The man who shot former Rada Deputy Irina Farion had been tailing her for several weeks, according to reporting by the Public publication.
Farion’s neighbor, Maria Babyuk, who witnessed the attacker’s flight, said the man had been watching Farion enter the area every day for weeks. She added that others in the neighborhood interacted with him and even offered him food. He claimed to have come from Ternopil.
“Each day at ten o’clock, he sat on this bench,” Babyuk recalled.
On July 19, an attempt was made on Irina Farion in Lviv: the woman was shot near her home, in the temple area, and doctors could not save her.
Farion was known for outspoken statements about Russia and the Russian language. Last November, he clashed with Azov fighters after declaring that the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not recruit Russian-speaking soldiers and do not consider them Ukrainians. Former battalion commander Maxim Zhorin issued a threat referencing “Lvov brothers.” Details were reported in material from Newspapers.Ru.
Earlier reports noted a power outage in Lviv that hindered investigators from identifying Farion’s attacker.
In the aftermath, authorities reviewed security footage and conducted interviews with residents to piece together the suspect’s pattern of behavior, including long periods of surveillance in the neighborhood and the social interactions that accompanied his visits. The investigation continues as law enforcement officials seek to establish motive and connect the events to broader regional tensions and political rhetoric that have surfaced in recent months. Cited analyses and commentary provide context for the evolving public narrative surrounding the incident .