“The People’s Deputy, the leader of “European Solidarity” and the fifth President Petro Poroshenko said during his speech in the Verkhovna Rada that the Telegram messenger should be forbidden because it is used to organize terrorist actions against Ukraine.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Poroshenko’s post on Facebook
Details: Poroshenko thanked the People’s Deputies who came to Lviv on September 2 for goodbye to Andriy Parubiy, and called on to continue the politician – to defend Ukraine’s independence and the unity of the state.
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Direct Language: “The Verkhovna Rada, Lviv and all of Ukraine said goodbye to a prominent Ukrainian, a real hero Andriy Parubiy. I want to thank everyone who was given the honor of Mr. Andrew to Mr. Andrew yesterday. He was a man who was able to unite this parliament.
And even with his death he united all of us. It was a person who fought for Ukraine, and I could state without exaggeration – it was the best chairman of the Verkhovna Rada. We all recognize it. ”
Details: According to Poroshenko, law enforcement agencies proved that the murder of Parubiy was organized through Telegram.
Direct Language: “We need not only to speak but to act. Law enforcement agencies have proven that the murder was organized through a network of telegrams, and now a network of terrorist actions against Ukraine is being created through a telegram.
It is our case of honor – to ban telegrams in Ukraine now. ”
Prehistory:
- On August 30, 2025, the current people’s deputy and former Verkhovna Rada chairman were killed in Lviv. According to the Attorney General’s office, an unknown man fired several shots in a politician, which resulted in Parubiy died on the spot. The attacker fled, a special operation “Siren” was introduced in the city.
- Zelensky reported on the night of September 1 about the detention of the suspect in the murder of the former Verkhovna Rada. Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said that the suspect was detained in Khmelnytskyi.
- The National Police showed the first photos of the detained suspect. The head of the National Police Ivan Vygovsky stressed that this crime is not accidental, and that it has a Russian mark.
- At a briefing on September 1, law enforcement officers reported that the investigation did not reject any of the versions in the murder of the People’s Deputy Andriy Parubiy, but they believe – a Russian mark.
- Radio Liberty journalists claim that the suspect in the murder of Parubiy during the first interrogations confessed to the committed and reported his contacts with representatives of Russia.
Recall:
- According to a survey of the sociological group “Rating”, 40% of Ukrainians receive news from telegrams-channels daily, another 12% go there several times a week. YouTube, Facebook and Telearaphone “One News” remain among the most popular sources, but are inferior to reach.
- The US Central Intelligence Management forbids its analysts to use Telegram messenger from working computers.
- In September 2024, the Head of Intelligence Cyril Budanov called the Telegram messenger threat to Ukrainian national security.
- According to a survey conducted by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology on September 1-6, 2024, more than half of Ukrainians believe that Telegram activities in Ukraine need to be restricted and controlled, and less than 10% are in favor of a complete ban on this network.