Oleksandra Yefymenko


From 2017 to 2021, Oleksandra Yefymenko covered human rights violations in occupied Crimea, collaborating with the Ukrainian bureau of Radio Liberty (the Crimea. Realities project) and Suspilne. Crimea. Oleksandra wrote about the cases of Ukrainian political prisoners, went to courts, interviewed their relatives, and sent letters to political prisoners in prisons or high-security colonies. In 2021, she had her last business trip to the peninsula - for security reasons, they had to be stopped. She currently works as a war reporter, collaborating with a number of Ukrainian media outlets, in particular, with the editorial staff of Hromadske Radio, The Ukrainians, and Suspilne. Crimea.