Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said it thwarted an alleged Russian plot to assassinate a prominent civic activist during a morning dog walk in Kyiv region, detaining the suspected hitman on Thursday, Sept. 10.In a Telegram statement, the agency said the operation was conducted under the personal coordination of acting SBU chief Maj. Gen. Oleksandr Poklad.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.The alleged assassin had reportedly tracked the activist’s movements and hourly routine for an extended period before receiving the coordinates of a weapons cache from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).The suspect retrieved a pistol equipped with a silencer and ammunition from the cache, according to investigators.Under the purported FSB plan, he was to spend the night in a forest near the activist’s home before shooting the target several times from an ambush during a morning walk with their dog.“SBU officers uncovered the enemy plan in advance and detained the hitman in the ambush while he was preparing the assassination attempt,” the agency said.The SBU did not disclose the intended victim’s identity.Three silenced pistols seizedInvestigators identified the suspect as a 19-year-old resident of southern Ukraine’s Mykolaiv who had allegedly been recruited by Russian intelligence through his social media activity.The SBU said the teenager had published posts supporting fascist and Nazi ideology, bringing him to the attention of Russian operatives.