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Head of Ukraine's SBU in Kirovograd found dead

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 21 Aug 2022 21:04
2 Min Read

Oleksandr Nakonechny was found dead with gunshot wounds in his apartment.

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  • Head of Ukraine's SBU in Kirovohrad Oblast found dead
    Head of Ukraine's SBU in Kirovohrad Oblast, Oleksandr Nakonechny 

A regional head of Ukraine’s SBU intelligence services has been found dead at his home in central Ukraine, the prosecutor general’s office said on Sunday.

Oleksandr Nakonechny was found by his wife with gunshot wounds in a room of their apartment in the city of Kropyvnytsky late Saturday after she heard gunfire, the office wrote on Telegram.

Police have opened an investigation into the death but made no further comments.

A local politician, Andrii Lavrus, wrote on Telegram that Nakonechny had shot himself. The information could not be immediately confirmed.

Nakonechny has headed the SBU in the Kirovograd region since January 2021.

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Zelensky said there would be a revision of SBU personnel, and several senior officials at the agency have been fired over the past several months.

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