US EditionUkrainian Intelligence Officer Gunned Down in Kyiv
KYIV, UKRAINE, JUL 10 – Colonel Ivan Voronich was killed in a professional hit using a silenced pistol, highlighting risks to Ukraine’s intelligence amid ongoing conflict and escalating tensions with Russia.
- Colonel Ivan Voronych, a senior Ukrainian intelligence officer, was fatally shot at 8 a.m. on July 10 in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district as he left his apartment.
- Voronych had served in Ukraine's Security Service since 2014, commanding a special operations unit involved in counterterrorism and assassination missions.
- A masked gunman fired five silenced shots at close range before fleeing, prompting a joint criminal investigation by the SBU and Kyiv police.
- Authorities confirmed the killing amid intensified Russian aerial attacks on Ukraine and ongoing Ukrainian strikes on Russian leadership positions.
- The assassination raises security concerns and highlights the escalating conflict dynamics affecting both intelligence and military operations in Kyiv and beyond.
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Ukrainian colonel gunned down in Kyiv commanded secret intelligence unit that orchestrated assassinations of pro-Russian militants
Colonel Ivan Voronych, who was shot dead in Kyiv on July 10, served in Ukraine’s domestic intelligence agency and had been with the agency for decades, according to The New York Times. Voronych had for a time commanded the special operations unit known as the Fifth Directorate, which receives technical support from the CIA and oversees, among other things, assassination missions, such as the 2016 killing of Arsen Pavlov, better known by his nom …
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