U.S,Germany foiled Russian plot to assassinate CEO of arms manufacturer.

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U.S.  Intelligence  officials warned  German authorities earlier this year that Russia was  planning  an  assassination  of  the head of  Europe's  largest  arms  producer, according to two Western officials,  as  Moscow  waged  a  growing  sabotage campaign  to  drive  up  the cost of Western support for  Ukraine.
 
    Western officials said the alleged plot to kill Armin Papperger, the head of Rheinmetall, a major German arms  maker  that  was  a key supplier of artillery shells and tanks  to  Ukraine, was part of the  country's  widening  hybrid war against the  West.  The warning to  Germans about the plot, first reported by CNN on Thursday, was  issued  by the United States earlier this year,  these  officials  said.
 
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