They had met as boys in the scouts group called Plast, in the western city of Lviv, and forged bonds over mountain hikes, sunburns, scratched knees and bug bites. Friends called him “Kurka,” Ukrainian for chicken, because of the mop of curly hair he styled into a mohawk as a youth. But he was also deeply invested in seeing his small home village near the city thrive, and hoped to start a small farm there. Roman Lozynskyi studied political science in Lviv and got into local politics before spending time as an intern in the Canadian Parliament. He was elected to the Ukrainian Parliament in 2019, and had started to split his time between Kyiv, the capital, and Lviv.

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Persons: Artem, Dmytro, Artem Dymyd, Kurka, Dmytro Paschuk, Roman Lozynskyi Organizations: Roman, French Legion, Canadian Locations: Lviv, Ukrainian, Kyiv