Demyan Hanul
Ukrainian activist (1993–2025) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Demyan Vadymovych Hanul (Ukrainian: Дем'ян Вадимович Ганул; 6 October 1993 – 14 March 2025) was a Ukrainian activist and public figure best known for his blogging and leadership of the Street Front NGO. Hanul was assassinated in Odesa on 14 March 2025.
Demyan Hanul | |
|---|---|
| Дем'ян Ганул | |
| Leader of the Right Sector's Odesa Branch | |
| In office 2014–2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 October 1993 Novoselytsia, Ulyanovka Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine |
| Died | 14 March 2025 (aged 31) Odesa, Ukraine |
| Political party | Right Sector |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | Russo-Ukraine war |
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Demyan Hanul was born on 6 October 1993.[1] He participated in the Revolution of Dignity in Kyiv, as well as the Odesa clashes against Russian separatists.[2] Hanul operated a blog, as well as an NGO named Street Front, which he used to support rallies, as well as fund-raise for the Ukrainian armed forces.[2] Hanul was the leader of Right Sector's Odesa cell from 2014 to 2016.[3] After leaving Right Sector Hanul worked as a history teacher.[3] He had campaigned hard for the deconstruction of Soviet and Imperial Russian monuments across Ukraine.[2] Hanul and his organization also rallied flash mobs targeting restaurants in Odesa whose employees spoke Russian.[4]
After the outbreak of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 Hanul volunteered for the Ukrainian army.[3] Hanul had an extensive rap-sheet of traffic accidents and traffic violations. In one case the police found 30 rounds of ammunition, a RGD-5 grenade, three grenades for a grenade launcher, and body armour in his car. In 2020 Hanul survived a drive-by shooting.[4] In May 2023, Hanul would be subjected to an attack, being beaten in the streets of Odesa.[3] In July 2024, Hanul reported that Russian hackers had released personal information about him, and his family, and placed a $10,000 bounty on his head.[2]
Hanul's father also participated in the Revolution of Dignity, and also served in the 28th Mechanized Brigade during the Battle of Kyiv.[3]
Assassination
On 14 March 2025, the National Police of Ukraine announced that Hanul had been shot twice in the head by a short-barrel firearm in central Odesa on 13 March.[2][3] Police believe that the shooter was acting under a contract.[3][5]
Questions about the killing arose during the Verkhovna Rada question hour.[4] The case has been personally taken over by Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine's Internal Minister.[3] Klymenko stated that there were "specific leads" the police were following.[6] The killing, and a clear image of the suspect, were caught on CCTV near the scene of the crime.[4]
Pro-Russian media outlet Tipichanya Odesa had reported that his shooter was in "military uniform" but this was denied by the National Police.[2] Another outlet, Dumska had reported that the killer surrendered himself to police custody, which the police have also denied.[7] At 2:12 PM UTC on 14 March a man matching the description and image of Hanul's shooter was arrested at his apartment, with a hidden weapon matching that used in the shooting found.[4] The shooter was a 46-year-old local resident,[8] a Ukrainian soldier who had deserted his unit on 23 February.[9]
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