# The former speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Andriy Parubiy has been shot dead in the western city of Lviv. Ukraine’s prosecutors said “an unidentified gunman fired several shots at the politician and that Parubiy died on the spot. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described Saturday’s attack as a “terrible murder” and offered condolences to Parubiy’s family. The 54-year-old Parubiy, rose to prominence during Ukraine’s Euromaidan mass protests, which brought down pro-Russian former President Viktor Yanukovych in 2014. Meanwhile, Lviv’s chief prosecutor Mykola Meret said all possible motives for the shooting were being investigated, including potential Russian involvement.
Prominent Ukrainian politician Andriy Parubiy shot dead in Lviv