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Budanov on the murder of Farion: “the enemy seeks to use any tools to divide the nation”

ByNazar Bogudan

Jul 23, 2024

The head of military intelligence emphasized that the right to defend one's beliefs is sacred, despite different political positions. 

Budanov – about the murder of Farion: “the enemy seeks to use any tools to divide the nation” Budanov commented on the murder of Ukrainian linguist and public figure Irina Farion. </p> <p>On the day of his farewell, he wrote a message in which he called the cold-blooded murder of a famous linguist a challenge for the entire Ukrainian society and a crime against the fundamental rights and freedoms of Ukrainians.  Budanov is convinced that she was killed for her Ukrainian position. </p> <p>“This tragedy has once again demonstrated that the enemy seeks to use any tool to divide our nation,” he wrote. </p> <p>He emphasized that the right to have an opinion and defend one's beliefs is sacred, despite differences in political positions. Everyone who encroaches on this right must be punished, the head of the GUR added.</p> <h3>The murder of Irina Farion</h3> <p>On the evening of July 19 in Lviv, an unknown person shot at Irina Farion near her home. The bullet hit the head. The woman was hospitalized, but it was not possible to save her – the injury she received was too severe. Irina Farion died in the hospital.</p> <p>Not only the police, but also the Security Service were involved in the investigation of the cynical murder. Law enforcement officers found out that before the murder, Farion’s neighbors saw an unknown man at her house. Due to a blackout, surveillance cameras could not record him at all times, but there is reason to believe that he could have been the perpetrator of the crime.</p> <p>On July 21, police released a video of a man believed to be involved in the murder. He is approximately 20 years old. </p> <p>Law enforcement officers are considering all versions of the motive for the crime. Farion, defending the interests of the Ukrainian language, sometimes made radical statements, and last year he was suspended from teaching at the Lviv Polytechnic – this happened after she stated that she did not consider the Russian-speaking fighters of Azov and the 3rd Assault Brigade to be Ukrainians if they cannot speak Ukrainian. She also published a letter addressed to her from a student from occupied Crimea. The letter contained the student’s personal information, and the occupiers used this to put pressure on him. After these episodes, the SBU opened proceedings against Farion. Linguistics was eventually resumed at the university in June. <br class=

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