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Zelensky Orders Probe After SBU, HUR Shootout in Kyiv

9/4/2026

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Zelensky Orders Probe

President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered an investigation after SBU and HUR agents shot each other in Kyiv.
The Sept. 2, 2026 shootout on Yuriya Shumskoho Street injured three HUR officers.
SBU said its officers fired while stopping an alleged Russian FSB terrorist plot.
Zelensky dismissed SBU deputy head Oleh Khramov and said both agencies must be held accountable.

Summary

Kushner Meets Zelensky

U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are expected to meet President Zelensky in Kyiv within days.
They will also hold talks in Moscow to revive trilateral negotiations.
President Vladimir Putin said intelligence contacts continue and mobilisation is unnecessary despite drone attacks, at the Eastern Economic Forum.
Kremlin officials hope the U.S. envoys’ visit could generate new peace proposals, though expectations remain low.

History

Historical Context

The February 2014 Euromaidan uprising forced President Viktor Yanukovych from power, prompting Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the Donbas war. In August 2014 the SBU fought the Territorial Defense Forces in Kyiv, leaving 12 dead and 3,000 displaced. A shootout between the SBU and the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps echoes that breach, while U.S. envoys prepare talks reminiscent of the 2015 Minsk II talks led by Germany and France.

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Zelensky Orders Probe

President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered an investigation after SBU and HUR agents shot each other in Kyiv.
The Sept. 2, 2026 shootout on Yuriya Shumskoho Street injured three HUR officers.
SBU said its officers fired while stopping an alleged Russian FSB terrorist plot.
Zelensky dismissed SBU deputy head Oleh Khramov and said both agencies must be held accountable.

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