MOSCOW, September 2. /TASS/. An officer of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate was killed, and two others were injured in a gunfight that took place overnight and ran into this morning in Kiev, the Insider news outlet reported.

TASS has compiled the key information on the incident.

Circumstances of shootout

- Gunfire was heard in the Kiev neighborhood of Bereznyaki, Ukraine’s Insider news outlet said.

- The Strana news outlet claimed that officers from Ukraine's Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) and the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) were involved.