Zelenskyy appoints Reshetylova as military ombudsman. PHOTO
On 30 December, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree appointing Olha Reshetylova (Kobylynska) as the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Servicemen and Their Families.
He wrote about this in his Telegram channel, Censor.NET reports.
"Olha is a well-known, experienced and effective Ukrainian human rights activist. She has already done a lot to build our state institutions and support Ukrainians," he said.
According to the President, the main task is to prepare a bill on the military ombudsman and all the necessary systemic foundations for the work of this institution together with the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine and civil society.
"Our soldiers must receive effective tools to protect their rights, and there must be a real modernisation of human resources management in the Defence Forces of Ukraine. I am grateful to everyone who helps with this," Zelenskyy added.
What do you know about Olha Reshetylova?
Olha Reshetylova is a journalist, human rights activist and one of the founders of the Come Back Alive Foundation and the Media Initiative for Human Rights.
She worked as an editor of the regional network department at the newspaper Den, and was a special correspondent for the Russian liberal publication Grani.ru in Ukraine.
According to the website of the MIPI, Reshetylova worked as an editor of the regional network department at the newspaper "Den", and was a special correspondent for the Russian liberal publication "Grani.ru" in Ukraine.
In 2014, she co-founded the Come Back Alive Foundation. She was responsible for coordinating the foundation's work with law enforcement agencies and the forces and means of the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine.
In 2019, the government elected her to the Commission for the Selection of the Head of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC).
