Yana Zinkevych

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]

Zinkevych at the 2019 March of Defenders.

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.
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