Ukraine’s SBU accuses Russian Volunteer Corps deputy commander Stepan Kaplunov of working for the FSB and plotting an Independence Day assassination. He says he was tortured into confessing.

Ukraine’s SBU accuses Russian Volunteer Corps deputy commander Stepan Kaplunov of working for the FSB and plotting an Independence Day assassination. He says he was tortured into confessing. — Live Feedhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/ukraine-s-sbu-accuses-russian-volunteer-corps-deputy-commander-stepan-kaplunov-of-working-for-the-fsb-and-plotting-an-inContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. SBU Accuses Russian Volunteer Corps Deputy Commander of FSB Tieshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/ukraine-s-sbu-accuses-russian-volunteer-corps-deputy-commander-stepan-kaplunov-of-working-for-the-fsb-and-plotting-an-inhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/ukraine-s-sbu-accuses-russian-volunteer-corps-deputy-commander-stepan-kaplunov-of-working-for-the-fsb-and-plotting-an-in#u58436Sat, 05 Sep 2026 20:37:07 +0000Ukraine's Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has accused Stepan Kaplunov, deputy commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps, of working for the FSB. The SBU claims Kaplunov plotted an assassination for Independence Day. Kaplunov denies the allegations and asserts that his confession was obtained through torture. This accusation emerges amid broader instability within Kyiv's intelligence community, which recently saw a violent confrontation between rival security units. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described the internal fighting between spy services as shameful and disgraceful.Why