Pakistan, July 13 -- Ukrainian intelligence agents killed members of a suspected Russian spy cell during a special operation in the Kyiv region on Sunday, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced. The operation targeted individuals believed to be behind the recent killing of SBU colonel Ivan Voronych, who was shot dead in Kyiv last Thursday.

According to the SBU, the suspects were agents of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and had been tracked after trying to hide following the assassination. The said its forces attempted to arrest the suspects, but they resisted, prompting Ukrainian agents to open fire and neutralize them. The operation was part of an ongoing counterintelligence effort.

The SBU revealed that a man and a w...