Ukrainian special services successfully eliminated a Russian operative linked to the 2017 bombing of a Ukrainian intelligence officer in a covert operation in occupied Donetsk.

❗️Ukrainian special services eliminated Oleg Shutov in Russian-occupied Donetsk on July 27, sources told LB. Shutov was identified as the operative who planted the bomb that killed HUR Major General Maksym Shapoval in Kyiv in 2017 and was also linked to the killing of SBU Colonel Oleksandr Kharaberiush in Mariupol. Ukrainian operatives planted an explosive device in Shutov's Subaru and detonated it. The operation was kept secret until the team returned to Ukrainian territory.

Ukrainian special services terminated oleg shutov, identified by Ukrainian authorities as the assassin of intelligence general Maksym Shapoval, in a covert operation in occupied Donetsk on July 27. Sources within Ukraine's security services disclosed the operation to LB.ua on September 7. https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-tracks-down-and-eliminates-assassin-of-ukrainian-intelligence-general-maksym-shapoval-22291