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Ukrainian security services said on Sunday that Russian special services agents killed a Russian special services agent who was suspected of bombarding a fellow Kiev officer earlier this week, and that they believe Russia’s federal security services are responsible.
Ivan Voronych, an officer of the SBU, was shot dead on Kyiv on Thursday morning. Authorities said CNN was an obvious assassination.
The suspects — a man and a woman — “lay low” after the shooting, SBU said in a statement Sunday.
However, the SBU and national police officers have established a place in the Kiev region, the statement added.
said Vasyl Malyuk, head of SBU. “An enemy hideout has been discovered as a result of secret investigations and aggressive anti-intelligence measures.”
He continued, “During their arrests, they began to resist, there was a fire exchange, and the scoundrels were eliminated.”
“I want to remind you that the only prospect of the enemy in Ukrainian territory is death!” he said on the video, which was clearly filmed in front of the suspect’s body.
According to the SBU, the two were ordered to track targets and establish daily life. They were then directed at the safe house where the silencer pistols were waiting for them.
SBU is Ukraine’s main security service and is responsible for both internal security and sabotage to Russia. In particular, he was responsible for Ukraine’s bold drone attacks on Russian airfields last month.
The killing of Voronych comes as Russia is escalating its attack on Ukraine – this week, both the biggest and second-largest drone attacks in the conflict are now in its fourth year.
