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Zelenskyy condemns shooting in Kyiv involving Ukraine’s security agencies

From N1 Serbia · () Serbian

Translated from Serbian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A shooting in Kyiv involved Ukraine’s Security Service and military intelligence agency, according to the report.
  • Zelenskyy called the incident “absolutely shameful” and said prosecutors would investigate it.
  • The agencies gave conflicting accounts, while a military intelligence commander said SBU agents opened fire without warning.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called a shooting between Ukraine’s two main security agencies “absolutely shameful” and demanded accountability and personnel decisions.

The incident between the Security Service of Ukraine, known as the SBU, and the country’s military intelligence agency, HUR, woke residents in a Kyiv district on Sept. 2. Witnesses said they saw wounded people and traces of blood at the scene.

absolutely shameful

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyThe Ukrainian president described the shooting involving the SBU and HUR.

Conflicting accounts emerged soon after the clash ended. The SBU first said it had worked with HUR to prevent a Russian “terrorist attack.” It later said it had confronted “individuals” who tried to block a search operation.

The commander of a HUR special unit said SBU agents had opened fire on HUR personnel without warning. Zelenskyy said prosecutors would investigate the incident. He added, “The only people anyone should shoot at are the Russian occupiers, in defense of Ukraine.”

The only people anyone should shoot at are the Russian occupiers, in defense of Ukraine.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy criticized the confrontation between Ukrainian security agencies.
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Originally published by N1 Serbia in Serbian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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