Since the beginning of Russian aggression in Eastern Ukraine in 2014, Volodymyr has been actively involved in the documentation of war crimes including conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), forcible transfers of populations, imprisonment, persecution, enforced disappearance, and more. From 2014 until 2017, he served as a coordinator of the coalition of human rights NGOs, Justice for Peace in Donbas. Volodymyr authored and co-edited several thematic reports including on CRSV, illegal detention, problems of investigation and prosecution of war crimes in the Russian-Ukrainian war, and state assistance programs for civilian prisoners released from Russian captivity.
Since 2014, Volodymyr has worked closely with survivors of CRSV. This work resulted in, among other things, the 2018 submission to the International Criminal Court Prosecutor alleging sexual crimes perpetrated in the context of the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine. Working with the Eastern Ukrainian Center for Civic Initiatives, Volodymyr and his colleagues helped female survivors of CRSV in Ukraine establish the national network SEMA Ukraine. And in 2020, Volodymyr helped prepare the handbook First Steps to Justice for Survivors of CRSV in Ukraine.
Volodymyr continues to work on the documentation of war crimes committed during the full-scale Russian invasion in Ukraine. He participates in advocacy aimed at prosecuting perpetrators of war crimes committed since 2014 and at establishing a national reparation system for survivors. Volodymyr serves as a member of the Interagency Working Group for countering sexual violence related to Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine and providing support to survivors.
Volodymyr obtained his first master’s degree from the Luhansk National Pedagogical University. He later studied public policy and regional development at Kansas State University and the Blekinge Institute of Technology.
