Thousands in Ukraine attend funeral of former lawmaker and critic of Russia who was killed in Lviv

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Thousands in Ukraine attend ******** of former lawmaker and critic of Russia who was ******* in Lviv

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Several thousand mourners attended the ******** Monday in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv for a former lawmaker best known for her campaign to promote the Ukrainian language who was

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in the street by an unknown assailant.

Iryna Farion, 60, was shot on Friday and later ***** from her wounds in a hospital. A search is underway for her attacker, who fled the scene. Ukrainian officials said the ******* is being investigated as an **************.

Her daughter Sofia Semchyshyn commented about her ********. “*******, they ******* her near her house during the day, on a sunny day.”

Farion served as a member of the Ukrainian parliament between 2012 and 2014, and was best known for her campaigns to promote the use of the Ukrainian language, urging that Ukrainian officials should not speak Russian. She controversially criticized Russian-speaking members of Ukraine’s Azov regiment who defended the

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Lviv resident Olha Arden, 64, praised Farion.

“For me she is a patriot, a nationalist and she is our fighter for the Ukrainian language, the strongest fighter,” she said. “For 32 years she fought for the Ukrainian language. We respect and honor her. We will remember her after ******.”

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