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Prominent Ukrainian politician Andriy Parubiy shot in the city of LVIV, officials say
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Prominent Ukrainian politician Andriy Parubiy shot in the city of LVIV, officials say

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Ukrainian former parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy was shot in the western city of LVIV, have said civil servants.
The office of the public prosecutor said that a shooter had fired different shots on Parubiy and killed him on the spot. The attacker fled and a manhunt was launched, said it.
Parubiy, 54, was a member of the Parliament, was a parliamentary speaker from April 2016 to August 2019 and was one of the leaders of protests in 2013-14, which called for closer ties with the European Union.
He was also the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine from February to August 2014 – a period in which the fighting started in Eastern Ukraine and Russia the Crimea Peninsula.

Civil servants did not give an immediate indication of whether the murder had a direct link with the Russian war in Ukraine.

A ‘horrible murder’, says Zenskyy

“Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko and public prosecutor -general Ruslan Kravchenko have just reported about the first known circumstances of a horrible murder in Lviv. Andriy Parubiy was killed,” wrote President Volodymyr Zenskyy on X.

He sent his condolence to the family and loved ones of Parubiy and added: “All the necessary forces and resources are investigating and searching for the murderer”.

Colleagues in parliament and the government have paid tribute to Parubiy’s contribution to the fight of Ukraine for sovereignty and independence. Source: MONKEY / EFR Lukatsky/AP

The National Police said that the shooting in LVIV was reported on Saturday on Saturday (Saturday night Aest).

Lviv mayor Andriy Sadovyi said that finding the suspect and determining the circumstances of the attack was of the utmost importance.

“This is a matter of safety in a country at war, where, as we can see, there are no completely safe places,” he wrote on Telegram.

Parubiy described as ‘patriot’ and ‘true friend’

Colleagues in parliament and the government have sent a tribute, who praise Parubiy’s contribution to Ukraine’s struggle for sovereignty and independence as one of the leaders of what became known as the Euromaidan protests in 2013-14.
Former President Petro Poroshenko said on Telegram that the murder of Parubiy, who was a member of the Parliamentary Committee for National Security, Defense and Intelligence, was “a shot in the heart of Ukraine”.
“Andriy was a great man and a real friend. That’s why they take revenge, they are afraid of that,” he said, praising Parubiy’s contribution to building the Ukrainian army.
In a statement on Telegram, Minister of Foreign Affairs described Andrii Sybiha Parubiy as “a patriot and statesman who made a huge contribution to the defense of the freedom, independence and sovereignty of Ukraine. He was a man who is lawful in the history books”.
Ukrainian law enforcement did not provide any information about the identity or motives of the suspect.
The Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko called for a fast investigation and called it “a profound loss” for the country.
“You always remained a patriot of Ukraine and made a major contribution to the formation of our state,” she wrote on X.

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