Former Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Andriy Parubi, a central figure of the Meidan -European Revolution in 2014, was murdered today in the western part of the country, the Ukrainian authorities said, adding that authorities have launched a man -hunger.

The conditions of his death and the reasons why he was targeted are currently unknown.

“A man who has not been identified many times against the politician, killing Antriy Parubi” in LBV, a large city of Western Ukraine, said the Attorney General’s office.

The suspect fled and a “special operation” began to locate him, the source added.

A “homicide” investigation has also begun, the prosecutor’s office announced, which pledged to ascertain the armed identity and the circumstances of the crime.

Member of Parliament Andriy Parubi, aged 54, a central person in the revolution in favor of Meidan’s European course, served as President of the Ukrainian Parliament for 2016-2019.

He was also Secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council from February to August 2014, a period during which hostilities began in eastern Ukraine and Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula.

In 2014 he had survived an attempt to kill a grenade, they broadcast Ukrainian media.

Ukraine President Volodimir Zelenski expressed his sadness over a “horrible murder” and promised that “all the forces and the means needed” will be mobilized as part of the research.

In photos allegedly showing the crime scene and published by Ukrainian media, but their authenticity has not been verified, a man is distinguished with a person full of blood lying on the road.

The suspect was dressed as a distributor and drove an electric bicycle, reported the state broadcasting of Suspilné citing anonymous sources.

Ukraine Prime Minister Julia Svirindenko today welcomed the memory of “a patriot” of opium “the contribution was great in the formation of our state”.