Kateryna Hirnyk13:12, 19.07.25
According to sources, he was also the initiator of the ambush and murder in 2015 of Oleksiy Mozgovy, the leader of the “Prizrak” group.
SBU Colonel Ivan Voronic, killed in Kyiv, carried out numerous operations, each of which could have made him a target for Russian intelligence. In particular, he was one of the “coordinators” of the Nord Stream gas pipeline bombing, The Times newspaper writes , citing its sources.
As sources and colleagues of Voronic told the publication, he was “a calm and quiet person who kept himself in excellent physical shape.” He often volunteered for dangerous missions. In particular, according to intelligence sources, Voronic joined the elite special forces unit of the SBU “Alpha” and participated in operations behind enemy lines in the Kursk region.
“According to sources, he also used naval drones against the Russian Black Sea Fleet and was a deputy in the unit of Colonel Roman Chervinsky, who, according to the Washington Post, was the “coordinator” of the Nord Stream pipeline bombing,” the publication writes.
One source also claimed that Voronich was the initiator of the 2015 ambush and murder of Oleksiy Mozgovy, the leader of the “Pryzrak” group, a pro-Russian group in eastern Ukraine.
Any of these connections could have made him a target for the Russians, the sources said.
Ukrainian special services have also carried out a series of brazen assassinations on Russian territory of officers and pilots whom they accused of war crimes. However, Ukraine’s reaction to the killing of Voronich will be different, promised Major General Viktor Yagun.
“This will be on the same level as Operation Spiderweb,” he said.
At the same time, experts predict that the intelligence war will continue long after the end of hostilities, and spies will shoot each other on the streets of foreign capitals.
“The Russians will look for Ukrainian agents in Europe. The Ukrainians will not want to kill Russian agents on allied territory, but probably in Thailand, Africa and similar places,” said former SBU agent Ivan Stupak. “These killings will continue around the world for many years to come.”
Murder of SBU Colonel – What is Known
On July 10, Russian special services agents killed an SBU officer in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv. At about nine in the morning, the man approached SBU Colonel Ivan Voronic and fired 5 aimed shots from a pistol, after which he fled the scene of the crime. Criminal proceedings were opened under Art. 348 of the Criminal Code.
On Sunday, July 13, SBU officers during a special operation eliminated agents of Russian special services who, on behalf of the FSB of the Russian Federation, committed this murder.
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