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Telegraph
3 days ago
- Politics
- Telegraph
Ukraine ‘eliminates' Russian spies in Kyiv shootout
Ukraine has 'eliminated' two suspected Russian secret agents after a gunfight in a spy den in Kyiv. The man and woman killed were thought to be part of Russia's FSB and behind the daylight assassination of one of Ukraine's top spies this week. The pair are thought to have coordinated the operation on July 10 in which Col Ivan Voronich, a senior operational officer in Ukraine's security service, was shot dead by a pistol with a silencer on the street in Ukraine's capital. The suspected assassins were found hiding in a spy den in Kyiv, according to Ukrainian intelligence services. Both agents were killed in a gunfight with Ukraine's SBU security service after they attempted to resist arrest. The security service did not disclose if others were killed in the gunfight. In a video address posted to Telegram, Vasyl Malyuk, the head of Ukraine's Security Service, said: 'As a result of covert investigative and active counter-intelligence activities, the enemy lair was discovered.' 'During detention, they began to resist. There was a gunfight, so the villains were eliminated. I would like to remind you that the enemy's only prospect on the territory of Ukraine is death.' Lt Gen Malyuk claimed that the pair had been instructed by a supervisor to monitor the SBU officer and memorise his daily routine, before being handed coordinates to a cache where a pistol with a silencer was stored. Col Voronich was shot five times by a masked man using the silenced pistol in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv on Thursday morning. The senior security officer died at the scene as footage posted to Telegram showed the assailant running away, stuffing the weapon into the pocket of his shorts. Col Voronich, who reportedly headed a division of Ukraine's security service focusing on high-level operations, is thought to have played a hand in sensitive sabotage missions carried out within Russian territory. Ukraine has dealt Russia a series of recent blows in the form of assassinations of high-ranking military officials. Earlier this month, Russian Maj Gen Mikhail Gudkov, deputy commander of the Russian Navy, was killed in a Ukrainian missile attack on a command post in the Kursk region with a US-made HIMARS missile. Maj Gen Gudkov, who was one of Vladimir Putin's most prized senior officers, was the latest of at least 10 Russian major generals or lieutenant generals to have been killed in the war so far. Col Sergei Ilyin, the commander of an elite Russian marine unit, is also thought to have died in the missile strike, according to a since-deleted post by officials from his home district and unverified claims by pro-war Russian bloggers. In April, Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy chief of the main operations directorate of Russia's army, was killed in a car bomb attack in Moscow in an operation the Kremlin attributed to Ukraine. It comes as Russia's defence ministry claims that its forces have captured the villages of Mykolaivka and Myrne in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine in their advance towards the Dnipropetrovsk region. Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday that at least six people had been killed across Ukraine in the latest in a series of gruelling overnight strikes by Russia which used hundreds of drones and long-range missiles. Russia has also been strengthening relations with North Korea during a three-day visit by Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister. North Korean state media reported on Sunday that Kim Jong-un had reaffirmed his 'unconditional support' for Moscow in the war in Ukraine, after an intelligence assessment from Ukrainian officials claimed that North Korea could triple the number of its troops fighting with Russia on the front lines.
The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Irish Sun
Putin hit squad ‘eliminated' after cold-blooded daylight assassination of Ukrainian special ops chief with silenced gun
UKRAINE claims to have killed two Russian FSB agents suspected of assassinating the country's special operations chief . Colonel Ivan Voronich, head of an 1 Voronych had just left his block of flats with shopping bags Credit: Easttowest Five shots were fired at him after he emerged from a residential block, after which a man and a woman escaped from the scene. The wanted woman was earlier named by the SBU - Ukraine's secret service - as Narmin Guliyeva, 34. But the man was not immediately identified by Ukrainian authorities. The SBU said in a statement: "This morning, a special operation was conducted, during which members of the agent-combat group of the FSB of the Russian Federation began to resist, so they were eliminated. "The murder of the Ukrainian defender was committed by two people - a man and a woman. "Their supervisor ordered them to monitor the SBU officer, establish his daily schedule and routes. "Later, the [Russian] handed over the coordinates of the cache to the killers, where there was a pistol with a silencer." Voronich is understood to have planned sensitive missions created to cripple Most read in The US Sun His killer pumped five shots into his body before sprinting away. Pro-Putin sources quickly boasted a Putin is believes to have ordered revenge hits after being humiliated by the stunning success of Lieutenant General and Head of the Security Service of Ukraine said: "This morning, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) carried out the detention of an agent-combat group of the Russian FSB, who had been routed to Ukraine in advance, and three days ago committed the murder of SBU officer Colonel Ivan Voronych, our brave comrade. 'As a result of covert investigative and active counterintelligence operations, the enemy hideout was located, and this morning, active measures were taken to detain them." 'They resisted, there was an exchange of fire, and they were eliminated." More to follow... For the latest news on this story, keep checking back at The U.S. Sun, your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, sports news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures, and must-see videos . Like us on Facebook at
The Sun
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Sun
Putin hit squad ‘eliminated' after cold-blooded daylight assassination of Ukrainian special ops chief with silenced gun
UKRAINE claims to have killed two Russian FSB agents suspected of assassinating the country's special operations chief. Colonel Ivan Voronich, head of an SBU intelligence Special Operations Centre, died instantly after an assassin with a pistol and silencer shot him in Kyiv. 1 More to follow... For the latest news on this story, keep checking back at The U.S. Sun, your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, sports news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures, and must-see videos.
Russia Today
4 days ago
- Politics
- Russia Today
Assassinated Ukrainian officer ran secret ‘gray units' – NYT (VIDEO)
A senior Ukrainian intelligence officer was shot dead in Kiev on Thursday. According to the New York Times, the man was formerly part of a CIA-linked special ops unit, and more recently ran 'gray zone' operations in the Ukraine conflict. Local news reported that a man was gunned down in a Kiev parking lot on Thursday. Security footage circulating on social media showed someone approaching the victim from behind and shooting him several times at close range. The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), Kiev's successor to the Soviet-era KGB, later confirmed to the media that the deceased was one of their intelligence officers, Colonel Ivan Voronich. This morning in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district, SBU Colonel Ivan Voronych accused of several sabotage attacks in Russia was shot dead The officer had formerly commanded the SBU's Fifth Directorate special operations unit, which 'received technical support from the CIA,' the NYT wrote on Friday, citing one of the colonel's former colleagues. The unit was responsible for the 2016 assassination of Arsen Pavlov, known by his nom-de-guerre 'Motorola', a senior military officer in the then breakaway Ukrainian region of Donetsk. Since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, Voronich 'was part of an elite unit responsible for operating in the gray zone between the enemy lines,' NYT cited its sources as saying. His unit allegedly played a crucial role in the Ukrainian incursion into Russia's Kursk Region last year. Kiev invaded Kursk last August, aiming to take territory as a bargaining chip for future ceasefire negotiations and to divert Russian forces from key parts of the front line. Ukraine's commander-in-chief, Aleksandr Syrsky, later admitted that the gambit failed to achieve this. Moscow announced that Kursk Region was fully liberated in April. Russian authorities have since said they discovered evidence of widespread atrocities committed against the local civilian population. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kiev's forces lost around 76,000 soldiers, dead and wounded, in the incursion. As a result, Moscow has pushed 'to establish a security zone along large sections of the border,' forcing Ukraine to divert 'troops they can't spare' along the 2,000km front line, Putin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum last month. Ukrainian units are now 'stretched thin' and 'only 47% manned,' he stated.
NDTV
5 days ago
- Politics
- NDTV
On Camera, Ukrainian Spy Shot Dead By Masked Man In Possible Assassination
A senior Ukrainian intelligence officer was shot dead on Thursday in Kyiv, prompting authorities to launch a probe and find if it was an assassination. The spokesperson for the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has confirmed the incident, adding an investigation is underway. According to CCTV footage obtained by CNN, a man is seen walking out of his apartment building in the capital's Holosiivskyi district. Carrying two bags, he is seen heading towards a parked car when a masked individual approaches him and shoots him from close range. The man collapses instantly. The accused fires again, tucks the gun into his shorts and runs down the street in the other direction. Ukrainian intel colonel — accused of sabotage in Russia — assassinated in Kiev 50-year-old SBU officer Ivan Voronich was shot dead with five silenced rounds in central Kiev today The gunman reportedly escaped and is currently being sought — RT (@RT_com) July 10, 2025 The officer, identified by Ukrainian media as Colonel Ivan Voronych, was reportedly in charge of Ukraine's security service's 16th department's 1st division, which specialises in high-level activities such as security missions, special operations, and counterterrorism. Roman Chervinsky, a former Ukrainian intelligence officer, told The Telegraph, "With five shots at close range while leaving the apartment today at 8am, the enemy killer did his dirty work," adding, "Col Voronych had been fighting the enemy since 2014." A spokesperson for the SBU told The New York Post that a criminal investigation was launched, adding that they and the National Police were now working together to find out the circumstances and take necessary measures to catch those responsible. The shocking incident took place three months after Yaroslav Maskalik, a senior Russian military general, died in a car explosion in Moscow, a day after Russia carried out a deadly attack on Ukraine. In December 2024, high-ranking Russian Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed, and Ukraine's security forces were thought to be behind the attack. However, Ukrainian officials never formally confirmed their involvement. On Tuesday, over 728 drones and 13 ballistic missiles struck various cities of Ukraine, which it described as the largest Russian aerial assault since the war began in 2022. On Thursday, a fresh Russian airstrike hit Kyiv, killing at least two people and injuring 16 others.
