Overview

• President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Parubiy’s death, called it a horrendous murder, and pledged all resources to the investigation.
• The prosecutor general’s office said the 54-year-old was shot several times around noon and died at the scene before medical aid arrived.
• Police and security services cordoned off parts of the city as a manhunt continued, with reports of multiple shell casings recovered at the site.
• Parubiy was a leading EuroMaidan figure, former National Security and Defence Council secretary, and Verkhovna Rada speaker from 2016 to 2019.
• Authorities have not identified a motive or attributed responsibility, and officials have not linked the shooting to the war with Russia.