The issue is getting worse. The mysterious dying of an agent added gasoline to the hearth – o2

Final week, there was a gathering between Budanov and Malyuk, the heads of the Ukrainian secret providers. Details about the necessary conversations between the 2 officers was broadly circulated by native information channels. The lads took a photograph collectively and argued that their organizations collectively assist defend Ukraine and defeat the Russian aggressors.

This data isn’t random. On January 18, the American “Wall Road Journal” described the story of Denis Grey’s mysterious dying. Ukrainian financier – revealed by the top of navy intelligence HUR – collaborator of the service. He has to offer the intelligence with probably the most invaluable details about the preliminary section of the warfare, distribution and many others. They had been conscious of the anticipated assault on the airfield at Hostomal, which was crucial to the Russians.

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That is necessary as a result of earlier than the outbreak of warfare, the HUR and its chief argued in a really assured voice that invasion was inevitable. The aforementioned Creave ought to present lots of data on this regard. He labored in a number of banks and had shut ties to folks in President Yanukovych’s administration. He has additionally traveled to Russia a number of occasions. Nevertheless, all this needed to occur below the management of Ukrainian providers, and after the outbreak of warfare in 2014, Grave needed to equip Ukrainian volunteers together with his personal cash.

His work for HUR will need to have been very invaluable and necessary. Grave was included amongst Ukrainian diplomats when Russian and Ukrainian representatives met in Belarus in late February to debate the phrases of a attainable ceasefire. A number of days later, he died below mysterious circumstances.

He was shot lifeless by Ukrainian safety forces on March 5 final yr. How did that occur? He was detained on his method to a gathering with Oleksandr Poklad, head of the SBU’s counterintelligence division. It isn’t recognized what occurred after that, as a result of Greve’s safety was excessive. Based on the Wall Road Journal, the banker himself was captured by the SBU and brought away in one other automotive.

An hour and a half later, the financier’s bodyguards had been proven his physique. He was killed by the SBU, allegedly for treason. Kriyev was buried with navy honors, and President Volodymyr Zelensky adorned him posthumously.

4 months after the dying of the banker – in July 2022 – Ivan Baganov was dismissed as the top of the SBU. He was Zelensky’s buddy and shut affiliate. Vasil Maljuk took his place. An officer from the Organized Crime and Corruption Unit – the primary factor – was appointed as appearing chairman. To this point, he has not been appointed as the complete head of the Safety Service of Ukraine.

Can he get an appointment? This can be resolved within the coming days. Ukrainian media stories on the opportunity of drastic modifications in native authorities. As much as eight ministers can resign. We also needs to quickly know the title of the brand new head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Inside, who will take over after the tragic dying of Denis Monastyrsky, who died in a helicopter crash close to Kiev on January 18.

Nevertheless, returning to Maljuk and Budanov, it must be remembered that regardless of official ensures of cooperation, the 2 providers had been competing for the put up. In current days, there have been a sequence of stories of the dismissal and detention of high-ranking Ukrainian officers on corruption prices. Those that misplaced their posts had been the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, the Deputy Minister of Protection and two regional governors. Within the case of the deputy head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Nationwide Protection, it was extreme as a result of there have been allegations of elevating meals costs for the navy. Nevertheless, solely 4 days in the past there was details about the detention of a lieutenant colonel of the SBU, who was speculated to go data to the Russians, on prices of espionage. Suspicions about Ukraine’s safety service and a few of its officers’ ties to Russia have been raised for the reason that begin of the almost year-long warfare.

Extra after describing the scenario with Kriev. The top of the HUR, Basic Budanov, in an interview with Ukrainian radio Svoboda, instantly acknowledged that Grayev was a collaborator of the service. Due to this fact, the query of what made one particular service kill the collaborator of one other is affordable. Evidently the 2 bosses met and launched a press launch to the media about good cooperation to keep away from a break up.

Nevertheless, this isn’t the top. It’s no nice secret that Basic Budanov had nice ambitions, hoping to separate the navy’s counterintelligence management capabilities from the SBU and switch them to the brand new Navy Intelligence and Counterintelligence Service. The plan failed within the Ukrainian parliament. Nevertheless, just lately, new ones have appeared, altering and strengthening the function of the SBU within the state safety system.

Who will emerge victorious from the battle? It’s troublesome to foretell. Nevertheless, for now, the “cleaning” is happening in Ukraine. Within the face of warfare and a risk to the state’s existence, information of the unexplained dying of a banker-agent and stories of corruption amongst politicians ought to elevate considerations among the many worldwide coalition supporting Ukraine. This might sign a gathering between the 2 heads of the key providers. Nevertheless, there are doubts. At the very least for now, the 2 bosses ought to hold their anger and mutual suspicions of their pockets.

Łukasz Maziewski, journalist at o2.pl