Source: The New China Daily
According to Xinhua Agency, Andrei Parubi, former chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine and former secretary of the National Security and Defense Commission, was shot and killed in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on the 30th. Ukraine President Zelensky said on the same day that he would make every effort to thoroughly investigate the case.
According to Ukrainian media reports, the shooting incident occurred at noon on the 30th local time. A man wearing a takeaway uniform and riding an electric bicycle shot at Parubi on the streets of Lviv. Parubi died on the spot after being shot. The murderer quickly fled after committing the crime, and his identity and motive are still unclear.
Lviv police chief Shliahovsky said at a news conference that the gunman fired about eight shots at Paruby and that the attack was "carefully planned".
Lviv chief prosecutor Melet said that all possible motives for the shooting were being investigated, including whether Russia was involved.
Zelensky said in a post on social media on the 30th that it was a terrible murder and that "we are using all necessary forces and means to investigate and search for the murderer."
Palubi, 54, is currently a member of the Ukrainian parliament, served as secretary of the National Security and Defense Committee in 2014 and as chairman of the Supreme Rada from 2016 to 2019.
Russian officials say Paruby’s death was different
According to a report by Tass News Agency on August 30, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova said that she would not be surprised even if Ukraine accused the divers suspected of blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipeline of murdering Andrei Parubi, the former speaker of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament).
Zakharova commented on reports that Ukrainian Lviv police have not yet found the murder of Paruby, she said the attack was carefully prepared.
"It is not ruled out that Ukrainian divers suspected of carrying out the Nord Stream attack are now responsible for this case: one of these divers swam from Italy to the port of Odessa through the prison sewers," Zakharova wrote on the social platform Telegram.
In addition, another report by the TASS news agency on August 30 said that Rodion Miroshnik, ambassador-at-large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in charge of the crimes of the Kiev regime, said that the killing of former Ukrainian Speaker Andrei Parubi may be related to the purging of Ukrainian politics by the Ukrainian presidential team.
He said: “The new nationalists are cleaning out the old guys, which is their usual style... given the inevitability of new elections, the Zelensky gang has even eliminated people like Paruby.”
Miroshnik pointed out that Parubi's relationship with former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko may have played a role in his death. He said that Parubi had long defected to Poroshenko, and Zelensky was now launching war against Poroshenko.
According to TASS news agency on August 30, Ukrainian governor Vladimir Saldo said the Kiev regime was trying to find "Russian traces" in the murder of former parliamentarian Andrey Paruby, although the death of the man was only the result of the internal struggle of the Ukrainian elite group.