Investigation launched into horrific murder' of Ukrainian politician in Lviv

"A Ukrainian former parliamentary speaker was shot dead in Lviv on Saturday, authorities said, as European foreign ministers met to discuss increasing pressure on Moscow to end its war against Ukraine. Andriy Parubiy, a member of parliament who served as parliamentary speaker from 2016 to 2019 and a key figure in Ukraine's 2013 pro-European Maidan revolution, was shot dead, prosecutors said. A murder investigation has been launched and the president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, condemned the killing as a horrific murder."

"Speaking at a press conference after the meeting, the EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said that Russia was clearly not preparing for peace. The European Union and all the member states support the diplomatic efforts to achieve peace and the end of Russia's war. But it's clear that Russia is not preparing for peace. It is the opposite: they are preparing for more war, she said."

"The summit, which was an informal meeting and as such did not involve ministers committing to any concrete steps, took place at the end of a violent week. Russia launched a large airstrike on Kyiv, killing at least 21 people on Thursday. There was also an overnight strike on a five-storey residential building that killed one person and injured 24 others in Zaporizhzhia, and the Dnipropetrovsk region faced a massive attack early on Saturday, its governor said, with strikes in Dnipro and Pavlograd."

Andriy Parubiy, a former parliamentary speaker and Maidan leader, was shot dead in Lviv and prosecutors opened a murder investigation. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the killing as a horrific murder. European foreign ministers met in Copenhagen to discuss measures to force Moscow to negotiations and to consider fresh sanctions. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Russia was preparing for more war rather than peace. Ministers also addressed the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The informal summit occurred after a violent week of Russian strikes, including an airstrike on Kyiv that killed at least 21 and strikes in Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro and Pavlograd. The EU has adopted 18 sanctions packages since the invasion.

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