Employees of the Security Service of Ukraine successfully completed a special operation during which Russian agents responsible for the murder of an SBU colonel in Kyiv were eliminated. SBU head Lieutenant General Vasyl Maliuk personally led the search for the killers.
According to the Ukrainian special service, the Russian agents were specifically sent to Ukraine with the aim of assassinating Colonel Ivan Voronich. After the murder, they attempted to escape but were identified and eliminated in the Kyiv region.
'The enemy's only prospect on Ukrainian territory is death!', remarked SBU head Vasyl Maliuk during the statement on the successful completion of the special operation.
Countering Russian intelligence services remains a priority for the SBU, which emphasized the importance of timely disclosure and cessation of attempts by enemy agents to commit crimes on Ukrainian territory. The investigation into the murder of the SBU colonel continues with the involvement of the National Police and the Office of the Prosecutor General.