Ukraine Confirms Assassination of Defected Lawmaker Illia Kyva in Russia

Kyva, Convicted of Treason in Absentia, Found Shot Dead Near Moscow; Ukraine's Military Intelligence Claims Responsibility

Former Ukrainian lawmaker Illia Kyva, who had defected to Russia, was found shot dead near Moscow. Ukrainian military intelligence confirmed they were responsible for the assassination.
Kyva had been a regular participant in Russian state-run media, frequently criticizing the Ukrainian government. He had been sentenced in absentia by a Ukrainian court to 14 years in prison for charges including treason and incitement to violence.
In a separate incident, a Russian-backed politician in occupied Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region, Oleg Popov, was killed in a car bombing. Ukraine has not commented on this attack.
Since the Russian invasion, Ukraine's SBU and military intelligence have claimed a number of successful operations against high-value targets in the country's occupied regions as well as in Russia itself.
Ukraine has started to claim responsibility for a number of attacks and openly threatened to hunt down other 'collaborators' and 'traitors'.