Shutov, who was a resident of Donetsk, an employee of the so-called "DPR Ministry of Civil Defense" Special Operations Center. Shutov rented an apartment in the same house where Shapoval lived. After the attack, he left for Donetsk. Ukraine held the chief of the counter-intelligence operations department of the FSB of the Russian Federation Lieutenant-General Dmitry Minaev, personally responsible for ordering the assassinations of both Col. Shapoval and another special service operative Col. Oleksandr Kharaberyush of the SBU back on 31 March 2017. He was present at the time in the Donbas in the so-called center of special operations of the "DPR Ministry of Civil Defense" during the explosions of Kharaberyush and Shapoval's cars. Awards Promoted to the rank of Major general posthumously on 30 June 2017. Awarded posthumously with the “Golden Star” Order of Hero of Ukraine on 7 September 2017. See also Pavel Sheremet Denis Voronenkov List of unsolved murders References External links Defence Intelligence of Ukraine 1978 births 2017 deaths Assassinated Ukrainian people Deaths by car bomb Male murder victims Military personnel from Vinnytsia People murdered in Ukraine Recipients of the Order of Gold Star (Ukraine) Ukrainian colonels Ukrainian military personnel of the war in Donbas Ukrainian military personnel killed in the Russo-Ukrainian War Unsolved murders in Ukraine 2017 murders in Ukraine