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Ukrainian MP and Former Parliament Speaker Andriy Parubiy Shot Dead in Lviv

Authorities opened a murder investigation to find the gunman.

Overview

  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the killing as a horrendous murder after briefings from Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko and Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko.
  • National police reported the attack in the western city of Lviv and said Parubiy died at the scene.
  • Investigators have engaged all necessary forces and resources in the search, with no suspect identified and no motive disclosed.
  • Parubiy was a leading figure during the Euromaidan period and served as parliamentary speaker in the 2010s.
  • Colleagues and reporters, including Iryna Herashchenko and Le Parisien correspondent Cyrille Amoursky, publicly confirmed his identity.