A former Ukrainian legislator and adjutant of ex-President Viktor Yanukowitsch was shot close to Madrid on Wednesday, mentioned a Spanish police supply, mentioned AFP.
The police reacted to a shootout within the rich metropolis of Pozuelo de Alarcón, the place “a number of individuals” shot the person in his again and shot his head when he “ought to get right into a automobile”, mentioned the supply and confirmed that the sufferer was Andrii Portnov.
The shooters fled to a forested space, added the supply. The assault befell close to a personal American college.
Portnov was within the 2000s and later as deputy head of the presidential administration beneath Yanukowitsch, a pro-Kremlin chief who fled to Russia in 2014 after he had fled to Russia in 2014 after a deadly process.
Portnov left the Ukraine to Yanukovich group and reported reportedly in Russia and Austria earlier than returning after the election of President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The US sanctioned Portnov in 2021 on account of alleged corruption and accused him of utilizing his affect on the judiciary and legislation enforcement of Ukraine to enhance reform efforts.
In accordance with media reviews, Portnov used its authorities relationships to flee once more in 2022, though a ban on males of army age left the nation.
