: jennifer, do you have reports there were three separate assassination attempts on president zelenskyy, do you have any more details as to what has happened or have you been able to confirm that? >> i haven't been able to confirm that. we do know the ukrainian president talked of that chechen hit squad that was sent to try and kill him, and we were told a very elite unit was pushed back in ukrainian special forces did a good job in terms of eliminating that threat, but i can't speak to the other two attempts on president zelenskyy's life. but no doubt, he is a marked man tonight,...

These guys are. they have been putin's personal hit squad since 2014. just take a look at their founder dmitry who is a former russian special forces colonel he named the group as an whom he richard wagner. is he taking orders from a guy nicknamed putin's chef, a russian oligarch. he got his nickname for catering some of the kremlin's biggest parties. where he was able to build a relationship directly with putin. and he just so happens to also be a high priority for the fbi. he is on the fbi's most wanted list. for his role in running russia's troll farm. now he is funding the whole operation ...

Born former u.s. intel officer and she has been following putin and his hit squad for years. rebecca, what more can you tell us about the wagner group. >> these are putin's assassins, jesse. officially, the wagner group is supposed to be just a regular private military company. but, there is nothing independent about it. this is effectively a proxy of the russian government that was created specifically for the kremlin to conduct sensitive operations. just like the one right now they are conducting, hunting for president zelenskyy. the putin government wants to maintain plausible didn't and do...