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The murder: police said that Parubiy was shot 8 times with a short-barreled firearm in Lviv, capital in western Ukraine. A 52-year-old resident of Lviv was soon arrested in Khmelnytskyi Oblast and charged with the murder "Ukraine's national elite has always been a prime target for Moscow," former PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk told the Kyiv Independent. "Today, as Russia wages a war of annihilation against our state, this campaign is more ruthless than ever."
The police & Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) did not respond to requests for comment. Aug. 30 murder of ex-Speaker & current lawmaker Andriy Parubiy was latest string of killings & assassination targeting Ukrainian nationalists activists of pro-Western revolutions. While the perpetrators attacks have been detained, question of who ordered assassinations remains unsolved. Evidence has been mounting Russia could be behind at least some of the attacks.
Kremlin propaganda has consistently demonized Ukrainian nationalists and pro-European politicians. Russia announced one of its war aims was "de-Nazification" of Ukraine — Kremlin lingo for eliminating individuals & parties support Ukraine's sovereignty & its pro-European path.
Ivan Vyhivskyi, Ukraine's police chief, noted attacker tried hide in western region after "he tried to cover his tracks" by changing clothes & disposing of the weapon. Police said crime had been planned for more than a month & that the attacker had received instruction and assistance. Suspect planned to flee abroad after the crime, according to the police.
The police & Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) did not respond to requests for comment. Aug. 30 murder of ex-Speaker & current lawmaker Andriy Parubiy was latest string of killings & assassination targeting Ukrainian nationalists activists of pro-Western revolutions. While the perpetrators attacks have been detained, question of who ordered assassinations remains unsolved. Evidence has been mounting Russia could be behind at least some of the attacks.
Kremlin propaganda has consistently demonized Ukrainian nationalists and pro-European politicians. Russia announced one of its war aims was "de-Nazification" of Ukraine — Kremlin lingo for eliminating individuals & parties support Ukraine's sovereignty & its pro-European path.
Ivan Vyhivskyi, Ukraine's police chief, noted attacker tried hide in western region after "he tried to cover his tracks" by changing clothes & disposing of the weapon. Police said crime had been planned for more than a month & that the attacker had received instruction and assistance. Suspect planned to flee abroad after the crime, according to the police.
