Former Ukrainian Parliament speaker Andriy Parubiy killed in Lviv

President Zelenskiy confirmed the murder and said authorities are actively searching for the perpetrator in what he called a “horrific” incident.

KYIV: Former Ukrainian parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy has been killed in the western city of Lviv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday.

"Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko and Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko have just reported on the first known circumstances of a horrific murder in Lviv. Andriy Parubiy has been killed," Zelenskiy wrote on X, adding that the search for the killer was ongoing.

No other details were immediately available.