As Ukrayinska Pravda writes, when Malyuk was asked whether the SBU was involved in these murders, the head of the department replied that “the question was asked to the right address.”

Vasily Malyuk also admitted that the SBU is trying to strike Russian oil refineries.

The murder of military correspondent and blogger Vladlen Tatarsky (Maxim Fomin) occurred on the evening of April 2, 2023. He held a closed meeting with fans in one of the cafes in St. Petersburg. One of the visitors gave him a bust filled with explosives as a gift. Almost immediately after this, a powerful explosion was heard, as a result of which the military commander died on the spot and several dozen people were injured.

Former Ukrainian parliamentarian Ilya Kiva was killed in the Moscow region on December 6.