Former Ukrainian parliament speaker Andrii Parubii shot dead in Lviv

Andrii Parubii played a significant role in the EuroMaidan Revolution and participated in the Orange Revolution.

A prominent Ukrainian politician and former parliamentary speaker, Andrii Parubii, was shot and killed in the western city of Lviv on Saturday, several local media sources reported. Authorities received a call around noon about a shooting incident in Lviv's Frankivskyi district, local police said on Telegram. They did not confirm the victim's identity but said he had died at the scene."Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko and Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko have just informed me about the first known circumstances of the terrible murder in Lviv. Andrii Parubii has died," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later confirmed on X. He offered his condolences to Parubii's family and loved ones and confirmed all necessary resources had been deployed to find the perpetrator. The perpetrator allegedly approached the ex-parliament speaker, shot at him, and fled the scene by bicycle, local media reported, adding that seven shell casings were found at the crime scene. Parubii, who had been an advocate for closer ties with the European Union, played a significant role in the EuroMaidan Revolution in 2013-2014. He had also participated in the Orange Revolution in 2004. The 54-year-old had been parliamentary speaker from 2016 until 2019 and was also Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council secretary in 2014, at a time when Russia occupied the Crimea peninsula.