{"id":1287475,"date":"2025-08-31T14:11:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T11:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/murder-of-andriy-parubiy-flag-lowered-on-rada-building\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T14:11:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T11:11:01","slug":"murder-of-andriy-parubiy-flag-lowered-on-rada-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/murder-of-andriy-parubiy-flag-lowered-on-rada-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder of Andriy Parubiy: Flag lowered on Rada building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today, August 31, the State Flag was lowered on the building of the Verkhovna Rada in connection with the murder of the former speaker of parliament, people&#8217;s deputy of several convocations Andriy Parubiy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This was reported by the head of parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;His death was a great loss for the parliament and all of Ukraine,&#8221; Stefanchuk wrote.<\/p>\n<p> According to him, the flag will remain at half-mast for three days as a sign of deep respect and sorrow.<\/p>\n<p> He also added that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine expresses its sincere condolences to Parubiy\u2019s family and friends. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fstefanchuk.official%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02MyttCpAJmFQpNWArnZfBVjmAggyXGq7eqS3reoYH7YXSiiezNSJFCcnrMi7QS5jsl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> Let us recall that on August 30, former Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and member of parliament from European Solidarity Andriy Parubiy <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/vbyly-kolyshnoho-holovu-rady-andriia-parubiia\/\">was killed<\/a> in Lviv. He was one of <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/symvol-protystoiannia-i-spravzhniy-patriot-kym-buv-andriy-parubiy\/\">the symbols of resistance<\/a> to the Russian invasion in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> It later became known that a shooter <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/u-merezhi-z-iavylos-foto-ymovirnoho-vbyvtsi-nardepa-parubiia\/\">was being sought<\/a> in the Lviv region, and a photo of the probable killer was published online. According to eyewitnesses,<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/u-parubiia-8-raziv-striliav-zamaskovanyy-pid-kur-iera-cholovik-zhurnalist\/\">the shooter was a Glovo service courier<\/a> , who then hid the gun in his bag. <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/vbyvstvo-andriia-parubiia-u-lvovi-z-iavylos-video\/\">A video<\/a> of the moment of the people&#8217;s deputy&#8217;s murder also appeared on social networks.<\/p>\n<p> In this regard, a special operation &#8220;Siren&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/vbyvstvo-parubiia-u-lvovi-oholosyly-spetsoperatsiiu-syrena\/\">was announced<\/a> in Lviv. The media reported that the police had allegedly already <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zmi-pravookhorontsi-vyyshly-na-slid-vbyvtsi-parubiia\/\">found the trail of the criminal<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> The Verkhovna Rada leadership, people&#8217;s deputies, the apparatus and its employees <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/prysviatyv-sebe-sluzhinniu-ukraini-iak-deputaty-reahuiut-na-smert-parubiia\/\">expressed condolences<\/a> in connection with the murder of Andriy Parubiy, a people&#8217;s deputy of several convocations and the chairman of the parliament of the VIII convocation. European officials also <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/vin-buv-bortsem-za-ukrainsku-demokratiiu-ievropeyski-chynovnyky-zreahuvaly-na-vbyvstvo-parubiia\/\">commented on<\/a> this crime, calling it terrible.<\/p>\n<p> Subsequently, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the murder of MP and former speaker of parliament Andriy Parubiy <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zlochyn-buv-retelno-pidhotovanyy-zelenskyy-rozkryv-detali-rozsliduvannia-vbyvstva-parubiia\/\">was carefully prepared<\/a> . According to him, the SBU was also involved in the investigation. The head of state also instructed to immediately provide verified information to the public.<\/p>\n<p> Meanwhile, the European Solidarity faction made an official statement about the death of Andriy Parubiy. Colleagues and friends responded to the murder, calling it <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/tsynichne-ta-pidle-vbyvstvo-yevropeyska-solidarnist-zrobyla-ofitsiynu-zaiavu-shchodo-zahybeli-andriia-parubiia\/\">cynical and cruel<\/a> . &#8220;The murder of Andriy Parubiy <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/poroshenko-vidreahuvav-na-ubyvstvo-parubiia-tse-postril-v-sertse-ukrainy\/\">is a shot in the heart of Ukraine<\/a> ,&#8221; the fifth President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko emphasized.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, August 31, the State Flag was lowered on the building of the Verkhovna Rada in connection with the murder of the former speaker of parliament, people&#8217;s deputy of several convocations Andriy Parubiy. This was reported by the head of parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk. &#8220;His death was a great loss for the parliament and all of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1287469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76873],"class_list":["post-1287475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1287475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1287469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1287475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1287475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}