“I can’t ignore the president’s words addressed to me ... Therefore, I have to go to court from tomorrow, and let the court put an end to this issue,” RIA Novosti quotes Burba as saying from the air of Savik Shuster’s Freedom of Speech program on YouTube.

On Friday, November 25, the Ukrainian leader spoke about several situations that undermined his confidence in the ex-head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. 

According to Zelensky, Burba intended to embroil Kiev with Turkey over the detention of 33 Russians in Minsk in the summer of 2020.

The president also claims that the ex-head of intelligence is a swindler.

Earlier at a press conference, the Ukrainian leader said that he had received information about the upcoming coup d'etat in Ukraine and that the participation of businessman Rinat Akhmetov in this was being discussed.