Ukraine's SBU says it killed Russian agents suspected of gunning down their officer

Ukraine’s security agency tracked down and killed Russian agents yesterday who were suspected of shooting dead one of its senior officers in the Ukrainian capital.

- RACHEL CLUN

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said 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.

The agency said earlier that a man and a woman were suspected of being involved in the assassination of Ivan Voronych, an SBU colonel, in a bold daylight attack on Thursday. Surveillance footage published on social media showed the agent was executed in a car park by a shooter clad in dark clothing who fled the scene.

Media reports claimed that Voronych was involved in covert operations in Russia-occupied territories of Ukraine and reportedly helped organise Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region last year.