Zelenskyy Announces Arrest in Shooting Death of Pro-Western Ukrainian Politician Andriy Parubiy

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Zelenskyy Announces Arrest in Shooting Death of Pro-Western Ukrainian Politician Andriy Parubiy
Zelenskyy Announces Arrest in Shooting Death of Pro-Western Ukrainian Politician Andriy Parubiy

Ukrainian parliament speaker Andriy Parubiy speaks in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo

KYIV, Ukraine—President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Ukrainian officials arrested a suspect in the shooting death of former parliament speaker and prominent pro-Western politician Andriy Parubiy.

Zelenskyy said in a statement on X that a person was taken into custody after shooting Parubiy in the city of Lviv on Saturday. No details about the suspect or a motive for the killing were released.

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