Shootout reportedly erupts between Ukraine’s SBU and military intelligence in Kyiv VIDEO/UPDATED

A reported armed confrontation between Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and the country’s military intelligence agency, the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), has erupted in Kyiv, according to sources cited by Politika Strani, in a confrontation between two key Ukrainian security agencies.

The sources said unidentified individuals who had allegedly abducted Stepan Kaplunov, a commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), brought him to Shumskaya Street, where HUR special forces arrived and attempted to detain them.

According to the sources, the individuals turned out to be SBU special forces. Commanders from the respective SBU and HUR units subsequently arrived at the scene and initially appeared to defuse the situation.

The confrontation reportedly escalated after additional SBU personnel arrived and began detaining HUR officers, leading to a new exchange of gunfire. The sources said there were wounded and that the situation remained ongoing.

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A shootout reportedly broke out between personnel from Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of the Defence Ministry in Kyiv, according to the local Telegram channel "Kyivskiy Dvizh."

The incident allegedly took place near 10 Yuri Shumsky Street. Preliminary reports suggest the confrontation was linked to the disappearance of Stepan Kaplunov, a deputy commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK).

According to Ukrainian media reports, HUR officers arrived at the location to detain SBU personnel allegedly connected to Kalpunov’s disappearance. The SBU officers were reportedly at the address with Kalpunov, and a confrontation subsequently escalated into a shootout.

Kalpunov reportedly disappeared near his home on August 23. His associates claim that unidentified individuals forced him into a vehicle and took him away.

They also said that appeals to Ukraine’s military intelligence service, the SBU and the State Bureau of Investigation had produced no results.