Lesia Vasylenko



Lesia Volodymyrivna Vasylenko (Ukrainian: Василенко Леся Володимирівна; born 31 March 1987) is a Ukrainian lawyer and politician serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada. Vasylenko is a member of the Ukrainian permanent delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union's Bureau of Women Parliamentarians.

Quotes

 * All of the Russian Duma (parliament) unanimously voted to recognize these territories (Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic) of Ukraine are sovereign states. That in itself is a crime. It's against international law, so that should be sanctioned.
 * Lesia Vasylenko (2022) cited in "Ukrainian politician Lesia Vasylenko thanks Scotland but criticises UK over sanctions" on The National, 23 February 2022.


 * It (2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) is surreal. I never thought I would be living through the nightmare that my grandmother, who lived through World War II, was telling me about.
 * Lesia Vasylenko (2022) cited in "Ukraine’s UN ambassador blasts Russian counterpart as plea comes from inside war zone" on News.com.au, 24 February 2022.