Parubiy, a leading figure in Ukraine’s pro-European protest movements of 2004 and 2014, was shot dead on Saturday in the western city of Lviv. Police said the suspected gunman, whose arrest was announced early Monday, fired at the ex-speaker eight times in broad daylight before fleeing the area.
“We know this crime was not random. There is a Russian trace to it. Everyone involved will face justice,” Ukrainian police chief Ivan Vyhivskyi said in a statement posted on Telegram.
Vyhivskyi shared a photo from the scene of the arrest, showing a shirtless man being handcuffed by security agents in a bedroom.
