Sun Jul 13 11:40:37 UTC 2025: **Summary:**

Ukrainian intelligence (SBU) claims to have killed members of a Russian FSB secret service cell on July 13, 2025, suspected of assassinating an SBU colonel, Ivan Voronych, in Kyiv on July 10, 2025. The SBU stated the FSB agents resisted arrest during a special operation and were “liquidated.” The agency claims the FSB cell was tasked with surveying and tracking Voronych before killing him. Russian authorities have not yet commented on the incident.

**News Article:**

**Ukrainian Intelligence Claims to Eliminate Russian FSB Cell Suspected in SBU Colonel’s Assassination**

**Kyiv, Ukraine – July 13, 2025** – Ukrainian intelligence agents from the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) reported today that they have killed members of a Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) cell suspected of assassinating SBU Colonel Ivan Voronych in Kyiv last week.

According to a statement released by the SBU, the operation targeted the FSB agents believed to be behind Voronych’s death on July 10, 2025. The statement released on Telegram claims the FSB agents resisted arrest during the operation.

“This morning a special operation was conducted, during which the members of the Russian FSB’s agent cell started to resist, and therefore they were liquidated,” the statement read.

The SBU claims the FSB cell was tasked with surveying Voronych and tracking his movements. The SBU also stated that the alleged assassins were given a pistol with a suppressor after surveilling their target. They were tracked down by the SBU and police after attempting to lay low.

The operation mirrors past assassinations of senior Russian military officials in the three-year-old war, which have been a source of embarrassment for Moscow’s intelligence agencies.

The agency did not specify the number of FSB agents killed. Russian authorities have yet to issue a public response to the incident.

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