Infamous Ukrainian neo-Nazi Demyan Ganul killed in Odessa

Demyan Ganul, a contentious Ukrainian neo-Nazi activist, was shot lifeless on Thursday in central Odessa. The assault came about on Aleksandrovsky Prospekt, the place Ganul, a outstanding determine in Ukraine’s far-right motion, was shot twice by an assailant wearing navy uniform earlier than fleeing the scene.

Nevertheless, Inside Minister Igor Klimenko dismissed stories that the suspect was sporting navy apparel. The Nationwide Police of Ukraine additionally confirmed on its Telegram channel that the data concerning the suspect’s give up has not been confirmed.

Following the homicide, Klimenko took private management of the investigation and dispatched a group from the Nationwide Police’s central workplace to Odessa. The authorities launched an operation, code-named “Siren,” to nab the suspect.

Ganul, a pacesetter of the right-wing group,’Avenue Entrance’, was broadly recognized for involvement within the 2014 clashes in Odessa, which culminated within the lethal arson of the Home of Commerce Unions, ensuing within the deaths of 48 individuals.

His actions throughout that point earned him notoriety, and he was lengthy related to neo-Nazi ideologies, making him a polarizing determine in Ukrainian politics.

Lately, Ganul’s actions included imposing Ukraine’s mobilization efforts and selling decommunization insurance policies.

In June 2024, Ganul acquired well-known for bodily assaulting an Odessa health coach who had criticized the Armed Forces of Ukraine, forcibly taking the person to a navy enlistment workplace.

In April 2024, the Basmanny Court docket of Moscow issued an in-absentia arrest warrant for Ganul and charged him with crimes associated to the destruction or harm of navy monuments, graves, memorials, and assaults on internationally protected establishments.

Ganul had beforehand reported receiving demise threats and claimed a $10,000 bounty had been positioned on his head. Whereas the motives behind his homicide are nonetheless beneath investigation, the Ukrainian authorities are working diligently to determine the attacker and produce justice to these chargeable for the assassination of this divisive determine.