“On July 10, the Colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine Ivan Voronich, who, according to The New York Times, participated in a number of special operations, including the liquidation of Arsen Pavlov’s fighter “Motorola” and headed the unit that advanced in the Kursk region of Russia in 2024.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: The New York Times
Details: According to NYT with reference to Voronich’s anonymous colleagues, the colonel served in the Alfa Special Operations Center and worked in the SBU for several decades.
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He began his service in the mid-1990s, and later commanded the Fifth Office-a unit that received technical support from the CIA and was involved in the murder of one of the commanders of fighters of the unrecognized “Donetsk People’s Republic of Arsenia Pavlov” Motorola “.
It is noted that after the start of a full -scale invasion of Russia, Voronich was part of an elite group that acted in the so -called “gray zone”.
According to NYT, this unit played a key role in the offensive of the Armed Forces in the Kursk region of Russia in the summer of 2024
The SBU confirmed the murder of their employee and reported that the circumstances were investigating. However, the details are not disclosed. Officials did not currently assume the involvement of Moscow in the death of Voronich, writes NYT.
Former SBU Chairman Ivan Bakanov, who knew Voronich personally, said in a comment NYT:
“Colonel Voronich has been very active in counteracting Russian aggression since 2014. If a motive is a household murder is one thing.
That preceded:
- In the Holosiivskyi district of the capital, on July 10, the Colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine was shot. According to the source of the UP, at about 09:00 the man approached the Colonel of the SBU Ivan Voronich, and fired 5 sight shots from the gun, after which he disappeared from the scene of the crime.
- As a result of the shots, the victim received numerous penetrating gunshot wounds from which he died at the scene.