SBU kills member of Ukrainian delegation at talks with Russia Kyreyev on suspicion of treason - parliamentarian Honcharenko

KYIV. March 5 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) shot and killed Denys Kyreyev, a member of the Ukrainian negotiating team at the first round of negotiations with Russia in Belarus, while attempting to detain him, Ukrainian parliamentarian Oleksiy Honcharenko said.

"During an attempt to detain Denys Kyreyev, a member of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation, the Ukrainian Security Service shot and killed him. He was suspected of high treason," Honcharenko wrote on Telegram.

Kyreyev was among the members of the Ukrainian delegation at the first round of the talks with Russia in Belarus.

"The SBU had clear evidence of Kyreyev's high treason, including his telephone talks," Honcharenko said citing his sources in political quarters.

The Interfax-Ukraine news agency has no official confirmation of this information thus far.