Andriy Portnov was previously a senior aide to removed former President Viktor Yanukovych and had been the subject of US sanctions.
A Ukrainian former politician has been shot dead by unknown assailants outside a school in Madrid, Spain, authorities said.
The man was identified by Spain’s Ministry of Interior as Andriy Portnov, who was previously a senior aide to Ukraine’s former President Viktor Yanukovych
The attack on Wednesday morning took place outside the gates of the American School in the Spanish capital’s upscale neighbourhood of Pozuelo de Alarcon.
Police were called at about 9:15am (07:15 GMT) and notified that a man had been shot in the street.
Witnesses quoted by the police said he was shot “several times” in the head and body by more than one assailant. The attack occured as Portnov prepared to get into a vehicle, a police source told the AFP news agency, adding that the assailants then fled on foot to a wooded area.
One student at the school, Timur Ayaokur, told the news agency that he and his classmates first heard there had been a shooting about 20 minutes into their first class of the day.
I thought it was a drill,” said the 17-year-old.
His mother, Elina Ayaokur, told the agency that she knew the victim, although not well.
“I didn’t know there were Ukrainian politicians there,” she said, adding that the victim had a son in the 4th grade.