Lviv bids farewell to Andriy Parubiy: thousands of people came to the Cathedral

In Lviv today, September 2, a farewell ceremony began for Andriy Parubiy, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 8th convocation, a people’s deputy, commandant of the Maidan Self-Defense Force, and one of the symbols of the struggle for Ukrainian Independence.

The farewell is taking place at St. George’s Cathedral. Hundreds of Lviv residents and guests of the city came to say goodbye to Andriy Parubiy even before the funeral service began. Later, the number of attendees grew to thousands – people from all over Ukraine, military personnel, veterans, activists and public figures.

Among those who arrived to see Parubiy off on his final journey were Yulia Tymoshenko, Ruslan Stefanchuk, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, Petro Poroshenko, and numerous MPs from European Solidarity and other factions.

As is known, the day before, an evening of remembrance for MP Andriy Parubiy was held on Kyiv’s Independence Square . Hundreds of people, including public and political figures, gathered to honor the memory of the parliamentarian.

Let us recall that on August 30 , public and political figure Andriy Parubiy was killed in Lviv .

Later, it became known that the Lviv region is searching for the shooter who killed the current deputy from the “European Solidarity” party and former speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy . A photo of the alleged killer is being published on the Internet.

Later, journalists reported that MP Andriy Parubiy was shot 8 times by a man disguised as a courier.

By the way, a video of the moment of the murder of the People’s Deputy from “European Solidarity” and former Speaker of Parliament Andriy Parubiy appeared on social networks.

Previously, the SBU reported on the possible involvement of Russian special services in organizing the assassination attempt on MP Andriy Parubiy.