Ukraine's security service almost killed Russian chief of staff Gerassimov. The security service of Ukraine came close to killing Valery Gerassimov, chief of the Russian general staff who was in the combat zone at the time, thanks to intelligence it received. The Washington Post reported this with reference to sources. New possibilities of Ukrainian intelligence have proved their value since the very beginning of the full-scale war. For instance, the security service of Ukraine has received intelligence data about important Russian facilities that allowed launching attacks which killed several commanders and almost struck a top-ranking Russian officer Valery Gerassimov, the publication added. The material states that the possibilities of the security service of Ukraine have increased thanks to the help of the CIA, which has spent tens of millions of dollars since 2015 on turning Ukraine's Soviet-style security services into powerful allies in the fight against Moscow. At the end of April 2022, Ukrainian reporters stated that Gerassimov had arrived in the Ukrainian city of Isyum in Karkiv, Oblast, in order to personally command the occupying forces. According to the New York Times, American officials found out that Gerassimov planned to come to the frontline, but hid this information from the Ukrainians out of fear that an attempt on his life could lead to a war between Russia and the US, yet the Ukrainian side found out about the trip anyway. After internal debate, Washington resorted to an emergency step by asking Ukraine to not go through with the attack. General Gerassimov was not killed. After that, the Russian top military officers limited their visits to the frontline.