Deputy Prosecutor General Kravchenko starts work – what is known about them
25 June 15:42
The newly appointed Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan Kravchenko has signed orders appointing three new deputies. This was reported by
As reported by
“The Prosecutor General agreed with this decision and signed orders on June 24, 2025, appointing them to the positions of Deputy Prosecutors General,” the statement said.
It is noted that each of the deputies is assigned a specific area of work in the prosecutor’s office, for which they will be responsible.
Prior to that, Maksym Krym served as the head of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, Maria Vdovychenko was the acting head of the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office, and Andriy Leshchenko worked in a senior position in the Department for Combating Crimes Committed in the Context of Armed Conflict of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
Today, on June 25, the Deputy Prosecutors General took up their duties.
Who is Maksym Krym?
Maksym Krym was born on July 19, 1988 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Education: In 2010, he graduated from the Yaroslav the Wise National Law Academy with a degree in Law, Master of Laws.
Career:
He started his professional career in 2010 as an investigator at the Military Prosecutor’s Office of the Sevastopol Garrison. In 2012-2014, he worked in the Sevastopol Prosecutor’s Office to oversee the observance of laws in the military sphere of the Crimean region.
In 2014-2015, he held positions in the Prosecutor’s Office of the Western Region and the Main Military Prosecutor’s Office – from prosecutor to deputy head of the department.
From 2015 to 2017, he was the head of the department in the Main Military Prosecutor’s Office for investigating crimes against national security.
In 2017-2018, he headed the first department of the same department. From February 2018 to September 2020, he was the First Deputy Military Prosecutor of the Central Region of Ukraine.
In 2020, he held the position of First Deputy Head of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office in the Military and Defense Sphere of the Central Region.
Since November 25, 2020, he has been the Deputy Head of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
Awards:
2015 – Medal “For Meritorious Service”, III degree (Decree of the President of Ukraine);
2018 – Medal of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine “For Strengthening Defense Capabilities”.
What is known about Mariia Vdovychenko
Maria Vdovychenko was born in 1988 in Kyiv.
In 2009, she graduated from the Yaroslav the Wise National Law Academy of Ukraine, and in 2012 from the National Academy of Prosecution of Ukraine, after which she worked as an assistant prosecutor of the Podil district of Kyiv, a prosecutor of the Podil district prosecutor’s office in Kyiv, a prosecutor of the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office, the first deputy head and head of the Kyiv Local Prosecutor’s Office No. 7 in Kyiv.
Who knows about Andriy Leshchenko
Andriy Leshchenko worked as a prosecutor in the Prosecutor General’s Office and, in particular, as Deputy Head of the Department for Procedural Guidance and Support of Public Prosecution of the Department for Combating Crimes Committed in the Context of Armed Conflict, the Prosecutor General’s Office.
It should be noted that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine gave its consent to the President to appoint Ruslan Kravchenko as Prosecutor General.
on June 21, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree appointing Ruslan Kravchenko as Prosecutor General.
On June 23, Ruslan Kravchenko officially took up his duties as Prosecutor General of Ukraine without bureaucratic traditions and formal introduction by the President.
Kravchenko’s priorities as Prosecutor General
In his first address in office, Ruslan Kravchenko outlined the key areas of work:
- Strengthening the role of the prosecutor’s office as the main coordinator of law enforcement agencies in the field of combating crime and the functioning of the criminal justice system in general;
- Ensuring real trust in the prosecution authorities both from our society, the public and our international partners;
- Control over the legitimacy of the use of budget funds, zero tolerance to corruption in any area;
- Creating conditions for the further implementation of effective guarantees to protect the rights and legitimate interests of business;
- Ensuring fairness in every criminal proceeding, especially those related to the national security of the state;
- Personal control over the effectiveness of criminal proceedings related to attacks on the life and health of children and minors.
