Russian agents who assassinated Ukrainian colonel shot dead – security service

Civilians practise military skills on a training ground in Kharkiv, Ukraine (Andrii Marienko/AP)

Ukraine’s security agency said on Sunday it tracked down and killed Russian agents suspected of shooting one of its senior officers in the Ukrainian capital.

The security service of Ukraine, or SBU, said in a statement that the suspected Russian agents were killed in the Kyiv region after they offered resistance to arrest.