A top Ukrainian intelligence operative, reportedly engaged in various missions within Russia, was assassinated in a bold daylight assault on the thoroughfares of Kyiv.

Disturbing security camera footage captures Colonel Ivan Voronych, a high-ranking official in the Ukrainian Security Service (SSU), crossing a road in the Holosiivskyi neighborhood when an armed attacker approached and fired multiple shots at him from a close distance before escaping. The perpetrator, suspected of utilizing a suppressed firearm, was observed running through a parking area adjacent to Voronych’s residence just before discharging five lethal rounds.

“The cowardly assassin executed his treacherous act with five close-range shots as Voronych was leaving his apartment at 8 a.m.,” stated Roman Chervinsky, a former Ukrainian intelligence official, underscoring Voronych’s active role in combatting Russian hostilities since 2014.

Voronych, who led high-level special operations, counter-terrorism, and security missions, was found with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene. A fellow officer quickly blamed Russia for orchestrating the assassination.

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⚡Ukraine’s SBU senior officer Ivan Voronych was assassinated in Kiev, Ukraine. 

Voronych was responsible for multiple operations within Russia. pic.twitter.com/GozvqivHUK

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Ukraine’s Security Service confirmed a criminal investigation has been opened. “The Security Service and the National Police are taking comprehensive measures to establish all the circumstances of the crime and bring those responsible to justice,” a spokesperson said.

The assassination comes nearly three months after Russian General Yaroslav Maskalik was killed in a car bombing outside his Moscow home, following a deadly Kremlin strike on Ukraine. Since the war began in 2022, both Ukraine and Russia have engaged in a shadow war of targeted killings against each other’s military and intelligence figures.