“ Halytsky District Court of Lviv extended the preventive measure in the form of arrest until December 22 against Mykhailo Scelnikov, who is suspected of murdering People’s Deputy and former Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy. Source: Zaxid.net Details: The case is being investigated under three articles: State Council, encroachment on the life of a people’s deputy, illegal handling of weapons. After the court session, the head of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, Mykola Meret, announced that evidence of cooperation with the Russians was found in the suspect’s phone. Meret’s direct speech: “During the examination of the suspect’s phone, we found photos of the location of certain objects of the Armed Forces, the location of the echelons with fuel, which he dropped off to his curator. This is an established fact. After the murder, we established the killer’s escape route, discovered a bicycle in the forest and burned things. Next, an examination was ordered. First, the DNA of an unknown man at the time was found, and when Scelnikov was arrested, they appointed a comparative examination and the indicators coincided. More than 80 examinations are being conducted in the criminal proceedings, you need to have time for this.” Background: On August 30, 2025, the current People’s Deputy and former Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Andrii Parubiy was killed in Lviv. As reported in the Prosecutor General’s Office, an unknown man fired several shots at the politician, as a result of which Parubiy died on the spot. The attacker escaped, a special operation “Siren” was launched in the city. On the night of September 1, Zelensky announced the arrest of a suspect in the murder of the former speaker of the Verkhovna Rada. Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko clarified that the suspect was detained in Khmelnytskyi region. The National Police showed the first photos of the detained suspect. The head of the National Police, Ivan Vyhivskyi, emphasized that this crime was not accidental, and that there is a Russian trace in it. At a briefing on September 1, law enforcement officers reported that the investigation does not reject any of the versions in the case of the murder of People’s Deputy Andrii Parubiy, but they consider the Russian trail to be the priority. Radio Svoboda journalists claim that the suspect in Parubiy’s murder confessed to the crime during the first interrogations and informed about his contacts with representatives of Russia.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Zaxid.net
Details: The case is being investigated under three articles: State Council, encroachment on the life of a people’s deputy, illegal handling of weapons.
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After the court session, the head of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, Mykola Meret, announced that evidence of cooperation with the Russians was found in the suspect’s phone.
Meret’s direct speech: “During the inspection of the suspect’s phone, we found photos of the location of certain objects of the Armed Forces, the location of echelons with fuel, which he transferred to his curator. This is an established fact.
After the murder, we established the killer’s escape route, discovered a bicycle in the woods and burned things. An examination was then scheduled. At first, the DNA of an unknown man at that time was detected, and when Scelnikov was detained, a comparative examination was ordered and the indicators matched. More than 80 examinations are being conducted in the criminal proceedings, you need to have time for this.”
Prehistory:
- August 30, 2025 in Lviv killed current People’s Deputy and former Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Andrii Parubiy. As reported in the Prosecutor General’s Office, the man is unknown fired several shots a politician, as a result of which Parubiy died on the spot. The attacker escaped, a special operation “Siren” was launched in the city.
- Zelenskyi reported on the night of September 1 detention of the suspect in the murder of the former chairman of the Verkhovna Rada. Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko clarified that the suspect detained in Khmelnytskyi region.
- The National Police showed the first photos of the detained suspect. The head of the National Police, Ivan Vyhivskyi, emphasized that this crime was not accidental, and that there is a Russian trace in it.
- At the briefing on September 1, law enforcement officers reportedthat the investigation does not reject any of the versions in the case of the murder of People’s Deputy Andrii Parubiy, but they consider the Russian trail to be the priority.
- Journalists of “Radio Liberty” claimthat the suspect in Parubiy’s murder confessed to the crime during the first interrogations and informed about his contacts with representatives of Russia.