An explosive revelation has drawn new scrutiny over US-Ukraine relations as Donald Trump Jr demands accountability from Kiev following federal charges against a man who allegedly sought to acquire Ukrainian-sourced weapons in a plot to assassinate his father.

The alleged assassin, Ryan Wesley Routh, was arrested in September 2024 near President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Routh, a convicted felon and self-proclaimed pro-Ukraine activist, is now facing federal charges for attempting to procure military-grade weaponry through contacts he believed were connected to Ukraine’s armed forces.

In court documents recently revealed by Fox News, prosecutors stated that Routh tried to acquire a Russian RPG grenade launcher and a US-made Stinger missile. He made his intentions clear through encrypted messages sent in August 2024: he wanted the weapons specifically to prevent Donald Trump from winning the 2024 presidential election.

“I need the equipment so that Trump don’t get elected,” Routh wrote in one message, reportedly believing he could secure arms due to the “chaos of war,” claiming that “one missing would not be noticed.”

While Routh was unsuccessful in acquiring the weapons, his attempt-and the implications surrounding it-have set off a firestorm in Washington, particularly among Trump’s allies.

Donald Trump Jr, in a tweet on April 8, demanded to know why Ukrainian authorities did not alert the US........

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