Yana Zinkevych

Yana Vadimyvna Zinkevych (Ukrainian: Яна Вадимівна Зінкевич, born 2 July 1995[1] in Rivne) is a Ukrainian member of parliament and military veteran who has been a representative of the European Solidarity party in the 9th convocation of the Verhovna Rada since the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[2] She was placed 7th on the party's election list.[1]

Zinkevych at the 2019 March of Defenders.

During the Donbass War, Zinkevych was the commander of the Hospitallers Medical Battalion, having reportedly saved approximately 200 soldiers. She was seriously injured in a car accident in December 2015, and therefore uses a wheelchair. She is one of the recipients of the Ukrainian Order of Merit.[3]

References
  1. "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
  2. (in Ukrainian) Small Yana Vadimyvna Zinkevych biography, Chesno
  3. Melkozerova, Veronika (1 December 2016). "Yana Zinkevych: She nearly loses her life saving soldiers, but her fighting spirit refuses to give up". Kyiv Post.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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