Former Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Andriy Parubiy, was shot dead in Ukraine

The "Obshchestvennoye" TV channel reported on its Telegram channel that the former secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and the former chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Andriy Parubiy, was shot dead.

The information distributed by the television channel is stated as follows:

- The police reported the shooting of a political figure in the city of Lviv. We are talking about Andrey Parubiy.

Earlier, Ukrainian police reported the death of a political public figure in a shooting in Lviv, but the person's identity was not disclosed at that time.

According to the media, the killer worked as a courier for the "Glovo" delivery service.

For information, Andrey Parubiy served as Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament - the Verkhovna Rada - from 2016 to 2019. He also served as Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine in 2014.

Experts assess this event as a major sensational event in Ukrainian political life. The public is waiting for official explanations regarding the causes of the murder and the factors behind it.