Ukrainian spy colonel gunned down in Kyiv, assailant flees

A CCTV footage shows the purported killer running moments after the shooting of a Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) officer in Kyiv, Ukraine July 10, 2025 in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Ukrainska Pravda/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. UKRAINE OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN UKRAINE. RUSSIA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN RUSSIA. WATERMARK FROM SOURCE. VERIFICATION: Guard box, buildings and parking lot layout matched file and satellite imagery Date verified by timestamp and Reuters reporting

(Reuters) -A senior Ukrainian security officer was gunned down in a residential parking lot in Kyiv on Thursday before his assailant fled on foot in broad daylight, according to authorities and video footage verified by Reuters.

Kyiv's police force said it was working to identify the shooter and that "measures are being taken to detain him". The slain agent was a colonel in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), an official told Reuters.