A Ukrainian ex political fell dead by shots outside the American school in the Spanish capital, Madrid. The 52 -year -old Philorasos received at least five bullets in front of the school door in the Percentage Deloel district.
THE 52 -year -old former politician, named after Ukrainian and Spanish sources as Andriy Portnov (Andriy Portnov), he had just left his children at school in the Pothuelo DE area of Madrid.
At least one unknown perpetrator shot him several times Before escaping in the park, according to Spanish reports.
Portnov had served as deputy head of the Presidential Administration of Victor Yanukovych, the pro -President who was expelled from power in 2014 after months of demonstrations. She was previously a Member of Parliament and in her party Yulia Tymoshenko.
Left Ukraine, but He returned in 2019 when Volodimir Zelenski was elected president.
He later re -abandoned the country and in 2021 he was imposed on him by the US Department of Finance, which characterized him as ‘Known intermediary in justice’ trying to control the judicial system and undermine reforms.
Portnov was accused of using his influence to buy access to the judicial system, to influence judicial decisions in Ukraine courts, the formation of legislation, to ensure that officials’ loyalists are appointed to the highest levels of the judiciary by undermining the reforms.
The EU had also imposed penalties on Portnov, but which it insulted and won the case.
The identity of the perpetrator of the murder, which took place around 09:15 local time on Wednesday (21.05.2025), remains unknown. Reportedly, at the time of the attack students continued to enter school.
Police drones and helicopters They searched the area for the armed, who – according to eyewitnesses – was a thin man in a blue sports form. Spanish reports said it might have had at least one motorcycle collaborator.
Similar attack had been noted in 2018, when one Colombian Narker murdered outside a British school a few kilometers away.
However, the Motivation of Wednesday’s attack remains unknown. Emergency services that arrived only confirmed that Portnov had multiple wounds of bullets to the back and head.
His black Mercedes car is being investigated by the authorities, while the school informed parents that all students at school are safe.
Corresponding attack on Spain in February 2023
Although Ukrainian secret services have been linked to several targeted murders in Russia or in occupied Ukrainian areas, a corresponding attack on Spain February 2023 had been attributed to Russian performers.
The victim then, Russian helicopter pilot, murdered near Alicantein southern Spain a few months after he had automated in Ukraine. The Ukrainian authorities had been offered to protect him, but he is believed to live in Spain with a Ukrainian passport and a different name.
The Russian pilot, Maxim Kusminov, who disagreed with the invasion of Ukraine, self-sufficient to the Ukrainian forces, taking with him the Mi-8 helicopter of which he was a ruler.
The Ukrainian authorities had then announced that the two other members of the helicopter crew, who did not know his intentions, were “killed after landing”.