Ukrainian intel agencies in Kyiv firefight: What happened and why?

A shootout between two of Ukraine’s top intelligence agencies has wounded at least three security officials, highlighting internal divisions within Kyiv’s security establishment.On Wednesday morning, a gunfight broke out between Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR), a military arm which handles foreign intelligence, and the State Security Service (SBU), which focuses on domestic intelligence and counterterrorism activities.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3EU ministers in Ireland tackle Israeli settlement trade and Ukraine defencelist 2 of 3Russia to close Goethe-Institut centres as Germany tensions escalatelist 3 of 3‘An impasse’: EU ministers fail to break deadlock over Israel and Ukraineend of listUkraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the incident “an absolutely disgraceful situation”.What’s behind the feud between SBU and HUR, and how significant is it?What happened?According to Ukrainian media reports, the incident between Kyiv’s top intel agencies took place in the capital’s Dniprovskyi district after the SBU took Stepan Kaplunov, deputy commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) that fights for Ukraine, into custody. RVC is a subordinate ...