Local time on Saturday, August 30, at noon.Former President of the Supreme Rada of Ukraine (Parliament) and Secretary of the National Security and Defense CommitteeRepresentative of the pro-European factionAndrey Paruby on 30th Street in the city of Lviv, UzbekistanHe was shot and died on the spot at the age of 54. Ukrainian President Zelensky said on the same day that he would make every effort to thoroughly investigate the case.
Lviv police chief Oleg Sandel Shliahovsky said the assassination technique appeared to have been "carefully planned". Ukrainian law enforcement sources revealed that a gunman, disguised as an outsourcing company's correspondent, wearing a yellow outsourcing bag, approached from behind the paruby and suddenly opened fire.
Gunman disguised as a takeaway brother
According to comprehensive reports by Xinhua Agency and Red Star News on August 31, according to Ukraine media reports, the shooting occurred at noon on the 30th local time. A man wearing a takeout uniform and riding an electric bicycle shot at Parrubi on the streets of Lviv. Parrubi died on the spot after being shot. The murderer quickly fled after committing the crime, and his identity and motive for the crime 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.
Parubi is a well-known Ukrainian politician. Parubi, 54, is the current member of the Ukrainian Parliament. He became the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council in 2014 and the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada from 2016 to 2019.According to reference information reports,Police said Parrubi "died on the spot due to his injuries."The police also said that...The motive of the killer is unclear.
The assassination of such a figure shook Ukraine. Ukrainian President Zelensky posted on social media on the 30th that this was "a terrible murder" and ordered the launch of a large-scale manhunt code-named "Alert". Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that the bullet was "a shot at the heart of Ukraine". Lviv's chief prosecutor, Mykola Meret, said all possible motives for the shooting were being investigated.
Russia: A different situation
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.
Russian army announces results of spring and summer military operations
On August 30, Gerasimov, Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, summarized the achievements of the Russian army in spring and summer military operations.
Gerasimov announced: "At present, the strategic initiative is completely in the hands of the Russian army." He said Russian troops were "constantly launching offensive" on almost all fronts.
He claims that since March, Russian forces have controlled more than 3,500 square kilometers of land and 149 settlements.
He said: "During the spring and summer, the enemy focused all its energy on slowing down our offensive and paid a heavy price for it. As a result, the Ukrainian armed forces were forced to transfer the most combat-effective units from one crisis direction to another. direction to fill the hole."
In addition to ground advances, Grazimov also revealed that the Russian military systematically strikes the Ukrainian military-industrial system, attacking a total of 76 important targets during the spring and summer, prioritizing the destruction of Ukrainian companies that produce long-range missiles and drones.
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