In western Ukraine, right-wing nationalist former MP Iryna Farion, known for her anti-Russian statements, was killed by a gunshot to the head.
The 60-year-old died of her injuries in hospital in Lviv. Police and secret service agents are searching for the perpetrator, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.
Above all, Farion fought with radical statements against the Russian language, which is widespread in Ukraine. Your right-wing nationalist party Svoboda therefore suspects that there is a Russian leadership in the murder case.
Zelenskyi condemns the attack
President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attack on Farion and ordered Interior Minister Klymenko and intelligence chief Vasyl Malyuk to investigate the crime. Those responsible must be held accountable, the head of state said. Farion was seriously wounded by a shot in the temple outside her home on Friday night. In the hospital, doctors fought for her life without success.
Interior Minister Klymenko sees a connection between the murder and Farion’s social activities. “The basic versions that are currently being considered are personal hostility, social and political activities of Mrs. Farion. We do not exclude the possibility that it is a contract killing,” the minister wrote on Telegram. He also did not rule out a Russian lead.
Lost position
Farion also had problems with the Ukrainian judiciary because of statements that were directed against the Russian-speaking population. After student protests, she temporarily lost her job at the university where the philologist taught Ukrainian. The professor was, among other things, sharply critical of the fact that many Ukrainian soldiers at the front continued to speak their native language, Russian. According to her own statements, she also bought drones herself to fight the Russian war of aggression.
Farion was widely criticized for dividing Ukrainian society. Russian state propaganda received the news of the politician’s death with satisfaction. “Iryna Farion, who dreamed of the ‘complete extermination’ of the Russian-speaking population, has been eliminated. ‘God will sort things out there, even without us,'” wrote Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Russian state television channel RT.
Source: Krone
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