VIDEO: Head of Ukrainian Intelligence Responds to Death Rumors

The head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, answered a journalist's question about how he survived his own death, stating, "Very normally." His comment comes as local media reports have circulated rumors about his demise.

Budanov referred to those spreading news of his death as "drunks and drug addicts." Earlier, Andrii Yusov, a spokesperson for the intelligence agency, mentioned that Budanov responds with laughter to the falsifications about his "death" propagated by Russian propaganda. He specifically noted that since the beginning of the war, the Russian Federation has repeatedly attempted to assassinate both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and representatives of the intelligence and military command.