Gun Battle Breaks Out in Kyiv Between Ukraine's Security Services
The confrontation erupted as SBU officers conducted an operation against an alleged Russian assassination plot, with HUR personnel arriving at the scene and armed resistance resulting in several wounded.
- On Wednesday, an armed confrontation erupted in Kyiv between the Security Service of Ukraine and military intelligence on Yuriya Shumskoho Street, leaving multiple officers wounded and triggering immediate investigations into the security breakdown.
- The SBU claimed it was conducting an anti-terror operation against an alleged Federal Security Service plot, while the Russian Volunteer Corps alleged the SBU had abducted deputy commander Stepan Kaplunov, prompting armed personnel to intervene.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky called the incident "absolutely shameful" and ordered a full investigation by the Prosecutor General's Office, then dismissed Oleh Khramov, head of the SBU's Department for State Secrets Protection and Licensing, on Wednesday.
- Sources trace the violence to long-standing institutional rivalry between the SBU and HUR, describing the shootout as evidence of serious breakdown in command discipline between Ukraine's two most powerful intelligence services.
- The Prosecutor General's Office launched a criminal probe to reconcile competing accounts and establish accountability for unauthorized use of force, with investigators working to clarify operational protocols between the agencies.
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Rival intelligence officers exchanged shots on Tuesday against the background of the arrest of an officer under the GUR. The Ukrainian president demanded that "the officials responsible should be held accountable".
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