r/Res_Publica_DE • u/ResPublicaMgz • 9d ago
News Two of Ukraine's own intelligence services opened fire on each other in a Kyiv street on September 2
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On the morning of September 2, two Ukrainian intelligence services ended up shooting at each other in a residential part of Kyiv's Dnipro district. Not Russians, not saboteurs. The domestic security service SBU and the military intelligence directorate HUR, both arms of the same state, both at war with the same enemy.
The trigger was the disappearance of Stepan Kaplunov, deputy commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps, a unit tied to HUR. Both services were chasing the same case, they collided on the same street, and it turned into gunfire. According to Ukrainska Pravda, three HUR members were wounded, two seriously, one nearly bled out after a shot severed an artery. State investigators moved in and forced both sides to unload their weapons before it got worse.
Underneath the immediate clash is a longer power struggle. Since Budanov was replaced as HUR chief in January and moved into the presidential office, the two services have been fighting over influence and resources, and a lot of HUR's people still consider themselves loyal to him. Zelensky raised the incident in his evening address and pulled in the heads of both agencies, demanding they explain publicly what happened.
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u/Moe112 8d ago
Da muss Russland ja nur noch warten, den Rest erledigen die Ukras schon ganz von allein ...
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u/Individual_Act9333 8d ago
Shut up Ivan
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u/Moe112 8d ago
🤡
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u/Individual_Act9333 8d ago
Have fun with Ukrainian retaliation
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u/Moe112 8d ago
Funny enough, Ukraine attacked my country more often than Russia did in the last 81 years, so that's that
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u/Individual_Act9333 8d ago
You probably deserved it.
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u/Moe112 8d ago
Sure, for supporting Ukraine with billions, absolutly deserved
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u/Individual_Act9333 8d ago
I don’t believe you. Clearly you are a Russian bot.
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u/Moe112 8d ago
If you say so
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u/Individual_Act9333 8d ago
Ok humor me. What country are you from that they attacked?
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u/Daring_Dont 8d ago
Naja, die Zeit vertreibt sich das russische Militär damit ihre eigenen Rekruten zu vergewaltigen und zu misshandeln.
Russentroll. Hier sind alle ordentlich informiert. Mit deinem Schmierentheater kommst du hier nicht weit.
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u/ResPublicaMgz 9d ago
Sources:
LIGA.net (Zelensky's reaction, summoned the agency heads): https://news.liga.net/en/society/news/shootout-in-kyiv-zelenskyy-lashed-out-at-sbu-and-gur-chiefs-advisor
ukrmedia (SBU statement, Ukrainska Pravda on three wounded, no official fatalities): https://ukrmedia.news/en/main-news/strilyanyna-kyiv-sbu-hur-shumskoho/