Ukrainian lawmaker shot dead in Lviv as Zelenskyy says hunt for killer is under way – as it happened

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Andriy Parubiy, a Ukrainian politician who previously served as the parliament speaker, has been shot dead in western city of Lviv, say officials.

Confirming the news, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X:

Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs Ihor Klymenko and prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko have just reported the first known circumstances of the horrendous murder in Lviv. Andriy Parubiy was killed.

My condolences to his family and loved ones. All necessary forces and means are engaged in the investigation and search for the killer.