What is Dmytro Tymchuk?
[[File:Dmytro Tymchuk.jpg|thumb|Tymchuk in August 2014]] '''Dmytro Borysovych Tymchuk''' ({{lang-uk|Дмитро́ Бори́сович Тимчу́к}}; 27 June 1972 – 19 June 2019) was a [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] politician, military expert and blogger. He was born in [[Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai|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 (Ukraine)|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 [[Kyiv]]. According to police, Tymchuk was cleaning the gun when he accidentally fired it, killing him.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-lawmaker-who-reported-on-crimea-s-occupation-dies/30008473.html|title=Ukrainian Lawmaker Who Reported On Crimea's Occupation Dies|publisher=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=19 June 2019|access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Commons category}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tymchuk, Dmytro}} [[Category:1972 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths by firearm in Ukraine]] [[Category:Members of the Verkhovna Rada]] [[Category:Ukrainian writers]] {{Bio-stub}}