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Saturday, 27 April
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Former MP who defended Ukraine and was wounded at the war front died

The People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 8th convocation Andriy Antonyshchak has died. He was fighting at the war front and was wounded.

This was reported by MP Iryna Gerashchenko.

"In the morning we received the sad news. Our colleague, MP of the previous convocation, Andriy Antonyshchak, died. Andriy was at war, he was wounded. But then he was lucky. The war caught up with him in the rear, his health was undermined...... Andriy was very concerned about the situation at the front, we discussed the provision of units and humanitarian aid... We remember you, my friend... Our sincere condolences to the family," Gerashchenko wrote.

Andriy Antonyshchak was born on June 23, 1969, in Novyi Rozdil, Lviv Region. He graduated from the IAPM with a degree in personnel and business management. In 2006, he became a deputy of the Lviv City Council from the Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch. In late 2013 and early 2014, he took an active part in the events of Euromaidan.

Member of the Parliament of Ukraine of the VIII convocation, member of the parliamentary faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, former member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy.

Coordinator of the 1st Operational Battalion of the National Guard of Ukraine.

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Earlier we reported that a former player of Kyiv "Dynamo", midfielder Serhiy Rozhok, died at the front.