KYIV — Spanish police are investigating the dying of Andrii Portnov, 51, a robust Ukrainian former politician, who was residing in Spain.
Portnov was shot lifeless by a number of unknown attackers on a avenue in Pozuelo de Alarcón, a city within the Madrid province of Spain, the Spanish Inside Ministry confirmed to POLITICO.
“Official sources verify that the sufferer was shot a number of occasions as he was getting right into a automobile. A number of folks shot him within the again and head after which fled the scene right into a wooded space,” the ministry’s press service stated.
Portnov was one of many key functionaries of Ukraine’s pro-Russian fugitive former President Viktor Yanukovych. In 2021, he was sanctioned by america over allegations of high-profile corruption, notably within the judiciary.
Portnov’s killing just isn’t the primary high-profile taking pictures in Spain associated to Ukraine. Maxim Kuzminov, a Russian serviceman who drew plaudits for defecting to Kyiv after Russia’s invasion, was gunned down in Villajoyosa, near Alicante, in 2024.