Andriy Parubiy shot dead in Lviv, suspect arrested

Former parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy was shot dead in broad daylight in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, August 30, 2025, and authorities announced early Monday that a suspect has been arrested as investigators search for a motive. Parubiy, 54, a prominent pro-European politician and former head of the National Security and Defence Council, died at the scene after a gunman opened fire, officials said.

Police and senior officials said the attacker was disguised as a delivery courier and used an electric bicycle to flee the scene. Accounts differed on exact details at first, with an early police social media post saying an unknown man fired several shots, and later statements from the police chief saying the victim was shot eight times and that seven shell casings were recovered. A nearby surveillance camera reportedly captured the attack.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the killing as a horrendous murder and said he had instructed the head of the security service to join the investigation. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko and Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko briefed the president, Zelenskyy said on social media, and the prosecutor told...