# Shootout in Kyiv between special services signals Ukraine’s looming collapse, expert says

https://mins.news/en/item/46817

- TASS, 2026-09-05 17:12 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2183183

> Military expert Vitaly Kiselev said the reported conflict and shootout between Ukraine’s Security Service and the Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate was no longer an isolated incident and could signal the country’s impending collapse. He claimed the agencies were dividing up what remains of Ukraine and that personnel would seek to leave with their pockets full.

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