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Ukraine's SBU says Russian spies eliminated after gunning down colonel
An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over the city during a Russian drone and missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Reuters
Ukraine's security service announced Sunday that it has tracked down and murdered Russian spies accused of killing one of its top officials in the Ukrainian capital.
According to a statement from Ukraine's Security Service, or SBU, the accused Russian spies were killed in the Kyiv region after resisting arrest. The agency published a video that showed two dead laying on the ground.
The agency previously stated that a man and a woman were suspected of being involved in Thursday's killing of Ivan Voronych, an SBU colonel, in a daring daylight attack captured on security cameras.
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According to media accounts, Voronych was involved in covert operations in Russia-occupied Ukrainian territory and allegedly assisted in organising Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region last year.
Following a series of major strikes across Ukraine involving hundreds of exploding drones, Russia fired 60 drones overnight, according to the Ukrainian air force. It stated that 20 of them were shot down and 20 others were jammed.
Russian attacks on the Donetsk and Kherson districts since Saturday have killed four people and injured 13 others, according to Ukrainian officials.
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