Russian Spy or Ukrainian Hero? The Strange Death of Denys Kiryeyev – WSJ
Days after Russia s invasion, Ukrainian intelligence agents left a corpse on a sidewalk in the center of Kyiv with a bullet hole in the back of the skull.
The dead man, 45-year-old banker Denys Kiryeyev, was killed as a traitor. The Security Service of Ukraine the country s primary domestic intelligence agency, known as the SBU shot Mr. Kiryeyev because he was allegedly spying for Moscow, an agency official said.
Yet days after Mr. Kiryeyev s body was dumped, he was buried a hero and interred next to Ukraine s first foreign minister. According to Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine s military intelligence agency, Mr. Kiryeyev had passed on information from his Russian contacts that helped Ukrainian forces successfully defend their capital city last February. If it were not for Mr. Kiryeyev, most likely Kyiv would have been taken, the general said.
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It seems obvious who the real traitors were.