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Bloomberg
2 hours ago
- Bloomberg
Ukraine Says It Killed Russian Agents Who Assassinated Officer
The Security Service of Ukraine said that two people allegedly responsible for assassinating a key domestic intelligence official in a Kyiv parking lot were killed in a firefight last week. Security Service Colonel Ivan Voronych was killed on July 10 by the pair — a man and a woman — hired by Russian special services, or FSB, Ukraine's SBU said Sunday on Telegram.
ABC News
3 hours ago
- Politics
- ABC News
Ukraine's SBU says suspected Russian FSB assassins killed in Kyiv after Ukrainian agent shot dead last week
Ukrainian intelligence agents have killed members of a Russian secret service cell wanted on suspicion of having shot dead a colonel in Ukraine's SBU security service last week, the SBU said. The intelligence agency said in a statement that the operation had sought the arrest of the agents of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), which it believes were behind the killing of SBU Colonel Ivan Voronych in Kyiv on Thursday. The statement on Sunday, local time, said the Russian agents resisted arrest and they were "liquidated". "This morning, a special operation was conducted, during which the members of the Russian FSB's agent cell started to resist, and therefore they were liquidated," the statement on Telegram said. Russian authorities made no immediate public comment on Sunday's operation, which mirrored past assassinations of senior Russian military officials by Ukraine during the three-year-old war. The SBU said two people — a man and a woman — were suspected of having killed Colonel Voronych. It did not say how many suspected FSB agents had been killed on Sunday. The SBU reported that its chief, Vasyl Maliuk, led the operation. According to the SBU, the alleged assassins were told by their handler to surveil their target and track his movements. They were eventually given the coordinates of a hiding place where they found a pistol with a suppressor, the SBU said. It said they had tried to "lay low" after Thursday's killing, but were tracked down by the SBU and police. The senior Ukrainian security officer was gunned down in a residential parking lot in Kyiv on Thursday before his assailant fled on foot in broad daylight, according to authorities. Kyiv's police force said it was working to identify the shooter and that "measures are being taken to detain him". Neither the SBU nor the police mentioned possible motives for the killing in Kyiv. "The Security Service and the National Police are taking a comprehensive set of measures to clarify all the circumstances of the crime and bring the perpetrators to justice," the SBU said in a statement. The SBU, a sprawling domestic spy agency that has thousands of staff, has undertaken assassinations and sabotage attacks against Russia. The agency's remit covers security and counterintelligence, but since Russia's 2022 invasion, it has also played a prominent role in special operations against Moscow. Those include an extraordinary drone operation codenamed Spider's Web that targeted Russian strategic aircraft at bases hundreds of miles from Ukraine, and the assassination of a top Russian general in Moscow using a bomb hidden in a scooter. Reuters
Daily Mail
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Brad Pitt beefs up security at $6M home after break-in as neighbors gripe he didn't have a 'good fence'
Brad Pitt has expanded the security at his nearly $6 million Los Angeles home. It comes weeks after the 61-year-old actor's mansion was broken into while he was in Tokyo on June 25. The thieves gained access to Pitt's Los Feliz residence after climbing the fence and entering through the front windows. A source told The US Sun, 'Neighborhood security was at the house about an hour before it happened.' The outlet's insider noted, 'He has personal security that was always there when he was in residence, but now he has guards there all the time. Locals did worry about the fact Brad didn't put up a good fence or a hedge, and the home was fairly easy to access.' It was added that 'as soon as the neighborhood security was off shift, three guys jumped [the fence]. It was really unfortunate.' It comes weeks after the actor's mansion was broken into while he was in Tokyo on June 25; An aerial view of Pitt's home in Los Angeles Three burglars reportedly ransacked the property for about 10 minutes before fleeing with an unknown amount of Brad's possessions. No arrests have been made as the police investigate. 24/7 security can run homeowners tens of thousands of dollars, but the Hollywood A-lister 'has enough cash,' according to the person close to the situation. His neighbors suggested security at the mansion may have been compromised in the days leading up to the dramatic June break-in. They claim they had not seen an unmarked private patrol car normally stationed right outside the actor's driveway for several days before the raid. Pitt moved from a $33 million home in the same area when he bought the smaller mid-century house, which previously belonged to Aileen Getty, in April 2023. Dubbed 'The Steel House,' it's 2,000 sq ft, L-shaped, and has just three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Three burglars reportedly ransacked the property for about 10 minutes before fleeing with an unknown amount of Brad's possessions; pictured June 17 Amenities include a swimming pool and built-in sauna, and the home has floor-to-ceiling windows. Days after the break-in, cops arrested a trespasser in the same neighborhood, which is also where Brad's ex-wife Angelina Jolie lives. On July 6 law enforcement detained an individual who entered the Los Feliz enclave by slipping through a gate. The unwelcome visitor had made it onto the street where Kristen Bell and husband Dax Shepard live when police caught up with him, according to TMZ. Insiders said that both security and residents called the police on the 'known' suspect, who tried to make a run for it before he was arrested.
The Guardian
4 hours ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
Ukraine secret service says it killed Russian agents suspected of Kyiv assassination
Ukrainian intelligence agents killed members of a Russian secret service cell wanted on suspicion of having shot dead a colonel last week, the SBU said. The SBU intelligence agency said in a statement that the operation had sought the arrest of the agents of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), who it believes were behind the killing of Colonel Ivan Voronych – also a member of the SBU security service – in Kyiv on Thursday. 'This morning a special operation was conducted, during which the members of the Russian FSB's agent cell started to resist, and therefore they were liquidated,' a statement on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday said. Russian authorities made no immediate public comment on Sunday's operation, which mirrored past assassinations of senior Russian military officials by Ukraine during the three-year-old war – a source of embarrassment for Moscow's vast intelligence agencies. The SBU said two people – a man and a woman – were suspected of having killed Voronych in a bold daylight attack that was caught on surveillance cameras. It did not say how many suspected FSB agents had been killed on Sunday, but the SBU posted a video in which two bodies were visible. Media reports claimed that Voronych was involved in covert operations in Russia-occupied territories of Ukraine and reportedly helped organise Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region last year. According to the SBU, the alleged assassins were told by their handler to surveil their target and track his movements. They were eventually given the coordinates of a hiding place where they found a pistol with a suppressor, the SBU said. It said they had tried to 'lay low' after Thursday's killing but were tracked down by the SBU and police. The agency's remit covers security and counterintelligence, but since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine it has also played a prominent role in special operations against Moscow, including assassinations and sabotage attacks. After a series of huge attacks across Ukraine involving hundreds of exploding drones, Russia launched 60 drones overnight into Sunday, Ukraine's air force said. It said 20 of them were shot down and 20 others were jammed. On Sunday, Ukrainian authorities reported that four civilians were killed and 13 others injured in Russian attacks on the Donetsk and Kherson regions since Saturday. With Reuters, Agence France-Presse and the Associated Press
Wall Street Journal
7 hours ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Palestinian Terrorism, American Funds?
The U.S. press is all over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but there are certain stories for which it has strangely little interest. On Thursday it was the terrorist murder of an Israeli civilian security guard, Shalev Zvuluny, at a supermarket in a West Bank suburb of Jerusalem. The two killers, who stabbed and shot Zvuluny after arriving in a stolen car, were Palestinian Authority police officers. Ramallah pledged to investigate, which is good for a laugh. The Palestinian Authority (PA) glorifies terrorism by its security forces, as is documented in a new study by Palestinian Media Watch, an Israel-based research institute. The PA also subsidizes terrorists, paying them or their families monthly salaries for life. This costs more than $300 million a year, about 8% of the PA budget. The 2018 Taylor Force Act stops direct U.S. economic aid to the PA. But support for the PA Security Forces (PASF) is another matter, the State Department tells us: 'The United States has continued to provide limited assistance to the PASF for the purpose of maintaining stability in the West Bank, apprehending terrorists and militants and supporting related criminal prosecutions, and keeping Israel secure.' On May 1, the Palestinian Media Watch study says, the PA Security Forces honored one of its own, Naji Arrar, when he was released by Israel after serving 18 years for shooting attacks during the Second Intifada. Dressed in a PASF uniform, he was welcomed back to his unit as a hero. The PA's Governor of Ramallah, Laila Ghannam, posed with him for a photo.
