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It's Wednesday, the number 12 of July. Welcome to the BDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First up, Russian assassins carry out a high-profile hit on the streets of Kiev, gunning down a top Ukrainian special operations

commander, marking the latest casualty of the covert war that's being fought behind the front lines

and off the radar. We'll have those details. Later in the show, Syria's embattled Drew's

minority has reached a second ceasefire agreement with the government in Damascus, Syria's embattled Druze minority has reached a second ceasefire agreement

with the government in Damascus, Syria, after several days of bloody clashes that left hundreds

dead. The deal follows a wave of powerful airstrikes in Damascus, carried out by the Israeli

military, to prevent further attacks on the Druze community. But first, today's afternoon spotlight.

I wanted to start things off today with a story that really didn't get much airplay in the mainstream

press, but illustrates the high-stakes covert war unfolding beneath the headlines of Russia's

ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Now, we usually talk about this war in terms of territory or weapon systems and massive missile barrages.

Big picture stuff, but there's another side of this war that's happening in the shadows.

Last Thursday, Colonel Ivan Vodorinich, a top Ukrainian special operations commander, was gunned down in broad daylight on the streets of Kiev.

Now, he was carrying shopping bags when the assassin emerged from behind a parked car.

There was no shouting, no warning, just five precision shots, and Voronich collapsed on the pavement as pedestrians scattered.

Surveillance footage later captured the attack,

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