Farion's murder is beneficial for Russian special services - Ukraine's former chief military prosecutor

He expressed the opinion on Espreso TV.

"When you start investigating a murder, you immediately look for motives and who benefits from it. The murder of Iryna Farion does not look very simple. Because, in my opinion, this murder is very beneficial to the Russian special services. In order to undermine the situation inside the country and add demotivation to the society. However, there may also be some personal motives. Iryna Farion taught at the university and we know her uncompromising position on the history of Ukraine and the language," Chumak explained.

According to the politician, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and special services must promptly find the killer of Iryna Farion.

"I do not rule out the possibility that she was hunted down by a loner. Just as it was with the attempted assassination of Trump. There are many versions. Now we have a video and a photo of the alleged suspect in the murder of Iryna Farion. It is now a matter of technique and dexterity of our special services and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find the killer," he added.

• On July 19, at about 19:30, an unknown assailant shot Iryna Farion in Lviv. The Lviv regional police confirmed this and reported that a special police operation was underway to detain him.
• Iryna Farion was taken to St. Panteleimon Hospital of the First Territorial Medical Association of Lviv. The woman was in critical condition, late in the evening of July 19, doctors reported that she was in a brain coma and on artificial lung ventilation. Doctors fought for her life to the last.
• On Espreso, Lviv City Council member Andirian Hutnyk provided details of the attempted assassination of Iryna Farion. He said that an unknown young man of 20-25 years old "was wearing some kind of hat". He fired a shot at her head with a firearm, the bullet hit her temple, the shot was from a gun without a silencer.
• Subsequently, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said that the attack on Iryna Farion was classified as an attempted murder. The Prosecutor General's Office noted that a pre-trial investigation had been launched.
• President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy also reacted to the attempted murder of Iryna Farion. He said that all the necessary forces of the National Police of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine are involved to establish the circumstances of this crime. "Obviously, any violence deserves only condemnation and everyone who is guilty of this attack must be held fully accountable," Zelenskyy wrote.
• Former MP, linguist and professor at Lviv Polytechnic Iryna Farion died in hospital in Lviv. The shot to her head on the evening of 19 July was fatal.