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Rival Ukrainian Agencies In Lengthy Street Shootout, Officers Wounded
BY TYLER DURDENWEDNESDAY, SEP 02, 2026 - 11:45 AM
A bizarre mini civil war of sorts has erupted among rival Ukrainian security agencies, complete with a wild street shootout and police standoff which has threatened to create more political scandal for President Zelensky - whose office has issued a statement - in an unprecedented saga which seems straight from the plot of a Lioness episode.
Details of the fresh incident, aspects of which may still be unfolding, are murky but widespread videos and local reports say the overnight firefight left wounded in the streets of Kiev. It appears to have started when authorities were investigating an alleged Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) plot against a Russian opposition figure fighting alongside Ukraine forces. But the investigators came upon uncooperative Ukrainian agents among Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR).
Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office indicates that SBU officers (Security Service of Ukraine, which is also sometimes referred to as SSU)came under armed attack by "one of the units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine" while carrying out investigative actions at 10 Shumskoho Street. Some pundits have suggested that a "Russian terror cell" was involved, but so far Ukrainian official statements and media have described what appears a Ukrainian on Ukrainian assault.
Officials said a search at the location turned chaotic when "a group of individuals launched an armed attack on an SSU investigative and operational team."
Another regional media source further detailsthat the "SBU said its officers were conducting urgent investigative measures to collect and document evidence in a pre-trial investigation into a terrorist attack allegedly being prepared by Russian intelligence services."
Were they looking for a Russian 'double agent'? It seems that's what is being described in the emerging media accounts.
Some sources say a standoff ensued for many hours in the capital's Dniprovskyi district, during which time the SBU dispatched its elite " Special Operations Center Alpha". The situation appears to have resolved only once all armed entities jointly agreed to lay down their weapons……more in the original post if you are interested
