Overview

• Andriy Portnov, a former Ukrainian politician and advisor to Viktor Yanukovich, was shot dead outside the American School in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, on May 21, 2025.
• The ambush occurred around 9:15 a.m. as Portnov was accompanying his children to school; he was struck by at least three gunshots, including a fatal headshot.
• Spanish authorities have launched a homicide investigation and are actively searching for multiple suspects believed to have coordinated the attack.
• Portnov, who relocated to Spain in 2022, had been previously investigated by Ukrainian intelligence for alleged ties to Moscow during the Crimea annexation.
• His killing is the latest in a series of high-profile deaths involving Russian and Ukrainian figures in Spain since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022.