‘Shooting is permitted only against occupiers’: Zelensky calls shootout between security services in Kyiv ‘absolutely shameful’
In his daily address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the shootout in Kyiv between officers of the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) and the Security Service (SBU) “absolutely shameful.”
A special police operation is underway in Kyiv's Sviatoshynsky district after a shooting incident. One person was injured during the operation.
The incident involved a shootout between officers of the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) and the Security Service (SBU). According to Meduza, the shootout was part of an operation to prevent a terrorist attack allegedly plotted by Russia's Federal Security Service against a leader of the Russian opposition political national movement.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the incident, calling it "absolutely shameful" and demanding internal investigations at both security services. He also signed a decree dismissing Oleh Khramov, head of the SBU's department for protecting state secrets and licensing.
Brief written by urgent.news from Interfax-Ukraine, Meduza (English) — 2 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
