Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) announced Sunday it has tracked down and killed two suspected Russian agents believed to be responsible for the assassination of a senior Ukrainian intelligence officer last week in Kyiv.
The suspects—a man and a woman—were killed in the Kyiv region after reportedly resisting arrest, the SBU said in a statement. Footage released by the agency showed the two bodies lying near what appeared to be a hideout location. Authorities said the operation was swift and involved coordinated special units.
The pair were suspected of orchestrating the brazen daylight shooting of Colonel Ivan Voronych, an SBU officer reportedly involved in covert operations in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories. Surveillance footage from the scene captured the ambush, which has drawn comparisons to previous Russian-linked assassinations targeting Ukrainian military and intelligence figures.
Media reports allege that Voronych had played a key role in Ukraine’s covert raids into Russia’s Kursk region last year, part of a broader campaign of strategic disruption behind enemy lines.
The killing comes amid a fresh wave of Russian drone attacks. Ukraine’s air force reported intercepting or jamming 40 out of 60 drones launched by Russia overnight. At least four civilians were reported killed and 13 injured in the Donetsk and Kherson regions as a result of these strikes.
The SBU said it would continue to aggressively pursue Russian operatives operating inside Ukrainian territory.
“The enemies of Ukraine will not find shelter on our soil,” the agency’s statement read.
