SBU: Putin gave order to undermine situation in Ukraine
The Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Vasyl Hrytsak, has reported details of new attempts by the Russian side to organize provocations in Kyiv.
"Attempts to undermine Ukraine continue. According to operational information, at a closed meeting of the Russian leadership in May, Putin criticized his aide Surkov for the failure of an operation to destabilize the socio-political situation in Ukraine, and set a new task to achieve the so-called 'resetting' of the ruling regime in Ukraine in the shortest possible time. The capital, Kyiv, was chosen as the place of provocation", said Hrytsak at a briefing on Saturday in Kyiv.
According to Hrytsak, during the week of June 28 to July 4 alone, the SBU prevented six attempts by the Russian side to organize protests near the Polish Embassy in Ukraine. And on July 5, the SBU were warned of a seventh provocation attempt, this time near the building of Polish consulate in Ukraine.
Hrytsak stressed that Russia also remains the main initiator of forceful provocations aimed to present Ukraine as the alleged source of the spread of extremism.
"On July 12, on the instructions of the Russian side, an attempt was made to occupy the public reception office of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine," the head of the SBU said.