According to CNN, erstwhile American intelligence learned of Russian plans, he informed Germany, which were able to defend Papperger and thwart the assassination. This was to be 1 of a series of akin plans by the Russian services. Russia was besides planning to kill another heads of arms companies, but the plan to assassinate Chief Rheinmetall was to be the most advanced of all. Rheinmetall is the largest German arms maker involved, among others, in the production of artillery ammunition for Ukraine.