Ukrainian politician Andriy Portnov is shot dead in Madrid

The Reuters news agency is reporting that Andriy Portnov was killed outside a school in an affluent suburb of Madrid, at about 7.15am (UK time).

Police told Reuters that a Ukrainian had been shout outside the American School of Madrid, located in Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid.

Other sources have identified the man as Mr Portnov, who is thought to have been taking his children to school. He was a senior aide to the former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who was in power from 2010 to 2014, when he fled after the Euromaidan revolution. This was an uprising aimed at making Yanukovych sign an agreement with the EU, to which he had previously agreed - but had stalled on, possibly because of Russian pressure.

Reuters has reported that since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, there have been several crimes involving high-profile Russian and Ukrainians in Spain, including letter bombs, and shootings.