A colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) was shot dead in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district on the morning of 10 July.

Axar.az informs, citing Ukrainska Pravda, at around 09:00, a man approached SSU Colonel Ivan Voronych and fired five targeted shots from a pistol, then fled the scene of the crime.

As a result of the shots, Voronych suffered multiple penetrating gunshot wounds and died at the scene.

A criminal investigation has been opened into the murder of an SSU employee in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district. The Security Service and the National Police are taking comprehensive measures to establish all the circumstances of the crime and bring those responsible to justice.