Top Ukrainian Spy Gunned Down In Kyiv Ambush Attack: Report

A apical Ukrainian spy was gunned down successful Kyiv successful wide daylight Thursday successful an onslaught being blamed connected Russia, reports said. 

Sources told Ukrainska Pravda that an chartless individual approached Col. Ivan Voronych of nan Security Service of Ukraine astir 9 a.m. section clip and changeable astatine him 5 times pinch a pistol earlier fleeing nan scene. A video purportedly showing nan ambush depicted a man being attacked while stepping to a conveyance extracurricular an flat building. 

"A criminal investigation has been opened into nan execution of an SSU worker successful Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district," a spokesperson for nan Ukrainian agency told nan outlet. "The Security Service and nan National Police are taking broad measures to found each nan circumstances of nan crime and bring those responsible to justice." 

Voronych suffered aggregate gunshot wounds and was pronounced dormant astatine nan scene, according to Ukrainska Pravda. The colonel led a section wrong Ukraine’s information work that focused connected high-level typical operations and counter-terrorism, The Telegraph reported. 

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A man identified by Ukrainska Pravda arsenic Ukraine Col. Ivan Voronych is seen stepping retired of an flat building successful Kyiv connected Thursday, July 10, conscionable moments earlier nan shooting. (East2West)

"With 5 shots astatine adjacent scope while leaving nan flat today... nan force slayer did his soiled work," erstwhile Ukrainian intelligence serviceman Roman Chervinsky told The Telegraph. 

Ihar Mosiychuk, a erstwhile Ukrainian parliament member, blamed Russian typical services for orchestrating nan hit, The Telegraph besides reported. 

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A fishy is seen moving distant from nan area aft nan shooting connected Thursday, July 10, successful Kyiv, Ukraine. (East2West)

"Police officers are establishing nan circumstances of nan shooting successful nan Holosiivskyi territory of Kyiv," nan Kyiv Police wrote connected Telegram. "Arriving connected a call, rule enforcement officers discovered nan assemblage of a man pinch a gunshot wound." 

Police analyse a shooting connected Thursday, July 10, extracurricular an flat building successful Kyiv Ukraine. Col. Ivan Voronych of nan Security Service of Ukraine reportedly was killed successful nan attack. (East2West)

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"The personification progressive successful nan crime is being identified, and measures are being taken to detain him," constabulary added.