Gun Battle Breaks Out in Kyiv Between Ukraine's Security Services
Investigators say armed resistance during a search wounded several people and led to detentions as prosecutors opened a new criminal probe.
- On Wednesday, the Security Service of Ukraine and the Main Intelligence Directorate announced they thwarted a Federal Security Service plot to assassinate a Russian opposition figure in Kyiv.
- Ukrainian media identified the target as Stepan Kaplunov, deputy commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps , who the group reported was abducted outside his home ahead of Independence Day.
- During an investigation into the plot, agents searching a property in the Berezniaky District faced an armed attack from individuals identified as members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, triggering a violent shootout.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky reprimanded leadership at both agencies, demanding transparency. Prosecutors launched a pretrial investigation into the attempted murder of law enforcement officials, with several attackers detained.
- Authorities have not officially confirmed Kaplunov as the target. While the Security Service links the shootout to the FSB-planned assassination attempt, officials continue working to reconcile conflicting reports about the confrontation.
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The Ukrainian President today classified as an absolutely shameful situation the shooting between two Ukrainian secret services units in Kiev and announced an investigation into the details, as well as internal investigations of the respective forces involved. The shooting that took place this morning involved the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) and the Ukrainian military secret services (GUR) during an investigation into an alleged terrorist p…
A SHOOTING between two branches of Ukrainian security services broke out during an investigation into Russian opposition figure Stepan Kaplunov.
The President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, in his daily address, described the "absolutely shameful" shooting in Kiev between the officers of the GUR and the SBU.
What's behind the Ukrainian intelligence gunfight
A shootout between Ukraine’s two most powerful intelligence services left three military intelligence officers wounded on Wednesday. The gun battle in a Kyiv residential neighborhood brought a long-running feud into public view. One Ukrainian intelligence source described it to me as an internal dispute between the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the country’s military […]
Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyi sharply criticized an opaque shooting between his intelligence services. He spoke of a "absolutely scandalous situation".
Zelensky called the clash between the SBU and GUR in Kiev shameful and put personal decisions in perspective.
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