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<p>CBSNewsSeptember 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM</p>
<p>Kyiv on Monday said Russia was linked to the weekend assassination of a pro-Western Ukrainian politician after the arrest of a suspect alleged to have carried out the shooting disguised as a courier.</p>
<p>Andriy Parubiy, a former speaker of parliament and leading figure in Ukraine's pro-European protest movements of 2004 and 2014, was shot dead on Saturday in the western city of Lviv, near EU and NATO member Poland.</p>
<p>Police said the suspect, whose arrest was announced early Monday, shot Parubiy eight times in broad daylight before fleeing the scene.</p>
<p>"We know that this crime was not accidental. There is a Russian trace in it," national police chief Ivan Vygivsky said in a social media post.</p>
<p>Vygivsky attached two photos of the arrest, showing a shirtless man being apprehended by officers in military uniform in what appeared to be an apartment.</p>
<p>Sources inside Ukraine's law enforcement agencies told CBS News partner BBC News that the attacker had dressed to look like a worker from delivery company Glovo. The company said it was "deeply shocked" by the crime and would cooperate fully with an investigation.</p>
<p>National police chief Ivan Vygivsky said a suspect was arrested in the broad daylight murder of a pro-Western Ukrainian politician. / Credit: Ivan Vygivsky / Facebook</p>
<p>The interior minister earlier said the killing had been carefully planned, echoing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.</p>
<p>Zelenskyy said Interior Minister Igor Klymenko and security service chief Vasyl Maliuk had informed him of the arrest.</p>
<p>In a subsequent post after having spoken to chief prosecutor Ruslan Kravchenko, he added: "The suspect has given an initial testimony.</p>
<p>"Klymenko said dozens of police officers and security officers had been involved in the arrest in the Khmelnytsky region of western Ukraine.</p>
<p>"I will only say that the crime was carefully prepared: the schedule of the deceased's movements was studied, the route was laid, and an escape plan was thought out."</p>
<p>Some earlier tributes from Ukrainian officials to Parubiy, who was still a member of parliament, hinted at Russian involvement.</p>
<p>The body of former Ukrainian parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy, who was killed this morning, lies on the ground in Lviv, Ukraine August 30, 2025. / Credit: Roman Baluk / REUTERS</p>
<p>Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began in 2022, both sides have accused each other of assassinations of political and military figures.</p>
<p>Russian state media said Parubiy has been wanted by Russian authorities since 2023.</p>
<p>Parubiy, who had studied history, had campaigned for Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union.</p>
<p>He was also a major supporter of the use of the Ukrainian language over Russian.</p>
<p>During the Maidan protests of 2014, he was a "commander" of opposition self-defense forces.</p>
<p>The demonstrations led to the ouster of Ukraine's pro-Kremlin leadership and precipitated a Moscow-backed separatist uprising in the east of the country.</p>
<p>That same year, Ukrainian media said he survived an assassination attempt by grenade.</p>
<p>After the ousting of then Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych, who fled to Russia, Parubiy served on the National Security and Defense Council for several months.</p>
<p>Last month, one of Ukraine's security top service members, Colonel Ivan Voronych, was killed in a bold daylight attack in Kyiv. Days later, Ukraine's security agency said it tracked down and killed two Russian agents suspected of murdering Voronych.</p>
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