Andriy Parubiy, former speaker of Ukraine’s parliament and a leader of the Maidan protests in 2013-14, was killed on Saturday in the western city of Lviv.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a post on the X social media platform, called it a “horrendous murder.”

Parubiy, 54, died from gunshot wounds before medics arrived, according to Lviv regional governor Maksym Kozytskyi. Law enforcement officers are establishing the circumstances of the killing, Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said.

The gunman was disguised as a food delivery worker, wearing a helmet that concealed his face, and carrying a yellow insulated bag. He approached Parubiy on foot, according to a video that was broadcast on state TV.

“As of now, we understand that the crime was very thoroughly planned,” Oleksandr Shlyakhovskyi,

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