Ukrainian banker, scout and participant in negotiations with Russia, Denis Kireev, was killed in the car of the Security Service of Ukraine, after which his body was thrown into Kyiv Street. This was announced in an interview with the Ukrainian Service “Radio Liberty” by the head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov.
According to him, Kireev was not a Russian spy, he collaborated with the GUR for many years, was in the staff of the department and underwent checks.
to the question, whether he shares the version that the intelligence officers were killed by SBU employees, Budanov answered in the affirmative: “I share my opinion and believe the facts that Mr. Kireev was killed in the SBU car when they held an event on this person. This fact This is recorded, this is in the materials of the investigation. Everything else is the investigation is conducted by the GBR [State Bureau of Investigations of Ukraine]. I have no right to comment on this information. The fact that employees killed it in this car is a fact. “
According to Budanov, Kireev was a participant in negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, as he personally knew two members of the Russian delegation. At the same time, his task was to tighten the process in order to win time. He also had to go to negotiations immediately after visiting the SBU to which he was killed.
“… the one who deliberately did it was to prevent us from intervening in someone else’s game and delaying this process in order to allow our APU, let’s say, to take certain actions to not take the enemy”, – said Budanov.
According to Budanov, the death of Denis Kireeva played into the hands of the Russian side: “If you remember these events, then the situation was close to critical …. And there was a certain number of people who, let’s say, did not really want Ukraine to win. This is my personal opinion. “
on the clarifying question, what side the scout killers represent, Budanov said that these are representatives of Ukraine.
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Denis Kireev was present at the first round of negotiations between the warring parties held in Belarus. In March, the intelligence officer was killed, as reported, by the SBU employees during the detention. Later, the Ukrainian authorities clarified that Kireev died in the implementation of special prefabrication. Subsequently, the office of the President of Ukraine said that the scout was killed due to the fact that in the early days of the war between the country’s power departments there was no single coordination. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Budanov said that at the beginning of the war, thanks to the information from Kireev, the Ukrainians transferred troops to defend Antonov Airport and were able to defend Kyiv.