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Even an ex-spy is concerned Ukraine’s assassination squads are going too far

He told The Economist Ukraine's "security services shouldn't do things just because they can"

Newsroom September 6 11:02

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, dozens of Russian officials and conspirators have been assassinated both in occupied Ukrainian territory and Russia.

But now, even a Ukrainian ex-spy is concerned the country’s assassination squads are going too far.

Valentin Nalivaychenko, former Head of the Security Service of Ukraine and current Parliament member, told The Economist that recent missions have been quite risky for Ukrainian intelligence, in some cases lacking strategy or endangering agents and their sources.

“Our security services shouldn’t do things just because they can,” Nalivaychenko said, adding that while some assassinations have been justified, others have given pause.

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His comments echoed concerns from other Ukrainian officials, with one anonymous source inside SBU counter-intelligence telling The Economist that targeting mid-level propagandists or relatively small fish in Russia’s larger information and political systems was sometimes meant to impress the president rather than achieve victory in the war.

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