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).

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