{"id":38055,"date":"2025-07-13T16:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T16:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russian-agents-killed-after-allegedly-assassinating-ukraine-colonel-in-bold-daylight-attack-kyiv-says\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T16:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T16:21:10","slug":"russian-agents-killed-after-allegedly-assassinating-ukraine-colonel-in-bold-daylight-attack-kyiv-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russian-agents-killed-after-allegedly-assassinating-ukraine-colonel-in-bold-daylight-attack-kyiv-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian agents killed after allegedly assassinating Ukraine colonel in bold daylight attack, Kyiv says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s security agency said Sunday it tracked down and killed Russian agents suspected of shooting one of its senior officers to death in the Ukrainian capital.<\/p>\n<p>The Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, said in a statement that the suspected Russian agents were killed in the Kyiv region after they offered resistance to arrest. A video released by the agency showed two bodies lying on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The agency said earlier that a man and a woman were suspected to be involved in Thursday&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukrainian-spy-agency-officer-killed-kyiv-reports-ivan-voronych\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">assassination of Ivan Voronych<\/a><\/span>, an SBU colonel, in a bold daylight attack that was caught on surveillance cameras.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/10\/40872982-12b0-4e0f-8b94-25feceaf5900\/thumbnail\/620x354g8\/14c5e7ce5612d4217373e44b1c588e59\/2025-07-10t122137z-1823450622-rc2njfaedrxd-rtrmadp-3-ukraine-crisis-sbu.jpg#\" alt=\"Shooting of a Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) officer in Kyiv \" height=\"354\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/10\/40872982-12b0-4e0f-8b94-25feceaf5900\/thumbnail\/620x354g8\/14c5e7ce5612d4217373e44b1c588e59\/2025-07-10t122137z-1823450622-rc2njfaedrxd-rtrmadp-3-ukraine-crisis-sbu.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/10\/40872982-12b0-4e0f-8b94-25feceaf5900\/thumbnail\/1240x708g8\/8e3decb23457c7c9e86a94ca277473bd\/2025-07-10t122137z-1823450622-rc2njfaedrxd-rtrmadp-3-ukraine-crisis-sbu.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A CCTV footage shows a Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) officer walking down the stairs moments before he was shot in Kyiv, Ukraine July 10, 2025 in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Ukrainska Pravda\/via REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Media reports claimed that Voronych was involved in covert operations in Russia-occupied territories of Ukraine and reportedly helped organize Ukraine&#8217;s surprise incursion into Russia&#8217;s Kursk region last year.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian media posted what appeared to be security camera footage showing a man walking through a parking lot with bags being attacked by another man who ran towards the victim.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect fired five times at the victim with a silenced pistol, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2025\/07\/10\/7521071\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ukrainska Pravda<\/a>\u00a0reported, citing SBU sources.<\/p>\n<p>Police in Kyiv\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/618697257425802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">released video<\/a>\u00a0from the crime scene and said that &#8220;criminal investigation officers, dog handlers and other services are working at the scene.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/13\/e0d8f033-2caf-4568-84ec-714056c7bc19\/thumbnail\/620x354\/906852032b154039226f2cc985543e75\/2025-07-10t121702z-1658499332-rc2njfa9i34o-rtrmadp-3-ukraine-crisis-sbu.jpg#\" alt=\"Shooting of a Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) officer in Kyiv \" height=\"354\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/13\/e0d8f033-2caf-4568-84ec-714056c7bc19\/thumbnail\/620x354\/906852032b154039226f2cc985543e75\/2025-07-10t121702z-1658499332-rc2njfa9i34o-rtrmadp-3-ukraine-crisis-sbu.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/13\/e0d8f033-2caf-4568-84ec-714056c7bc19\/thumbnail\/1240x708\/44e36cf11e05cf8ac8ab6823d380178d\/2025-07-10t121702z-1658499332-rc2njfa9i34o-rtrmadp-3-ukraine-crisis-sbu.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A CCTV footage shows the purported killer running moments after the shooting of a Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) officer in Kyiv, Ukraine July 10, 2025 in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Ukrainska Pravda\/via REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/ukraine-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">war in Ukraine<\/a><\/span> continued to rage on. After a series of massive attacks across Ukraine involving <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-launches-missile-drone-attacks-in-ukraine\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">hundreds of exploding drones<\/a><\/span>, Russia launched 60 drones overnight, Ukraine&#8217;s air force said. It said 20 of them were shot down and 20 others were jammed.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian authorities reported that four civilians were killed and 13 others injured in Russian attacks on the Donetsk and Kherson regions since Saturday.<\/p>\n<h2>High-profile Russians previously targeted<\/h2>\n<p>Moscow has accused Kyiv of orchestrating a spate of high-profile\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russian-general-killed-car-bomb-near-moscow-yaroslav-moskalik\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killings of Russian military officials<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or pro-Kremlin commentators since the Kremlin launched its invasion in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In April, an explosive device ripped through a parked car near Moscow,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russian-general-killed-car-bomb-near-moscow-yaroslav-moskalik\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killing a senior Russian general<\/a><\/span>. Images from the scene posted on social media showed a blaze that gutted a car.<\/p>\n<p>That attack came four months after\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/igor-kirillov-russia-nuclear-defense-forces-head-killed-moscow-explosion\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">another Russian general was killed<\/a><\/span>\u00a0along with his deputy in an explosion in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>The blast appeared to be similar to previous attacks on Russians linked to Moscow&#8217;s military offensive in\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/ukraine-crisis\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ukraine<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv has in some cases claimed responsibility for previous attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Igor Kirillov, the head of the Russian military&#8217;s chemical weapons unit, was\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/igor-kirillov-russia-nuclear-defense-forces-head-killed-moscow-explosion\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killed by a bomb planted<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in a scooter in Moscow in December. Ukrainian security sources told CBS News the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) killed Kirillov in a special operation.<\/p>\n<p>After Kirillov&#8217;s killing, Putin made a rare admission of failings by his powerful security agencies, saying: &#8220;We must not allow such very serious blunders to happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In December 2023, Illia Kiva, a former pro-Moscow Ukrainian lawmaker who fled to Russia,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/illia-kyva-pro-kremlin-ukrainian-politician-assassinated-near-moscow\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">was shot and killed<\/a><\/span>\u00a0near Moscow. The Ukrainian military intelligence lauded the killing, warning that other &#8220;traitors of Ukraine&#8221; would share the same fate.<\/p>\n<p>Other attacks include the August 2022\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/daria-dugina-car-explosion-killed-russia-daughter-alexander-dugin\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">car bombing of nationalist Darya Dugina<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and an explosion in a Saint Petersburg cafe in April 2023 that killed high-profile military correspondent\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/st-petersburg-bomb-cafe-military-blogger-vladlen-tatarsky\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Maxim Fomin<\/a><\/span>, known as Vladlen Tatarsky. A Russian woman, who said she presented the figurine on orders of a contact in Ukraine,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/darya-trepova-accused-killing-pro-war-blogger-vladlen-tatarsky-faces-28-years-russian-prison\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">was convicted<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and sentenced to 27 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p><em>Agence France-Presse contrinuted to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     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