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Following the assassination, Ukrainian security forces managed to track down the alleged killers, who were part of a Russian FSB “agent combat group” sent into Ukraine. The Ukrainian SBU conducted a raid on the safe house where the operatives had been hiding. When resisting arrest, the Russian agents were killed on the spot, with Ukrainian authorities releasing footage of their bodies. The operation signified Ukraine’s determination to retaliate against Moscow’s covert attacks, which have included bombings, assassinations, and sabotage within Russia itself over the past two years.