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Ukrainian ex-top official shot dead outside Madrid school

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May 21, 2025

On Wednesday, May 21, unknown armed assailants fatally shot a former Ukrainian official[Unsourced] - who left for Russia in 2014[Unsourced] - after he dropped his kids off at an American school[Unsourced] as he was walking back to his car in the school's parking area, authorities said. Spain's Interior Ministry said that police arrested a on Wednesday just outside a school in one of Madrid’s upscale neighborhoods.[Unsourced]

Andriy Portnov, 51 years old, previously held the position of senior advisor to Viktor Yanukovich, the pro-Russian former president of Ukraine who was ousted during a popular uprising in 2014.[Unsourced]

At 9:15 a.m. local time (0715 GMT), police officials informed Reuters[Unsourced] that a man suffering from gunshot wounds was discovered on the street near the American School of Madrid in Pozuelo de Alarcón, a suburb to the west of Madrid.


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