At the current stage of the investigation into the case of Murder of People's Deputy Andriy Parubiy law enforcement officers do not rule out a Russian trace. About this on briefing in Lviv, the head of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office, Mykola Meret, reported.

At the same time, he clarified that the investigation currently has no information indicating a connection between today's murder of Andriy Parubiy and the murder of Iryna Farion over a year ago.

Head of the Lviv Regional Department of the National Police, Oleksandr Shlyakhovsky, in turn, said that law enforcement officers were notified of the shooting, which killed the MP, at 11:37 a.m. Police teams that arrived on the call established that an unknown person fired about 8 shots from a short-barreled firearm. Andriy Parubiy died on the spot from his injuries.

At the time of the briefing, law enforcement officers had not yet identified the shooter. It was also not clear what weapon the killer used.

"A special police operation was immediately launched to determine the location of the criminal and prevent him from escaping from the police. To this end, an analysis of video surveillance cameras along the criminal's approach and departure route was initiated, as well as the identification and questioning of witnesses and eyewitnesses to the incident in order to obtain complete information that would help identify the criminal," Shlyakhovsky said.

The head of the Lviv police confirmed the information previously announced by the president that the crime was carefully planned.

At the same time, Shlyakhovsky refused to provide journalists with information about the characteristics of the criminal (height, hair color, etc.), as well as whether the shooter acted alone or as part of an organized group. He also refused to confirm that the shooter was a courier for a well-known delivery service.

Murder of Andriy Parubiy: latest news

As UNIAN reported, the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor General regularly report to the president on the progress of the investigation into the murder of People's Deputy Andriy Parubiy. According to Zelensky,"Many forces" involved in the investigation The president also stressed that the crime was "carefully prepared."

Former Lviv City Council deputy Ihor Zinkevich, who was friends with the deceased, said that Andriy Parubiy did not have personal security.