Nikita Shenderovsky18:38, 01.09.25

The Russians came after the perpetrator when he was trying to find his missing military son.

The suspect in the murder of MP and former Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy confessed to the crime during the first interrogations, Radio Liberty reports , citing law enforcement sources.

In particular, the suspect said that in 2023 he learned from his son’s brothers that he had gone missing in the Bakhmut direction. After that, the suspect began to monitor Russian social networks to find information about his son’s fate. Later, he began to communicate with unidentified representatives of the Russian Federation, who informed him of his son’s death. 

According to the suspect, the Russian representatives in the conversation allegedly justified Russia’s actions in the war against Ukraine and, on the contrary, accused the Ukrainian authorities of starting it. The suspect himself told the Russians that he lives in Lviv and has repeatedly seen Andriy Parubiy. 

Further, during the conversation with representatives of the Russian Federation, the suspect began preparing for the murder: he received a weapon, purchased equipment – a bicycle and a helmet, and also bought a car using forged documents, in which he followed the politician. The suspect told all this information during the first interrogations of the suspect – it is currently being verified by the investigation.

The murder of Andriy Parubiy: what is known

As UNIAN reported, on August 30, MP and former Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy was killed in Lviv . On September 1, law enforcement officers reported the arrest of a suspect in the murder. 

He was later informed of suspicion under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: Part 1 of Article 115 (intentional murder) and Part 1 of Article 263 (illegal handling of weapons). Currently, investigative actions are ongoing with the suspect. Searches are being conducted at his places of residence and stay.

(C)UNIAN 2025