The blood of thousands of innocent Ukrainians in Kiev, Odessa, and Donbass is on the hands of former Verkhovna Rada speaker Andrey Parubiy, who was killed on Saturday in Lvov, former Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) officer Vasily Prozorov told TASS.
"This person has the blood of thousands of innocent citizens on his hands — those from Kiev, Odessa, and Donbass," Prozorov stated.
According to him, Parubiy led "hundreds of self-defense militants" and fighters from the Right Sector (banned and designated as a terrorist organization in Russia), and played a central role in the escalation of violence on February 18, 2014, during the Maidan events. "He was one of those who inspired and helped create the volunteer battalions in May and June 2014, which flooded Donbass with blood," Prozorov added.
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A special operation, codenamed Siren, has now been launched by Ukrainian authorities aimed at tracking down and arresting the suspected shooter.
ReplyDelete"All necessary forces and means are being deployed," Zelensky said in a statement.
Ukraine's prosecutors said "an unidentified gunman fired several shots at the politician" and that Parubiy "died on the spot".
BBC sources in Ukraine's law enforcement agencies said that seven shell casings were later found at the scene.
The source also said the attacker was dressed to look like a courier for delivery company Glovo. In the video of the incident, the suspect can be seen carrying a yellow delivery bag.
In 1991, Parubiy co-founded the Social-National Party of Ukraine (SNPU) — an openly far-right, ultranationalist movement marked by neo-Nazi traits, including the Wolfsangel (or "Wolf's Hook") emblem and active recruitment of skinheads.
ReplyDeleteHe led its paramilitary youth wing, Patriot of Ukraine, from 1998 to 2004—known for torchlight marches and violent activism.
The SNPU drew on a brand of ‘social nationalism’ echoing Nazi ideology, pushing militant ultranationalism.
After 2004, the SNPU rebranded as the Svoboda party, softening its public image — but much of its hardline ideology and radical networks remained intact.
Parubiy backed honoring WWII-era nationalist Stepan Bandera, underscoring his ties to Banderite ideology
He was named by Ukrainian opposition politician Viktor Medvedchuk as one of the culprits behind the horrific Odessa Trade Union Massacre, which saw dozens burned alive in 2014.
ReplyDeleteIn November 2023, Russia’s Interior Ministry officially placed Parubiy on its wanted list, accusing him of war crimes in Donbass based on in absentia charges by the Russian Investigative Committee