Dmytro Tymchuk

Tymchuk in August 2014

Dmytro Borysovych Tymchuk (Ukrainian: Дмитро́ Бори́сович Тимчу́кcode: uk is deprecated ; 27 June 1972 – 19 June 2019) was a Ukrainian politician, military expert and blogger. He was born in Chita, Russian SFSR. He became one of the most popular Ukrainian online activists during the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine. He was a founding member of the People's Front political party. He was a member of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, from 2014 until his death in 2019.

On 19 June 2019, Tymchuk was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head in Kiev. According to police, Tymchuk was cleaning the gun when he accidentally fired it, killing him.^[1]

References

↑ Ukrainian Lawmaker Who Reported On Crimea's Occupation Dies. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 19 June 2019. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-lawmaker-who-reported-on-crimea-s-occupation-dies/30008473.html. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[1] Ukrainian Lawmaker Who Reported On Crimea's Occupation Dies. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 19 June 2019. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-lawmaker-who-reported-on-crimea-s-occupation-dies/30008473.html. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

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