New footage circulating online claims to show the moment a prominent Ukrainian pro-European politician was killed in western Ukraine earlier this weekend.

Why It Matters

Officials in Ukraine said on Saturday that Andriy Parubiy, a former speaker of Ukraine's parliament, had been shot dead in the city of Lviv.

What To Know

An unverified clip published online purports to show the shooting, with what appears to be a gunman posing as a courier with a yellow bag approaching Parubiy from behind—the pair are obscured from view by a tree. The unidentified person then flees.

Newsweek could not independently verify the footage and has reached out to Ukrainian authorities for comment.

An anonymous source in Ukraine's law enforcement told the BBC that Parubiy's attacker was dressed as a couri

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