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Former Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Andrij Parubij Shot Dead in Lviv

Police have opened a homicide investigation in Lviv, with a manhunt for the shooter ongoing.

Andrij Parubij während einer Sitzung des ukrainischen Parlaments in Kiew (Archivbild).
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Der ukrainische Parlamentsabgeordnete Andrij Parubij
Andrij Parubij (Archivbild vom 13.04.2016)

Overview

  • Ukrainian authorities confirmed the 54-year-old politician was killed by multiple gunshots in the western city.
  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called it a “terrible murder,” said he was briefed by Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, and offered condolences to the family.
  • Media reports suggest the assailant may have been a bicycle delivery courier, but officials have not confirmed that account.
  • Parubij served as speaker of the Verkhovna Rada from 2016 to 2019 and rose to prominence as a leader of the Maidan protest movement.
  • Kremlin-aligned analyst Sergej Markow revived disputed claims tying Parubij to the 2014 Odessa deaths as the killing underscored a recent pattern of political attacks in Lviv.