A scandal erupted around Irina Farion, a former people’s deputy and philologist. This happened after her statements about the Russian-speaking warriors of Azov.
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Farion said that she cannot call the military Ukrainians if they do not speak the state language.
Let them call themselves Russians. Why were they so freaked out? They are such great patriots. Show your patriotism – learn the language of Taras Grigorievich Shevchenko,” Farion said.
According to politics, a strong army must be ideologically savvy, and the state must “help” the military with self-awareness.
Farion’s statement expectedly caused indignation among the Ukrainian military.
Deputy commander of the 3rd Special Brigade, commander of the Azov regiment in 2016-2017, Major of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Maxim Zhorin decided to answer in Russian, but was not polite in his answer.
Other soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reacted in approximately the same way to the statements of the “Svobodovka”, but in Ukrainian.
In turn, Deputy Chairman of the Council Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, People’s Deputy Yegor Chernev called on the SBU to check Farion’s scandalous statements.
The deputy also recalled her Soviet past in his message.
During a war, such actions are especially dangerous and, in my opinion, pose a threat to the national security of Ukraine,” Chernev noted.
Earlier, Irina Farion also stated that the presence of Russian-speaking children in the group causes her little grandson Dmitry moral suffering in kindergarten, and argued that since there are soldiers in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who use Russian instead of Ukrainian, this is an unforgivable thing and if the paths came to protect Russian-speaking . , then they are on Putin’s side.
Source: Racurs
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