A TOP Ukrainian politician has reportedly been assassinated by a gunman in broad daylight - sparking an urgent manhunt for the killer.

Andriy Parubiy, 54, was shot dead in Lviv, western Ukraine, according to police sources and a social media post by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The shooting unfolded at around 12pm on Saturday in the Sykhovsky district.

Parubiy was reportedly shot by an assassin disguised as a courier working for delivery firm Glovo - and cops are still searching for the gunman.

Zelensky said on X: "Andriy Parubiy was killed. My condolences to his family and loved ones.

"Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko and Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko have just reported the first known circumstances of the horrendous murder in Lviv."

The president added:

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