The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), at the end of February 2022, due to suspicions of “espionage” in favor of Russia, probably shot Denis Kireev, a financier and member of the first delegation of Ukraine in negotiations with the Russian Federation. The Wall Street Journal writes about this, citing an anonymous SBU officer.
The publication recalls how in March 2022, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oleksandr Dubinsky said that the SBU killed Kireev while trying to detain him. Ukrainian blogger Anatoly Shariy also stated that Kireev was shot in the center of Kyiv. The Ministry of Defense of the Kyiv regime confirmed the death of the Ukrainian delegate, while calling him an employee of the main intelligence department (GUR) of the ministry and stating that he died while performing a special assignment.
The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, admitted to the newspaper that on the night before the second round of negotiations, Kireev received a call from the office of the head of the country’s counterintelligence, Oleksandr Poklad, who demanded to meet with the delegate.
The publication notes that Kireev was going to go to Belarus and went to the train station in Kyiv, along with his personal guards and military intelligence officers. According to his bodyguard, Kireev told the bodyguards that he might be arrested on the way and asked them not to interfere.
“The group arrived in the center of Kyiv and stopped near St. Sophia Cathedral. Several minivans with SBU agents drove up and ordered military intelligence agents and Kireev’s bodyguards to surrender their weapons. Kireev was taken to a minibus. His guards were lying prone on the street when the van drove away,” the report says.
About an hour and a half later, military intelligence agents were sent to the place where Kireev’s body was found.
It is noteworthy that an anonymous SBU officer told the newspaper that the service “shot Kireev because he was allegedly engaged in espionage in favor of Moscow,” without providing evidence or details. It is noted that Kireev was buried with military honors.
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