Iryna Venediktova
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 45 |
| Date of birth | September 21,1978 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Kharkiv |
| Ukraine | |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Spouse | Denys Kolesnyk |
| Education | Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs |
| Children | Danylo Kolesnyk |
| Adelina Kolesnyk | |
| Parents | Valentyn Venediktov |
| Valentyna Mykhailivna Venediktova | |
| Siblings | Serhii Venediktov |
| Position | Prosecutor General of Ukraine |
| Ambassador of Ukraine to Switzerland since 2022 | |
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| ID | 3442397 |
Iryna Venediktova Life story
Iryna Valentynivna Venediktova is a Ukrainian politician, academic, and lawyer, previously a prosecutor general of Ukraine from March 2020 to July 2022. She was the first woman to hold the office and was suspended on 17 July 2022 by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Ukraine war: Zelensky fires security chief and top prosecutor
... The sacked officials, Ivan Bakanov and Iryna Venediktova, have not commented...
Ukraine war: 21,000 alleged war crimes being investigated, prosecutor says
... Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova told the BBC she was receiving reports of between 200 to 300 war crimes a day...
Ukraine round-up: Evacuation under fire and new oil tensions
... Ukraine alleges thousands of war crimesUkraine s prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova, has told the BBC she is investigating more than 21,000 war crimes and crimes of aggression allegedly committed since the start of Russia s invasion...
Ukraine round-up: Long-range rockets and Kherson torture claims
... Kyiv s top prosecutor, Iryna Venediktova, with 200 to 300 cases being reported every day...
Ukraine reports 15,000 suspected war crimes
... Some 600 suspects have been identified and 80 prosecutions have begun, Iryna Venediktova told reporters in The Hague...
Ukraine launches hunt for Russian soldiers accused of Bucha war crimes
... On Thursday, Ukraine s prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova announced they had identified the 10 suspects in particular, sharing pictures of the young men...
War in Ukraine: Ukrainians deported to Russia beaten and mistreated
... " I don t want to respond to these huge liars, " said Iryna Venediktova, Ukraine s prosecutor general...
Ukraine war: Kyiv's battle for justice over alleged Russian war crimes
... The pursuit of it is being led by Ukraine s Prosecutor General, Iryna Venediktova, appointed two years ago as the first woman to hold the office...
Ukraine war: 21,000 alleged war crimes being investigated, prosecutor says
Ukraine says it is investigating More Than 21,000 War Crimes and crimes of aggression allegedly committed by Russia since the start of its invasion.
Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova told The Bbc she was receiving reports of between 200 to 300 War Crimes A Day .
She admitted that many trials would be held In Absentia , but stressed that it was " A Question of justice" to continue with the prosecutions.
Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February. It denies all War Crimes allegations.
Speaking to The Bbc 's World Service Outside Source programme, Ms Venediktova warned that Russian soldiers who killed, tortured or raped civilians " should understand that it's only A Question of time when they all will be in court".
She Said that although her team was working in regions across Ukraine, it was unable to investigate all cases " properly and effectively" because of a lack of access to Some People and areas. This Was an apparent reference to Ukraine's territories occupied by Russian troops.
In May, Ms Venediktova said that about 600 suspects had already been identified and 80 prosecutions had begun.
The First Russian soldier to be put On Trial in Ukraine, Sgt Vadim Shishimarin, was for killing a civilian in May.
Ukraine says it has uncovered multiple mass graves in Bucha, Borodyanka and other towns near the capital Kyiv that were briefly seized by Russian troops.
The International Criminal Court has described Ukraine as a " crime scene" dispatching its largest team of detectives ever to the country to assist in multiple investigations.
Moscow has repeatedly denied targeting civilians.
On the ground, Ukraine's military said Russian troops were preparing for an offensive in The Eastern Donetsk region, shelling several towns.
Russia captured the neighbouring Luhansk province over the weekend, part of its attempts to seize the entire Donbas region.
In its update, Ukraine's military said its forces were under intense pressure but had So Far held off Russian forces.
- A Day after a deadly Russian attack on a local market.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meanwhile said " artillery from our Western partners had started working very powerfully, so the losses of the occupiers will only increase".
War in Ukraine: More coverageSource of news: bbc.com
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