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Sky News AU
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Chilling footage shows Ukrainian spy gunned down in broad daylight
A top Ukrainian spy has been gunned down in broad daylight in Kyiv's southern district. Reports have blamed the attack on Russia, with authorities launching a criminal investigation. Colonel Ivan Voronych was reportedly shot five times at close range outside an apartment building after being approached by an unidentified assailant. The shooter fled the scene, with Voronych pronounced dead, according to Ukrainska Pravda. Former Ukrainian parliament member Ihar Mosiychuk has blamed Russian special services for orchestrating the hit.
New York Post
10-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Chilling video captures moment high-ranking Ukrainian spy was ruthlessly gunned down in Kyiv
Chilling video captured the moment a high-ranking Ukrainian spy was ruthlessly gunned down in a brazen, broad daylight ambush on the streets of Kyiv and left for dead. Col. Ivan Voronych, a senior security officer in Ukraine's Security Service, was crossing the street in the Holosiivskyi district Thursday when an armed attacker ran up and blasted him with bullets at close range before fleeing, according to disturbing surveillance footage obtained by Ukrainian media and reports. The assailant, who reportedly used a silenced pistol, was seen sprinting across a parking lot outside Voronych's apartment building moments before unleashing five fatal rounds. CCTV footage of a Security Service of Ukraine officer walking down his apartment stairs moments before being shot. Ukrainska Pravda via REUTERS 'With five shots at close range while leaving the apartment today at 8 a.m., the enemy killer did his dirty work,' Roman Chervinsky, a former Ukrainian intelligence officer, told The Telegraph. He emphasized that Voronych had been 'fighting the enemy since 2014.' Voronych, who led high-level special operations, counter-terrorism and security missions, was found with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene – with a fellow officer accusing Russia of plotting the vicious assassination, the outlet reported. 'A criminal investigation has been opened into the murder of an SSU employee in Kyiv's Holosivskyi district,' a spokesperson for the security service told Ukrainska Pravada. 'The Security Service and the National Police are taking comprehensive measures to establish all the circumstances of the crime and bring those responsible to justice.' CCTV footage of a suspect running away after the shooting of a Ukrainian Security Service officer in Kyiv. Ukrainska Pravda via REUTERS The attack comes nearly three months after senior Russian military general Yaroslav Maskalik was killed in a fiery car explosion in Moscow – one day after the Kremlin launched a deadly strike on Ukraine. A bomb planted in a parked car was remotely detonated in April as Maskalik, deputy head of the Russian Armed Forces' main operations directorate, walked by the car located near his home, law enforcement sources said at the time. Both Russia and Ukraine have conducted targeted killings since the war began in February 2022.
Novaya Gazeta Europe
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Novaya Gazeta Europe
Russia attacks Ukraine with over 700 drones in largest single barrage since start of war — Novaya Gazeta Europe
Firefighters attend to the aftermath of an airstrike in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine, 9 July 2025. Photo: Zhytomyr region administration The Russian army launched 728 drones, seven cruise missiles and six Kinzhal ballistic missiles at Ukraine overnight, in the largest single airstrike since the start of the war, the Ukrainian Air Force (UAF) reported on Wednesday. The main target of the attacks was the city of Lutsk, in the Volyn region of northwestern Ukraine. Ukrainian air defences shot down 711 drones and all seven cruise missiles. The attacks struck four locations, according to the UAF. Lutsk Mayor Ihor Polishchuk said the city had experienced its most intense Russian attack since the start of the war, independent newspaper Ukrainska Pravda reported. There were no reports of casualties, it added. Drones also struck the Kyiv suburb of Brovary, injuring one person, according to local official Mykola Kalashnyk. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolayiv, Kirovohrad and Cherkasy regions were among those attacked. The previous largest Russian attack prior to the overnight barrage was the launch of 539 drones in the early hours of Friday. US President Donald Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with Vladimir Putin's unwillingness to end the war and Russia's continued drone and missile strikes on Ukrainian cities. On Monday, chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed in a statement that the US Department of Defence would send 'additional defensive weapons to Ukraine to ensure the Ukrainians can defend themselves while we work to secure a lasting peace and ensure the killing stops'.
Miami Herald
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Miami Herald
What F-16 Loss Means For Ukraine's Air Power
Ukraine's air force on Sunday confirmed that a third Ukrainian F-16 fighter pilot had been killed in action, a unwelcome blow for a military with a limited number of fourth-generation Western jets and a small pool of pilots trained to fly them. Lieutenant Colonel Maksym Ustimenko intercepted seven incoming Russian air targets in his F-16 jet before his aircraft was damaged and started to lose altitude, Ukraine's air force said in a statement on Sunday. He is the third known F-16 pilot to be killed while operating the U.S.-made aircraft, which Ukraine has been using for little under a year. Kyiv had long clamored for donations of the Lockheed Martin-manufactured F-16s to boost its Soviet-era aircraft while staring down Russia's more advanced - and much more numerous - fleet that has taken far fewer hits in the war than Moscow's land forces. But Kyiv has not yet received all of the aircraft promised to its military, and fully-trained pilots are in short supply, despite intensive rounds of training abroad. "With such intense fighting, losses are to be expected," an official with Ukraine's air force, Colonel Yuriy Ignat, said during an interview with the country's Ukrainska Pravda outlet, published in early June. Losing aircraft is "always part of air warfare, and while individual cases should never be decisive, attrition hurts," said Frederik Mertens, a strategic analyst with Dutch think tank, TNO. Losing pilots is also a painful prospect, he told Newsweek. In late August, just weeks after Kyiv confirmed it was operating the first of its donated jets, Ukraine said Oleksiy Mes - a famed pilot also known by his call sign, Moonfish - had died while "repelling a massive Russian combined air and missile attack." A second F-16 was shot down over the northeastern Sumy region in mid-April this year, killing its 26-year-old pilot, Pavlo Ivanov. The following month, the air force said it had lost communication with an F-16 intercepting Russian attacks, but that the pilot had managed to eject from the aircraft. Search and rescue teams quickly located and evacuated the pilot, the military said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday he had ordered a full investigation into Ustimenko's death. Ustimenko "mastered four types of aircraft, and his record includes truly significant achievements for Ukraine," the Ukrainian leader said in his evening address. All three Ukrainian F-16 pilots killed while operating the jets were posthumously made Heroes of Ukraine, the country's highest honor. Kyiv's military reported in the early hours of Sunday that Russia had launched hundreds of drones and decoys at the country overnight, as well as various different types of missiles. Ignat told Newsweek it was the highest number of aerial threats recorded since the start of the full-scale war in February 2022. Russia's Defense Ministry said in a statement it had launched a "massive strike with high-precision long-range air, sea and land-based weapons," including Kinzhal missiles, targeting Ukraine's military industry and the country's oil refineries. Andriy Yermak, Zelensky's chief of staff, said Moscow had "struck energy facilities, infrastructure, and residential areas." Ukraine has repeatedly used its F-16 fighter jets, as well French-made Mirage 2000 aircraft Kyiv received in early 2025, to intercept Russian attacks on the country. "This loss and earlier losses clearly point at the dangers of intercepting low-flying targets at close range with low-flying aircraft," Mertens said, adding the drive to "do the utmost and take serious risks" when in the air can be especially strong when trying to shield civilians and residential buildings. It's not clear exactly how many of the approximately 85 F-16s committed by Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Belgium are now being used by Ukraine. Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's defense minister, said in February that Denmark had "already delivered most of the promised F-16s, with the remaining ones to arrive soon." Umerov's Danish counterpart, Troels Lund Poulsen, said shortly after that Copenhagen had transferred 12 out of the 19 jets it had promised Ukraine. It's not immediately apparent whether the remaining seven jets have been delivered. Newsweek has reached out to the Danish Defense Ministry for comment via email. The Dutch defense ministry said in late May that the last of its 24 pledged F-16s had left the country, bound for Ukraine. Norwegian Defense Minister Tore Sandvik told the country's state-run NRK broadcaster in mid-May that Oslo would finish transferring F-16s to Ukraine by the end of 2025, but refused to confirm how many jets had already been donated. Norway has officially confirmed it will send six F-16s by the end of 2025. Newsweek has contacted the Norwegian Defense Ministry for comment via email. Then-Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib told domestic broadcaster RTL in May 2024 that Belgium would deliver 30 F-16s to Ukraine by 2028. Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said in March this year that the F-16 transfers to Ukraine were on hold until 2026, a delay blamed on hiccups to the delivery of Brussels' replacement F-35 fifth-generation jets. Standing next to Zelensky during a press conference in April in the Ukrainian capital, the Belgian prime minister said Brussels would send two F-16s for spare parts in 2025 and two more aircraft the following year. Belgium's current defense minister, Theo Francken, said in May Brussels "would try to deliver the aircraft even earlier," according to remarks reported by the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty outlet. The Belgian Defense Ministry has been approached for comment. 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Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Ukraine has completed 47% of 2025 missile programme targets
As of 1 June 2025, Ukraine has completed 47% of its planned missile programme tasks for the year. Source: Deputy Minister of Defence Brigadier General Anatolii Klochko, as reported by Mezha Media, a technology and IT news platform within Ukrainska Pravda's holding company Details: Klochko outlined that funding for the missile programme comes from three sources: the state budget, which prioritises the development of modern missile weapons; private business initiatives, funded independently without state support; and international partnerships, providing additional financing and technological assistance. Klochko noted that the Ministry of Defence has established two new bodies to oversee missile development, separating it from the broader weapons systems framework. These are the Department for the Development of Missile Weapons and Missile Defence and the Main Directorate for the Maintenance of Missile Programmes, aimed at reducing bureaucratic obstacles. "If there are questions, we meet directly with manufacturers, communicate and take the initiative to understand what they need to accelerate progress," Klochko said. More details: Klochko highlighted that Ukraine's ballistic missile programme has reached a significant milestone, becoming a key focus of defence development. He described domestic ballistic capabilities as critical for striking strategic Russian targets deep within their defences. The programme is progressing rapidly, with further details to be shared soon. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
