In Lviv, at St. George’s Archcathedral of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the funeral service for Andriy Parubiy — Member of Parliament and former Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada — has begun.
The ceremony is being broadcast live by Suspilne, Ukrinform reports.
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Family and close friends of the late politician are in attendance, along with Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk, his First Deputy Oleksandr Korniienko, former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, former Prime Ministers Volodymyr Hroisman and Arseniy Yatsenyuk, and former parliamentary speaker Oleksandr Turchynov.
At 13:30, a citywide farewell ceremony for Andriy Parubiy will take place at Rynok Square near Lviv City Hall.
As reported earlier, Parubiy — a former Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada and sitting MP — was shot dead in Lviv on August 30.
Law enforcement officials, including Lviv region police chief Oleksandr Shliakhovskyi and regional prosecutor Mykola Meret, said investigators are considering the possibility of Russian involvement in the assassination.
The suspect was detained overnight on August 31 in Khmelnytskyi region. On September 1, the Lviv regional prosecutor signed a notice of suspicion against a 52-year-old Lviv resident in connection with Parubiy’s murder.
Previously, a public memorial and farewell ceremony for Parubiy was held on Kyiv’s Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti).
Photo: Suspilne Lviv
