FIFTH SECTIONCASE OF TINYK-ZHUK v. UKRAINE(Application no. 6928/25)      JUDGMENT STRASBOURG26 February 2026  This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.In the case of Tinyk-Zhuk v. Ukraine,The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of: Andreas Zünd, President, Diana Sârcu, Mykola Gnatovskyy, judges,and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,Having deliberated in private on 5 February 2026,Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:PROCEDURE1. The case originated in an application against Ukraine lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 11 February 2025.2. The applicant was represented by Mr O.I. Kret, a lawyer practising in Lviv.3. The Ukrainian Government (“the Government”) were given notice of the application.THE FACTS4. The applicant’s details and information relevant to the application are set out in the appended table.THE LAW        ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 3 of the Convention5. The applicant complained of the ineffective investigation into ill‑treatment inflicted by private parties. He relied, in substance, on Article 3 of the Convention.6.

Outcome for Article 3: violation