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Militant linked to murders of Ukrainian intelligence officers killed in Donetsk, UP sources say

From Ukrainska Pravda · () Ukrainian

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News Unnamed sources Outcome reported
  • Ukrainian intelligence services killed Oleh Shutov in July 2026, according to sources cited by Ukrainska Pravda.
  • Shutov served with the so-called Ministry of State Security of the Russia-backed Donetsk People's Republic and was linked to the murders of Ukrainian intelligence officers Maksym Shapoval and Oleksandr Kharaberiush.

Ukrainian intelligence services killed Oleh Shutov in Donetsk in July 2026, according to sources cited by Ukrainska Pravda.

Shutov was an officer with the so-called Ministry of State Security of the Donetsk People's Republic, a self-proclaimed, Russia-backed quasi-state formation in Ukraine's Donetsk region.

The sources said he was involved in the high-profile murders of Maksym Shapoval, an officer with Ukraine's Defence Intelligence, and Oleksandr Kharaberiush, an officer with the Security Service of Ukraine.

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Originally published by Ukrainska Pravda in Ukrainian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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