“During the performance of special assignments, three scouts were killed - employees of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine: Oleksiy Ivanovich Dolya, Valery Viktorovich Chibineev, Denis Borisovich Kireev,” the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Earlier, in the Ukrainian media, citing a source, information appeared that the Security Service of Ukraine had killed a member of the Kyiv delegation who participated in the first round of negotiations with Russia, Kireev.