Leading Political Figure Shot Dead In Ukraine

Ukraininan politician Andriy Parubiy -- seen here speaking to members of parliament in Kyiv in a December 6, 2018 file picture -- was shot dead in Lviv, in the west of the country (Credit: AFP)

A former Ukrainian speaker of parliament who was a leading figure in the country's pro-European protest movements in 2004 and 2014 was shot dead on Saturday in western Ukraine, officials said.

Andriy Parubiy, 54, who also previously served as secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, was killed in the city of Lviv.