 A prominent Ukrainian linguist and politician has been murdered. As NPR's Hanna Palomarenko reports, authorities say an investigation is underway. Officials say 60-year-old Irina Faryon was killed Friday in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv after an unknown assailant shot her and then fled the scene. President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was informed of Faryon's murder by the Minister of Internal Affairs and the head of Ukraine's Security Service .