A senior Ukrainian spy has been shot dead by an assassin using a silenced pistol on the streets of Kyiv.
Col Ivan Voronich, a senior operational officer in Ukraine’s security service, was crossing the street near a block of flats in the capital’s Holosiivskyi district when he was approached by a man with a gun on Thursday morning.
The unknown attacker reportedly shot Col Voronich five times with the pistol before fleeing the scene.
⚡BREAKING – Ukrainian intelligence officer (SBU) Colonel Ivan Voronych, who had been accused of orchestrating multiple sabotage attacks inside Russia, was shot dead in Kyiv
CCTV footage shows a gunman firing five silenced shots before fleeing the scene. pic.twitter.com/PesJPrN1hu
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