Former Ukrainian parliament speaker Andriy Parubiy has been shot dead in Lviv, Ukrainian authorities have said.

Police received reports of the shooting in the Frankivsk district of Lviv, western Ukraine, at around midday local time on Saturday. Unconfirmed reports suggest Parubiy was shot multiple times by a gunman on an e-bike dressed as a courier.

Parubiy, 54, rose to prominence as part of Ukraine's Maidan movement, which advocated for closer ties with the European Union (EU) and brought down pro-Russian former president Viktor Yanukovych in 2014.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described it as a "terrible murder" and sent his condolences.

Ukraine's national police, Lviv Regional police, and the security service are investigating. It remains unclear who was behind the attack.