Former Ukrainian parliament Speaker, Andriy Parubiy, has passed away at the age of 54.
Naija News learned that Parubiy was shot dead on Saturday in the western city of Lviv.
According to the security authorities, President Volodymyr Zelensky has described the demise of the former lawmaker as a “horrific murder”.
Zelensky vowed a thorough investigation into the killing of the popular politician who was the parliamentary speaker in the 2010s.
Police further stated that Parubiy died on the spot as a result of his injuries, adding that they are searching for the gunman, and the motive for the killing was unclear.
Parubiy, who was speaker of parliament from 2016 to 2019, had been a prominent supporter of the pro-European Orange Revolution in 2004 and the Maidan Revolution in 2014.
In other news, 50-year-old woman, Nathalie Rose Jones, from Lafayette, Indiana, has been arrested after allegedly plotting to kidnap and assassinate United States President, Donald Trump.
According to a statement released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia on August 18, 2025, Jones was apprehended two days earlier, on August 16, after she travelled to Washington, D.C., with the intent to carry out the plot.
Authorities disclosed that Jones made several disturbing posts on Facebook and Instagram, where she openly threatened Trump’s life.
In one post, she wrote, “I am willing to sacrificially kill this POTUS by disembowelling him and cutting out his trachea with Liz Cheney and all The Affirmation present.”
She also referred to an “arrest and removal ceremony” planned for the former president.
The U.S. Secret Service launched an investigation and traced the threatening messages back to Jones. During questioning on August 15, she reportedly admitted to making the threats and told investigators she would attempt to assassinate Trump if the opportunity arose.
Jones claimed her actions were driven by a desire to avenge lives lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, she later recanted, saying she no longer intended to harm the president.
Reports suggest that Jones has a history of mental illness, which she had acknowledged in several of her social media posts.
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