Former People's Deputy from the "Svoboda" party Iryna Farion has spoken out about the criminal case against her, saying that it is unfounded. In a video commentary posted on her YouTube channel, Farion noted that she learned about the opening of the case from the media, but that it "will not knock her out of her rut."

She also expressed dissatisfaction with the Criminal Code of Ukraine, claiming that the wording of the articles under which she was charged was illiterate. In her opinion, this is where "the mistakes of Ukraine's fate" begin.

Farion claims that her statements from the interviews that formed the basis of the case were cut and edited, so the public drew false conclusions by taking quotes out of context.

She also criticized Ukraine's Russian-speaking population, calling it a "political construct" and referring to a 2021 Constitutional Court ruling that stated there was no legal definition of Russian speakers.

Farion supported her earlier comparison of Russian speakers to a swamp, noting that they "cannot decide who they are."

She also claims that she did not call the Armed Forces a "rabble" and that the media manipulated her words. In her opinion, the army will become a "rabble" if it does not adhere to discipline and does not comply with the law, including the language article on the Armed Forces. The latter reads: "In the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the language of service, office work and documentation is the state language."

As a reminder, yesterday Farion was fired from Lviv Polytechnic National University.