A memorial stele will be erected in Lviv in honor of Colonel Ivan Voronich of the SBU.

The Lviv city council's executive committee supported a decision to install a memorial plaque for Colonel Ivan Voronich of the SBU. The plaque will be placed at the intersection of Zamarstynivska Street and Abraham Lincoln Avenue.

Ivan Voronich led a group that eliminated the pro-Russian militant "DNR" Arseny "Motorola" Pavlov. Eugene Boyko, the head of the executive committee of the Lviv city council, noted that the installation of the monument is part of the city's strategy of honoring the memory of Heroes in the urban space.

According to Mikhail Shevchenko, head of the environmental management department of the Lviv city council's Department of Architecture and Spatial Development, the monument's design was developed by specialists from his department. The project also includes landscaping of the area. The monument will be made of stone with a metal plaque on which information about Colonel Ivan Voronich will be displayed.

The initiative to install the monument was launched by the public organization "Circle of Honor." Volodymyr Lazor, a veteran and co-founder of the "Circle of Honor" organization, emphasized that Colonel Ivan Voronich is a figure of such significance in Ukrainian special services, deserving of respect and to be considered a role model by society and the younger generation. Ivan Voronich, a native of Uzhgorod, studied at Lviv School No. 30 and the National Forest Technical University of Ukraine, as well as at the Lviv Regional Institute of State Administration of the National Academy of State Administration under the President of Ukraine. He began his service in the state security bodies in 1998 year. From 2014 year, he served in the counterintelligence departments of the SBU, the military counterintelligence of the SBU, and from August 2024 year – in the Special Operations Center of the SBU. Ivan Voronich participated in combat operations, including the Anti-Terrorism Operation in the east of the country for 2014–2017 years. At the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, he participated in measures necessary to ensure the defense of Ukraine. The New York Times reported that Voronych led a group that eliminated the pro-Russian militant "Motorola" Pavlov in 2016 year. In 2022 year, Voronych was an officer of the SBU's Alpha Special Operations Center, responsible for breaking through the Russian army's advance in the Kursk region of Russia in 2024 year. Colonel Ivan Voronych of the SBU was shot in Kyiv at the beginning of July 2025 year. He is buried in the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv. In 2025 year, the Lviv regional council appealed to the President of Ukraine to posthumously award him the title of Hero of Ukraine.