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Former President of the Ukrainian Parliament Andri Parubi has been killed in an attack

The Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelenski, has expressed condolences to the family of the deceased and has assured them that "the necessary means will be used to punish and investigate the murderer".

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The city of Lviv, in a stock image.

Former President of the Ukrainian Parliament Andri Parubi was killed in an attack this Saturday in the Ukrainian city of Lviv.

"I have been informed by Interior Minister Ihor Klimenko and Attorney General Ruslan Kravchenko of the terrible murder of Lviv, Andri Parubi. My condolences to the family," said Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski.

He added that they will use "the means necessary to punish and investigate the murderer." 

Police say Parubi died at the scene of the attack. 

The investigation is ongoing, but no one has been arrested so far. 

In 2007, Parubi was elected for the first time to the People's Self-Defense Party of Our Ukraine. 2016, he became President of Parliament.

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