# Ukraine court sentences 20-year-old man to life for killing ex-lawmaker Iryna Farion

https://mins.news/en/item/81819

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-01 12:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-court-sentences-20-year-old-man-to-life-imprisonment-for-killing-ex-lawmaker-iryna-farion/

> The Shevchenko District Court of Lviv sentenced Vyacheslav Zinchenko to life in prison for murdering linguist and former lawmaker Iryna Farion. Farion was shot in the head near her home on July 19, 2024, and died hours later. Her daughter called the verdict a “historic day.”

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