The SBU reported the incident and provided details of the investigation.According to the report, the killing was carried out by two individuals—a man and a woman. Their handler instructed them to follow the colonel, track his daily routine, and map his travel routes. Later, the Russian agent gave them the location of a hidden pistol with a silencer.After carrying out the assassination, the suspects tried to go into hiding. However, officers from the SBU and National Police tracked them down in the Kyiv region.A special operation was launched this morning. When the FSB-affiliated hit team resisted, they were eliminated.The special operation to eliminate the killers of Ukrainian Colonel Ivan Voronych was personally overseen by the head of the SBU, Lieutenant General Vasyl Malyuk.“The FSB’s combat agent group was sent to Ukraine in advance and murdered our brother, Colonel Ivan Voronych, three days ago,” Malyuk said. “Thanks to covert investigative work and counterintelligence efforts, we located their hideout. During the arrest, they resisted — there was a shootout, and the criminals were eliminated. Let me remind you: for the enemy on Ukrainian soil, the only future is death.”Malyuk also thanked the National Police for their professionalism and support.He emphasized that countering Russian special services remains one of the SBU’s top priorities. According to him, the agency prevents 85% of the crimes Russia tries to carry out in Ukraine.On the morning of Thursday, July 10, a shooting occurred in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv, resulting in the death of an SBU employee. A criminal investigation has been opened.