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Ukraine’s SBU Eliminates Two FSB Operatives Suspected in Kyiv Killing

SBU chief Vasyl Malyuk personally led a raid in the Kyiv region that ended in a fatal shootout when the suspects resisted arrest.

CCTV footage shows the SBU officer walking down the stairs moments before he was shot in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 10.
Servicemen of the National Guard of Ukraine and members of the SBU security service hold an anti-terror drills in Slavyansk, eastern Ukraine, on October 13, 2020.
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KOSTIANTYNIVKA FRONTLINE, UKRAINE - JUNE 17: A soldier holds a machine gun and prepares to shoot down enemy kamikaze drones on June 17, 2025 near Kostiantynvka, Ukraine. Russian forces have recently increased offensive activity as they attempt to capture Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, advancing on the town from three sides. (Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)

Overview

  • On July 13, the Security Service of Ukraine said it killed two FSB agents suspected of assassinating Colonel Ivan Voronych in Kyiv on July 10.
  • Investigators say the man and woman tracked Voronych’s daily routine before retrieving a silenced pistol from a hidden cache to carry out the ambush.
  • SBU head Lt. Gen. Vasyl Malyuk personally led the counterintelligence operation in Kyiv Oblast, which concluded in a shootout after the suspects resisted arrest.
  • The agency released video footage showing the two bodies at the scene, and Russia has not publicly responded to the SBU’s account.
  • Voronych was a senior SBU officer involved in covert missions against Russian targets, reflecting the intensifying espionage battle between Kyiv and Moscow.