Video of shootout between SBU and HUR in Kyiv appeared online

clashes between the HUR and SBU in Kyiv / screenshot
Фото: clashes between the HUR and SBU in Kyiv / screenshot

"Ukrainska Pravda" obtained a video of the clash between some units of the HUR and SBU, which took place on the morning of September 2 in the Dniprovskyi district of Kyiv, according to Українська правда.

Background:

  • On September 1, the RDK stated that Stepan Kaplunov, deputy combat commander of the "Russian Volunteer Corps", was kidnapped by unknown persons in the courtyard of the house.
  • On the morning of September 2, information spread on social media about a shootout staged by the HUR and SBU in the Dniprovskyi district of Kyiv, and that it was somehow related to Kaplunov's disappearance.
  • Subsequently, employees of the SBI and the head of the SBU special unit "Alpha" arrived at the scene. According to UP, three officers of the Main Intelligence Directorate were injured as a result of the conflict.
  • At the same time, in the morning, the SBU stated that, together with the HUR, it had prevented a terrorist attack against one of the leaders of the Russian opposition political national movement who had arrived in Ukraine.
  • Zelenskyy on September 2 signed a decree dismissing Oleh Khramov, head of the Department for the Protection of State Secrets and Licensing of the Security Service of Ukraine.
  • The president also called the shootout "shameful" and announced personnel decisions.
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