
Kyrylo Budanov is the chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. He is a prominent military official who serves as a member of Ukraine’s negotiation team and as a key advisor within the presidential administration.

“Kyrylo Budanov stated in an interview with the media that Russia had accepted security guarantees from the United States for Ukraine. But there has been no further confirmation of this news as of March 1.”