Volodymyr Zelensky
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Putin at Eastern Economic Forum calls Ukraine airspace warnings 'state terrorism,' says chance for peace exists
Speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Vladimir Putin said Russia and Ukraine must primarily negotiate an end to the war between themselves, while other countries including the United States and China are ready to support. He said there is a chance for a peaceful settlement but described Ukraine's recent warnings about the dangers of Russian airspace for civil aviation as state terrorism that complicates peace talks, and accused Ukraine's Western partners of silence.
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Ukraine's military intelligence warns of disinformation campaign amid clash with SBU
On 3 September, Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) said a targeted disinformation campaign is being rolled out to discredit military intelligence and its combat units. The warning came the day after an armed shootout in Kyiv between HUR-affiliated personnel and SBU operatives linked to the detention of Stepan Kaplunov, deputy commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps, who is accused by the SBU of ties to Russia's FSB.
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Zelensky dismisses senior SBU official after GUR–SBU shootout in Kyiv
President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on 2 September dismissing Oleh Vitaliyovych Khramov from the post of head of the SBU's Department of State Secrets Protection and Licensing. The dismissal follows an armed clash between personnel of Ukraine's military intelligence (GUR) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Kyiv's Dnipro district, connected to the reported abduction of Russian Volunteer Corps deputy commander Stepan Kaplunov. Zelensky publicly framed the episode as unacceptable and signaled further personnel accountability.