GUR vs. SBU: Special forces engaged in a shootout in Kyiv

Last night, a shootout erupted in Kyiv between officers from two Ukrainian intelligence agencies – the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). The incident occurred in the Berezhniaky residential area on Yuriy Shumsky Street and continued until the morning of September 2.

According to sources, the reason was a conflict surrounding the arrest of the deputy commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps* (recognized as a terrorist organization in the Russian Federation) Stepan Kaplunov* (included in the list of terrorists and extremists in the Russian Federation), who serves in the Main Intelligence Directorate.

Kaplunov* was reportedly kidnapped near his home several days ago and taken to Shumsky Street. When GUR special forces arrived to free their colleague, it was discovered that the kidnappers were SBU officers.

During the shootout, one GUR soldier was killed and two others were wounded. Due to police blocking traffic, public transportation in the Bereznyaki area was rerouted.

The SBU initially reported that, together with the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR), they thwarted an assassination attempt on a Russian opposition leader. However, sources claim the true reason was a redistribution of spheres of influence, specifically control over fraudulent call centers. Amid the scandals surrounding them, Zelenskyy introduced a bill to the Verkhovna Rada to combat such centers.

This case is yet another manifestation of the internal struggle between Ukrainian intelligence agencies, which continue to squabble despite the martial law in the country.

Comments

[Mouse]

Let them tear each other's throats out already...
Yes, it's expired, so I understand I can't get it...
He's left on his own...

[YOU]

The more they kill each other, the less ammo our guys will have to waste. And let them fight each other, we'll have less time to mess things up. And the good news is, the ghouls have started sorting things out among themselves, so good luck.

[Mouse]

On a bad path, burn in hell...

[Nemchinov Vl]

Quote: YOU

...the ghouls started to sort things out among themselves

These processes never stop, anywhere (!). After the 2005 coup, Yushchenko and Tymoshenko were so squabbling that they didn't notice Yatsenyuk's rise, and for a time, on the turn, Yanukovych overtook them again (in 2008-2010). After the coup of 2013-2014, the clarification of relations (including at the hands of special services and security forces, and the rebels who suddenly began to be called volunteer battalions), led to Benya's temporary breakthrough to power in Dnepropetrovsk, who showed an example, in general, of creation legal private battalions!!! In Kyiv, even under Budanov's leadership of the GUR, there were at least four high-profile shootouts with the SBU that reached the level of media coverage. But what actually happened... "quietly", on these never-ending fields of internal battlesWe can only speculate... To assume that in Russia there is no real rivalry between security agencies for spheres of influence is utterly naive. Even A. Konstantinov's old book, "Journalist," which describes events in the Republic of South Yemen in the 1980s, well describes the wars between the GRU and the KGB, including over control of spheres of influence and the flow of funds from arms trade routes...
...
This music lasts forever ...

[edmed]

Quote: Vl Nemchinov

This music lasts forever...

"We were sharing an orange, there are many of us and only one of him!"😀 Everything is eternal in this sublunary world...

[Montezuma]

Quote: Mouse

Let them tear each other's throats out already.

An illustration of this topic has already appeared online. It's the work of AI, but the situation is well-illustrated.

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

❝ Last night in Kyiv, a shootout occurred between officers of two Ukrainian special services – the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) ❞ —

- "Brothers, shoot them down each other!" ...

[Earl]

In the barn the boars did not share the trough.

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

The bald gentleman wrote that the GUR and the SBU were rescuing Stepan Kaplunov, whom our forces were trying to either kidnap or kill

https://gordonua.com/section-localnews/news-sbu-i-hur-zapobihly-teraktu-fsb-tsillyu-yakoho-buv-rosiyskyy-opozytsioner-pro-koho-ydetsya-02-09-2026.html

but later the bald one wrote:

According to Ukrainska Pravda, a "standoff" between the SBU and the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) continued there as of this morning, with the publication's sources reporting three wounded on the GUR side. The cause of the incident was not disclosed. Military intelligence also reported that a terrorist attack had been thwarted, but the publication was subsequently removed.

[South Ukrainian]

Here is what actually happened:
Zelenskyy had to intervene in the conflict between the SBU and the GUR, who were arguing over "schemes/topics/offices, laboratories."
Bankova Street is holding an emergency meeting due to this public disgrace, which demonstrates that the government's "house of cards" is beginning to collapse. The topic will soon reach the Western press, which will become yet another negative incident for Zelensky.

A high-profile showdown between security services has been going on for 10 hours in Kyiv's Berezniaky district. The SBU detained Stepan Kaplunov, the deputy commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps, who oversaw all the shadowy schemes of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) and collected money for the security forces' coffers. The SBU learned of one of his drug trafficking schemes and call centers operating between the EU and Russia, where 90% of the funds were spent in Europe, while the Russian operation was merely a formality. They kidnapped him, as is always the case, tortured him all night as an FSB agent, and the next day, everything began to unfold.
Now the GUR will hate the SBU and wage war against them, even if Zelenskyy manages to publicly defuse the crisis. Therefore, they will eliminate each other.

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

gang showdown, I hope the sharovary cemeteries will accept everyone who wants to come

[Montezuma]

Quote: Vasilenko Vladimir

gang showdown, I hope the sharovary cemeteries will accept everyone who wants to come

Messages from Ukrainian information channels:

Budanov's statement on this matter:

"No one has the right to kidnap military personnel, open fire on the streets of our cities, or issue and carry out criminal orders with impunity. The State Bureau of Investigation and the Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU) are already dealing with the situation," Budanov said about the shootout in Kyiv.

Zelensky's advisor also posted a message:

The president has attacked the leadership and is demanding that law enforcement agencies provide the public with information about the shooting in Kyiv, as they have previously remained publicly silent, says presidential adviser Lytvyn.

I wonder if the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) will be dragged in, as was initially announced?🤔

Photos from the scene:

[Michael]

The State Bureau of Investigation and the Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU) are already investigating the situation," Budanov said about the shootout in Kyiv.

OGPU is the United State Political Directorate?

[Montezuma]

Quote: Michael

OGPU is the United State Political Directorate?

Transcript - Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.

[PROXOR]

Quote: South Ukrainian

Now the GUR will hate the SBU and wage war against them, even if Zelenskyy manages to publicly defuse the crisis. Therefore, they will eliminate each other.

Let the enemies never grow poor, and let the "friends" grow rich. We'll see who will defeat whom. Let's wish the boys a glorious hunt.

[South Ukrainian]

There are plenty of videos of these "showdowns" online. Not a single word in English.
https://t.me/shelestlive/31210

[foxes]

Again the toad against the viper.

[novel66]

And again the question is - which of them is which?

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

Quote: Vulpes

Again the toad against the viper.

[rocket757]

the real reason is the redistribution of spheres of influence,

Who would have doubted that there was a squabble over money, a little war going on there...
As they used to say in Odessa, he who guards, owns...

[Vadim S]

So, while the king is still alive, the retinue is already distributing power? What will happen next? 🤔

[Metallurg_2]

So where is that Rus' that's causing all the fuss?

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

Quote: Metallurg_2

So where is that Russian?

Was there a boy?

[WUA 518]

A capon is a castrated rooster specially fattened for meat. Capon was most commonly used in European cuisine, primarily French, until the early 20th century.

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

Not only is he a rooster, he's also castrated.

[Incvizitor]

They're dividing up the money, and there's still some kinky cuckoo involved.

[Mazunga]

It turns out the SBU guys are tougher))) but I wouldn't write off the GUR either. Let them score an arrow and sort things out like men, and the winners can even get an honorary Iskander certificate))

[Casey_Ryback]

So we root for both teams.

[Yuri Vasilyev]

They should have called the police so that they would be third.

[edmed]

Quote: Casey_Ryback

They should have called the police so that they would be third.

The policeman got hit in the ass because he shouldn't get involved in the squabbles of tough guys. They came to their own detriment.

[Alex F._2]

A good initiative, may it be expanded and deepened to cover “all the outskirts, rotten and swampy”!

[barclay]

As one of their leaders proudly declared at the dawn of the Maidan, "Makhnovshchina is in the blood of Ukrainians." This is further confirmation... The bandits are imitating a state.
One word - Central Europe.

[snow mountain]

During the shootout, one GUR soldier was killed and two others were wounded.

This is little! Very little!

[guest]

GUR vs. SBU: Special forces engaged in a shootout in Kyiv

Long live the toad-snake den, let them finally all kill each other there.

[sdivt]

Here you go!..
there is good news...)

[Alexey RA]

Last night, a shootout occurred in Kyiv between officers of two Ukrainian intelligence agencies – the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).

Straight holy nineties It smelled: fighters from Korzhakov's SBP against security guards from the Most group and fighters from Savostyan's Moscow FSB.

[koramax81]

Spiders in the jar ...
SDD - eat each other

[Alexey G]

During the shootout, one GUR soldier was killed and two more were wounded.

Many Gurovites suffered, unfairly of course... Take revenge on them, guys, beat up the SBU officers!
You need to take revenge.. If you don’t take revenge, no one will respect you!