During the arrest, the SBU shot dead a member of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation in Homel Denis Kireev. He was suspected of treason.

This was told to Ukrayinska Pravda by high-ranking sources in the power bloc and political circles..

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According to interlocutors in political circles, the Security Service had clear evidence of Kireev's treason, including telephone conversations.

" You know why agents are being killed,"

Krieev participated in the negotiations of the delegations of Ukraine and Russia in Gomel on February 28. How he ended up in the Ukrainian delegation and what he was specifically responsible for is unknown..

It is known from open sources that Kireev was a banker. In 2010-2014, he worked as First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Oschadbank, and before that he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Ukreximbank.