The attack took place on Friday evening in Lviv. According to Ukrainian media, at around 7:30 p.m. local time, an unknown assailant shot Irina Varion and fled the scene. It is unofficially known that the bullet hit her temple. The woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition. There, doctors fought for her life. Late in the evening, news of her death came.
Assassination attempt on Irina Varion. Death of former Ukrainian MP
“Irina Varion died in the hospital. The doctors did everything they could, but the injuries did not allow them to survive. The Lviv community expresses its sincere condolences to the family and everyone who knew and loved her,” Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadoy wrote on the platform.
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Earlier, Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Telegram that the woman’s condition was very serious.
“All necessary forces of the Ukrainian National Police and the Security Service of Ukraine are involved in establishing the circumstances of the attack,” the Ukrainian president wrote. The perpetrator is currently being sought. Zelensky stressed the need to hold those responsible for the attack fully accountable.
Who was Irina Farion?
Iryna Varion was a Ukrainian linguist and activist of the New Bandera movement Svoboda. In the past, she was a member of the Ukrainian parliament on behalf of this party. The last time she was mentioned was in November last year. Then she stated that Russian-speaking soldiers in the Armed Forces of Ukraine “cannot be called Ukrainians.” For these words, she was dismissed from the Lviv University of Technology. She returned to work in June this year.
She has previously been known for a number of controversial statements. Among other things, she claimed that Poland occupied 19,500 square kilometers of ethnic Ukrainian territory, and this fact remains “an unhealed wound in the Ukrainian national soul.” She also called for preventing the “colonization” of Ukrainians. In turn, in 2014, during the UPA’s “March of Fame”, she quoted Adolf Hitler.
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