Gun Battle Breaks Out in Kyiv Between Ukraine's Security Services
- 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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