Ukrainian authorities are investigating the possible Russian involvement in the assassination of former parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy, who was shot dead in Lviv on August 30, 2025. Police said the attack appeared premeditated, with the assailant studying Parubiy’s movements and fleeing after firing eight times in broad daylight, according to Reuters.

A suspect was arrested within 36 hours in the Khmelnytskyi region. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko described the crime as meticulously planned, while President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called it a “horrific murder” affecting national security during wartime. Russia has not commented.

Parubiy, 54, was a key figure in Ukrainian nationalism, serving as parliamentary speaker from 2016 to 2019 and as secretary of the National Security and Defense Council early in the Russia-Ukraine war. His death follows a pattern of targeted killings of prominent nationalists in Ukraine, Reuters reported.