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Yana Zinkevych

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Zinkevych at the 2019 March of Defenders.

Yana Vadimyvna Zinkevych (Ukrainian: Яна Вадимівна Зінкевич, born 2 July 1995 in Rivne) is a Ukrainian member of parliament and military veteran who is currently serving as a representative of the European Solidarity party in the 8th convocation of the Verhovna Rada.[1]

During the Donbass War, she was the commander of the Medical Battalion «Hospitaliers», 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.[2]

Reference

  1. ^ (in Ukrainian) Small Yana Vadimyvna Zinkevych biography, Chesno
  2. ^ 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 web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)