Overview

• Colonel Ivan Voronich was shot five times with a silenced pistol in a Kyiv parking lot and died at the scene.
• Investigators are reviewing surveillance footage and interviewing witnesses in efforts to identify the assailant.
• Voronich had directed high-profile sabotage missions against Russian military infrastructure, including attacks on airfields and the Crimean bridge.
• The use of a silenced weapon in broad daylight underscores escalating personal risks for Ukrainian intelligence officers.
• Authorities are probing whether Voronich’s role in coordinating covert strikes against Russia prompted the killing.