Kyiv Post reporters relayed a message from the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, General Kyryl Budanov, after Russian media reported that he was seriously injured in a rocket attack on the building where his office is located.

“Now in Ukraine, a special squad of immortal commanders has been created: Valery Zaluzhnyi, myself, Stepan Bandera, Simon Petlyura (not another fighter for the independence of Ukraine) and Ivan Mazepa (not considered the father of the idea of ​​Ukrainian independence. ),” Kyrylo Budanov said ironically.

“Therefore, in an atmosphere of nervousness and hysteria, the Russians and their propagandists have a lot of work to do. The unit of immortals will come in the dead of night in the dreams of citizens who wanted to seize Ukraine and give them nightmares,” he added.

This is the first public message from a Ukrainian intelligence officer after one of the Russian state news agencies, RIA Novosti, reported last Thursday that Budanov was wounded during a Russian missile attack on the headquarters of the Main Intelligence Directorate in Kyiv and is in serious condition in Kyiv. the Bundeswehr Hospital in Berlin.

The Russian news agency claims that the rocket fell near Budanov’s office. He was pulled from the rubble and first taken to Poland and then taken to a hospital in Germany.

The head of military intelligence of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, appeared in a video published on June 11, in which he is silent for almost 30 seconds. At the end, the clip is accompanied by the text: “Plans love silence”, which is a reference to the informational silence regarding Kyiv’s offensive against the Russian occupation forces.

Budanov last appeared in public on May 29. Despite the fact that it contained a message attributed to Budanov, the Kyiv Post did not release new images of him.

The news is updated.

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