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Andrii Parubii, former speaker of Ukraine’s parliament and EuroMaidan leader, was shot dead in Lviv.
Andrii Parubii, the former speaker of Ukraine’s parliament, has been shot dead.
Andrii Parubii, the former speaker of Ukraine’s parliament and a central figure in the 2014 EuroMaidan Revolution, has been shot dead in the western city of Lviv. The National Police of Ukraine said earlier in the day that a political figure was killed in a shooting in Lviv. Hours later, lawmaker Iryna Herashchenko of the European Solidarity party said that the victim was Andrii Parubii.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the death in a statement on X (formerly Twitter), citing briefings from Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko and Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko.
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“Andrii Parubii has died. My condolences to his family and loved ones,” Zelenskyy wrote, adding, “All necessary forces and means are engaged in the investigation and search for the killer.”
Andrii Parubii, 53, rose to national prominence during the EuroMaidan protests of 2013–14, when he acted as commandant of the protest camp in Kyiv’s Independence Square. After the ouster of then-President Viktor Yanukovych, he went on to serve as secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council.
In 2016, he was elected speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, a role he held until 2019. He remained active in politics as a member of the European Solidarity party led by former president Petro Poroshenko.
Officials have not released details about the circumstances of the shooting, including whether any suspects have been detained. Police and security services have cordoned off parts of Lviv as the investigation continues.
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