Volodymyr Zelenskyy handed over to Maia Sandu the intercepted plan to destroy the political situation in Moldova, which was intercepted by Ukrainian intelligence — a speech at a special meeting of the European Council

"The document shows in detail who, when and as a result of what actions is going to break Moldova, the democratic order of this country and establish its control over it," Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

He noted that he "did not hesitate for a minute," and when he saw the document and heard about its origin, he passed the information on to his Moldovan counterpart.

Ukraine does not know whether an order was given in Moscow to act on this plan.

Zelenskyy said that the document recognised what the Russians had already tried to do against Ukraine and other European countries.

"We are protecting Europe from a regime that has proven that it has only one aspiration - the desire to destroy the freedom of Europe and to be an authoritarian master on the continent," the President of Ukraine said.

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