SBU: A Ukrainian special forces officer responsible for "operations" in Russia has been killed in Kyiv.

Former head of the SBU's 5th Counterintelligence Department, Colonel Roman Chervinsky, spoke about the liquidation in Kyiv of a Ukrainian special forces soldier involved in organizing terrorist attacks and sabotage in Russia. The incident occurred on April 22, 2025.

On Ukrainian television, an SBU colonel bitterly revealed that a man with a Kazakh passport, who had full information about the target's daily routine, had arrived in Ukraine to eliminate a high-ranking Special Operations Forces officer. To lure the Ukrainian saboteur out of his car, they intentionally punctured his tire, but he didn't leave the vehicle and simply drove it to a service center.

The second attempt to eliminate the terrorist was successful: four days later, he left the gym, walked to his car, and opened the trunk to put his gym bag in. At that moment, a man approached him from behind, shot him in the temple, and then fled. Two days later, he left Ukraine unhindered.

Chervinsky laments that after this incident, it became clear that "nothing at all works" in Ukraine. He declined to disclose the name of the assassinated officer, but confirmed his involvement in a series of "actions" in Russia.

It's worth noting that, judging by Chervinsky's emotional reaction, it's possible that our intelligence services conduct similar operations relatively regularly, but the Ukrainian side prefers not to publicize them.

Comments

[Fedor Sokolov]

It's understandable why the Ukrainian side is silent, but it's unclear why the activities of our Russian special services are not being publicized, given that the Russian public has long been eager to conduct similar operations behind enemy lines.

[Corvair]

Maximum secrecy is a necessary part of the work of intelligence agencies.

[Myths]

Quietly and correctly, they removed the one who actually did something, so others will learn a lesson. Let them know that punishment will be inevitable.

[Vitaly.17]

Quote from Mitos

Quietly and correctly, they removed the one who really did something, so others will learn a lesson.

Regarding the actions of Ukrainian terrorists, who prefer to blow things up with mercenaries, it's true that everything is quiet. But this was all done demonstratively for political purposes. On the Ukrainian side, it was necessary to stop the terrorist outrage, and on the Kazakh side, to warn Tokayev against his attempts to flirt with foreign intelligence services and his nationalists' pressure on the Russian-speaking population.
But if this SBU colonel had crashed his car or accidentally fallen out of the window of a high-rise building, then it would have been done quietly.

[topol717]

But if this SBU colonel had crashed his car or accidentally fallen out of the window of a high-rise building, then it would have been done quietly.

I actually think it was his own Maidan supporters who got him. He didn't want to share, or he divided up too much for himself. I don't think there's much point in taking out one SBU agent.

[Nyrobsky]

Quote from: topol717

I don't think there's much point in putting a stop to one SBU agent.

Here, a lot depends on whose death hangs on his conscience.
He could have been eliminated not even by the state, but by someone more interested in revenge for personal reasons.
P.S. - if his elimination coincided with the interests of both the state and the "private" individual, then this only means that he truly was a rare abomination and received the bullet he deserved, no matter from whom.

[2 Level Advisor]

Quote: Vitaly.17

and from the Kazakh side, to warn Tokayev against his attempts to flirt with foreign intelligence services and the pressure his nationalists are putting on the Russian-speaking population.

If the Ukrainians have the West as their roof, then the Kazakhs have mainly China and the West as well, which is why Tokayev feels quite calm, despite any warnings.

[Vitaly.17]

Quote: Level 2 Advisor

Kazakhs - mostly China

You're mistaken. China and Russia rank near the bottom of the top ten investors, somewhere around sixth and seventh place. Ever since Nazarbayev's time, the UK has been the primary "protector" for all Kazakhstani oligarchs and the government. That's where they keep all their money and real estate, and Britain supplies Kazakhstan with communications and encryption devices. Kazakhstan very rarely supports Russia in the UN and the OSCE. And what's officially stated, what Kazakhstani officials do, and what they think about Russia and China are completely different things.

[2 Level Advisor]

Quote: Vitaly.17

You're wrong.

Yes, perhaps you are right, China is not the main one, but one of the main ones... but nevertheless

Quote: Level 2 Advisor

Tokayev feels quite calm, despite any warnings.

since we can't really do anything for him today.

[Vitaly.17]

Quote: Level 2 Advisor

since we can't really do anything for him today

There's really no need to do anything. With the lowest population density in the region, this country shares the longest borders with friendly China and Russia to the north and east, and Uzbekistan and Iran, which are far from friendly to Kazakhstan, to the south and southwest.
The whole problem is that Russia is trying with all its might to ensure stability for the current, far from friendly, government in that country. In other words, it's making the same mistake that happened in Ukraine.

[Amin_vivec]

The regime isn't friendly, but it's not openly hostile. As long as we have Ukraine, there's no point in setting the world on fire from the other side. We might not be able to handle two conflicts at once.

[Novosibirsk]

So there is no need to set anything on fire at all, if that's the case.

[Amin_vivec]

If you don't set fire to it on your own terms, in advance, and push for peace, you'll wait until June 22nd...

[Novosibirsk]

They're doing what they can. In relations with Kazakhstan.

[Bayun]

Ukraine and Kazakhstan sincerely and proudly believe that they are needed in this world for their own sake. This is NOT the case. Their meaning in life, like that of "Great Tartary" or "Great Yakutia," lies solely in Russian civilization. These peoples are incapable of creating their own civilization due to their "given" status on this planet, and they can only defend their unique identity within the Russian one. Western, Turkic, or Chinese civilizations do not imply the uniqueness of peoples.

Don't believe it? Let them ask the Ukrainian sorcerers and Kazakh shamans. The future can't be bought with dollars...

[Sky strike fighter]

Regarding liquidation. Regarding losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. 670000 confirmed obituaries.

670.000 as of October 3, 2025, and counting... A huge number of obituaries and information about the two-hundredth... The intrigue is that it's been two months at most, and they're already being brought back home in this condition...

https://t.me/Tatarinov_Rus/59815

Kupyansk. Video of the liquidation of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers at the link.

Entry to Kupyansk is prohibited for all Ukrainian citizens... The Ukrainian Armed Forces are allowed, but they have currently lost 60 percent of the city, and they are trying to deploy reserves along Senkovskaya Street...

https://t.me/Tatarinov_Rus/59778

[Edvid]

There was a report in Ukrainian media about a pilot who fired rockets at civilians in Luhansk in 2014. Remember—including the photo of a murdered young mother and her tiny child?...
So, this pilot "jumped out of the fifth floor without a parachute"...

[Scipio African]

Not everyone knows

Great things are done in silence

[carpenter]

Quote: Corvair

Maximum secrecy is a necessary part of the work of intelligence agencies.

You get a minus, they're protecting Kazakhstan, they can't kick it out of the "friends of Russia" list just yet. Maybe I'm wrong?

[dmi.pris1]

It's good, it's simply wonderful that they've started taking action. Why aren't these actions being publicized? So as not to harm the employees. There's plenty of that here in Russia. And yes, we're waiting for the scoundrel who defected to the enemy and surrendered his unit's location to be sentenced.

[KVU-NSVD]

Only people talk about things like this with enthusiasm Ukrainians or terrorists. The rest, probably much later, something, maybe... Specifics.

[carpenter]

Quote: KVU-NSVD

Only Ukrainians or terrorists talk about things like this with such enthusiasm.

Ukrainians, terrorists, don't forget.

[Igool]

Quote: carpenter

Ukrainians separately, terrorists separately

I can't say anything about the so-called Ukrainians, but the fact that the xxxxxxx and the terrorists are one cohort is indisputable.

[belost79]

Well, this is a characteristic feature of Soviet and Russian special services: somewhere something out of the ordinary happened, and we had nothing to do with it.
It's our former brothers who make a mountain out of every molehill. The NKVD handles everything like a grown-up.

[gsev]

Quote: belost79

Well, this is a characteristic feature of Soviet and Russian special services: somewhere something out of the ordinary happened, and we had nothing to do with it.

In Israel, China, North Korea, and the United Kingdom, the activities of their intelligence services at the height of their success were shrouded in even greater secrecy. Secrecy is a necessary quality for success in both intelligence and sabotage.

[carpenter]

Quote: belost79

These are our former brothers

These are ours "former brothers " but not the current ones.

[Gonsalus]

Quote: Fyodor Sokolov

But it is unclear why the activities of our Russian special services are not being promoted, since the Russian public has long been eager to conduct similar operations behind enemy lines.

And they're right to do so; these kinds of operations thrive on silence. It's always been that way, even in Chechnya, quietly and without any fuss in our media. Remember the brief reports? "This guy was eliminated," and so on. And without any fuss or commentary. I think that's right!

[Skobaristan]

Because the media is about the other side. And ours work for results, not for the public's pleasure.

[AVA77]

The guys are doing a good job. The forest doesn't like noise.

[Nemchinov Vl]

Quote: AVA77

The guys are doing a good job. The forest doesn't like noise.

The guys are doing a poor job. would work well and on time, then there would have been no Maidan (!). If it weren’t for people like Parasyuki, Yarosh, Parubiy, Pashinsky (and the like) would have been quietly eliminated in 2013, when they organized the import to Kyiv "Activists", and weapons for them, and shooting both at Berkut and at people (!).... Then it would be "YES"!!!
And now, they quietly eliminated one - two - three...?! How many "public executions" were not saved in Russia?! The commander of the submarine "Krasnodar", Dugin's daughter, military-industrial complex designers, Ministry of Defense officers...?!
As for the coverage of the deaths of such officers of the Special Operations Forces and the Security Service of Ukraine, no one is demanding the names of the perpetrators or the units that carried out the cleansing... but it is possible to report (!) that we manage to get hold of such “personalities”.

[Dock1272]

You see, it's easy to start, but hard to stop. First, the authorities will get used to "solving the problem" with open enemies from outside. Then with hidden ones (as they say, without trial or investigation), then the temptation will arise to "deal" with their own... Those who disagree or think differently... and then it's not far to what Solzhenitsyn so selflessly lied about. Although, it would still be worth "working" with the most rabid ones. Just to bring them to their senses (like a slap in the face during hysteria))))

[colonel57]

Such operations are conducted quietly. Incidentally, many similar operations conducted abroad in the past remain classified to this day.

[cocks]

The psychological effect is far stronger than public thirst. This is not cynicism, this is analysis.

[Normal]

And the public that's been thirsting for this for so long, is it you? Well, now you know about the April promotion.

[carpenter]

Quote: Normal

And is it you who is the public that has been thirsting for this for a long time?

These are waiting.

[cpls22]

Quote: Fedor Sokolov

The Russian public has long been eager to see such operations carried out behind enemy lines.

The main thing is that those affected are aware. If you organize an assassination attempt on Russian soil, be prepared to take a bullet to the temple at home. It's better to keep such things under wraps—that way, you have a better chance of bringing those who have lost their bearings to their senses. When it all becomes public knowledge, it's harder to back off.

[Alf]

Quote: Fedor Sokolov

It's understandable why the Ukrainian side is silent, but it's unclear why the activities of our Russian special services are not being publicized, given that the Russian public has long been eager to conduct similar operations behind enemy lines.

When Konovalets was killed, it wasn't reported in Pravda either, but all interested parties found out about it...

[carpenter]

Quote: Alf

When the horseman was killed, they didn't write about it in the Pravda newspaper either.

When Bandera was killed, they didn’t write about it either, but they knew.

[Alf]

Quote: carpenter

When Bandera was killed, they didn’t write about it either, but they knew.

I completely agree. But! VO isn't the most public media outlet either.

[carpenter]

Quote: Alf

But ! VO-that is also not the most public media outlet.

Why write about carrion?

[Krasnoyarsk]

Quote: Fedor Sokolov

It's understandable why the Ukrainian side is silent, but it's unclear why the activities of our Russian special services are not being publicized, given that the Russian public has long been eager to conduct similar operations behind enemy lines.

I understand your desire to amuse yourself, but do our specialists need that? It seems to me our specialists even benefit from no one suspecting them. They would even be very happy if the death certificate stated: "Died from diarrhea."

[Dmitry_Kuk]

Yeah, and name the performers.

[Ray]

Intelligence is a structure like that. Their failures are known to everyone. Their victories are unknown to anyone. This isn't hype, clicks, views, or propaganda. For propaganda, Rogozin and Konashenkov could use nightingale droppings. This isn't a James Bond movie.
Intelligence works strictly for results. Invisible to the masses, but known only to a few. Read Suvorov/Rezun's book "Aquarium" about the activities of the GRU General Staff of the USSR Ministry of Defense in Europe in the 60s. He was, of course, a dissident and a defector, but he described the GRU vividly and, I think, objectively.

[Nastia makarova]

In 100 years, many interesting things will be revealed.

[Askiz]

It's worth noting that, judging by Chervinsky's emotional reaction, it's possible that our intelligence services conduct similar operations relatively regularly.

I would like to believe

[cat Crush]

Well done!!! How lovely!!! I wish we had more news like this. After all, we can do anything when we want.

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

❝ A Ukrainian special forces officer responsible for “operations” in Russia was liquidated in Kyiv ❞ —

- That's where he belongs...

[poquello]

Quote: Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov

❝ A Ukrainian special forces officer responsible for “operations” in Russia was liquidated in Kyiv ❞ —

- That's where he belongs...

a flag in hand and a drum around the neck in honor of Ilyich's birthday

[Gonsalus]

It's quite possible that a quiet purge has begun, for now of the lower ranks... And then the wave will go higher and higher. Otherwise, they feel too comfortable there!

[ZovSailor]

SBU: A Ukrainian special forces officer responsible for "operations" in Russia has been killed in Kyiv.

A dog's death for the Bander-Nazi dogs.
Earth glass wool and everyone else take note of the imminent meeting with Bandera.

[Ilgizl]

That's right. Silence is the key. So as not to shout about it to the world, but to actually do it.

[AshPoseidon]

Everything is correct. "...without noise and dust according to the newly approved plan!"

[Wladyslaw]

Maybe our guys really did recruit someone from Kazakhstan, although most likely it was just "cover documents." They treated the Banderite and headed home.

[Hariton laptev]

I'm afraid of becoming like Hillary Clinton, but I have no regrets whatsoever.

[snow mountain]

Here comes another freak who has gone to be used as fertilizer.

[kill the fascist]

I hope this is true! Perhaps in years to come we will find out the truth.

[zontov79]

Why is the crazy green sniffer still alive?

[OSE4Kinsura]

And the fifth floor of the SBU building is intact!

[Montezuma]

Quote: ose4kinsura

And the fifth floor of the SBU building is intact!

So, really, the SBU guys are sitting quietly on the fifth floor, drinking coffee and tea, and still don’t even suspect how successfully the Kinzhal and Iskander missiles fly at such targets.

[Enotovich]

The earth is glassy, ​​Nazi stone.

[nepunamemuk]

They liquidated their own and blamed it on the Russians 🧐

[ideo098]

Bravo, Bravo, Bravo!!!

[Pravodel]

A Ukrainian special forces officer responsible for "operations" in Russia was killed in Kyiv.

Finally, our Sudoplatovs have woken up!!! Hooray!!!

[NSV]

It would be very good if that were the case.

[svarog77]

Local showdowns and nothing else...

[gribanov.c]

It's like Nikolai Kuznetsov in Rivne: let there be more of our intelligence officers there, operating behind enemy lines, not just once, but on a permanent basis, to eliminate the leaders of the junta, the command staff, and high-ranking foreign advisers.

[AK-1945]

What good news!