Militant involved in murders of intelligence officers killed in Donetsk – UP sources

In July 2026, Ukrainian intelligence services killed Oleh Shutov, an officer of the so-called Ministry of State Security of Donetsk People's Republic, a self-proclaimed Russia-backed quasi-state formation in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast. Shutov was involved in the high-profile murders of Maksym Shapoval, an officer from Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), and Oleksandr Kharaberiush, an officer from the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU).

Source: LB.ua and Ukrainska Pravda citing sources within Ukraine's intelligence services on conditions of anonymity

Details: The sources reported that explosives had been planted in Shutov's Subaru car, which he used to drive to the Dynamo sports complex in the Leninskyi district in the temporarily occupied city of Donetsk on the evening of 27 July.

It has reportedly only become possible to disclose Shutov's death now that the agent-combat group involved has safely returned to Ukrainian-controlled territory.

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