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Olena Yurchenko

Director of Analytics, Research, and Investigations at the Economic Security Council of Ukraine (ESCU)

Olena Yurchenko

Since September 2024, she has served as Director of Analytics, Research and Investigations at the Economic Security Council of Ukraine (ESCU). From 2022 to 2024, she served as Senior Adviser.

From 2020 to 2023, she was Senior Researcher and Editor at the ADASTRA think tank, specialising in strategic studies and the foreign policy of Central and Eastern European countries.

Olena holds a Master’s degree in Russian, Central and Eastern European and Eurasian Studies from the University of Glasgow, as well as a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Sarajevo.

Media Mentions

How Civil Society Shapes Sanctions Policy Against Russia — The Guardian on ESCU

4 March 2026

UK High-Tech Machinery Could Be Sold to Firm with Links to Russian Military Industry — The Guardian

19 February 2026

Uzbekistan supplied Russia with sodium chlorate worth $18 million, which is critical for the production of Iskander-M missiles

13 December 2025

Nearly 2,000 tons of natural rubber was exported from the EU to Russia — ESCU

4 December 2025

South Korean precision tools' appearance at Russian industrial expo highlights challenges of sanctions compliance — Korea JoongAng Daily

13 November 2025

Russia’s funding for Ukraine war set to ‘contract’ as new sanctions loom — Al Jazeera

20 October 2025

Italian Company Supplied Over 200 Tons of Epoxy Resins to Russia, Used in ‘Iskander’ Missile Production — Economic Security Council of Ukraine (ESCU)

16 October 2025

India accounts for half of Russia’s fuel additive imports for civil and military aviation — ESCU research

10 October 2025

Russia received 300 tonnes of antimony oxide from Belgium despite EU sanctions — De Morgen

27 August 2025

Russia Boosts Weapons Production Using Technology from Ukraine's Allies – Olena Yurchenko for United24

30 September 2024

Reports

Salt Of The Earth: How Russia Supplies Its Military-Industrial Complex with Strategic Minerals Amid War
and Sanctions — ESCU Study

Salt Of The Earth: How Russia Supplies Its Military-Industrial Complex with Strategic Minerals Amid War
and Sanctions — ESCU Study

28 July 2026
Iskander Missiles Critically Dependent on Imported Raw Materials Russia Cannot Produce Domestically — ESCU Report

Iskander Missiles Critically Dependent on Imported Raw Materials Russia Cannot Produce Domestically — ESCU Report

12 May 2025
Ore to Ordnance: Disrupting Russia's Artillery Supply Chains — RUSI, OSC and ESCU Analysts Joint Study

Ore to Ordnance: Disrupting Russia's Artillery Supply Chains — RUSI, OSC and ESCU Analysts Joint Study

22 October 2024
Third-best option: China’s role in Russian maintained access to critical industrial equipment — ESCU Study

Third-best option: China’s role in Russian maintained access to critical industrial equipment — ESCU Study

12 August 2024
CNC machinery 2.0. | Curtailing Russia’s military production — ESCU Analysis

CNC machinery 2.0. | Curtailing Russia’s military production — ESCU Analysis

22 November 2023
Cyber, Artillery, Propaganda. General Overview Of The Dimensions Of Russian Aggression — ESCU Analysis

Cyber, Artillery, Propaganda. General Overview Of The Dimensions Of Russian Aggression — ESCU Analysis

16 January 2023

Team

Ilona Khmelova

Ilona Khmelova

Secretary of the Economic Security Council of Ukraine (ESCU)
Denys Hutyk

Denys Hutyk

Executive Director of the Economic Security Council of Ukraine (ESCU)
Roman Steblivskyi

Roman Steblivskyi

Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Economic Security Council of Ukraine (ESCU)
Sashko Adamliuk

Sashko Adamliuk

Director of Communications at the Economic Security Council of Ukraine (ESCU)
Agiya Zagrebelska

Agiya Zagrebelska

Director of Partnerships and Cooperation at the Economic Security Council of Ukraine (ESCU)
Volodymyr Landa

Volodymyr Landa

Head of Investment Screening at the Economic Security Council of Ukraine (ESCU)
Oleksandra Azarkhina

Oleksandra Azarkhina

Strategic Advisor at the Economic Security Council of Ukraine (ESCU)
Anastasiia Opria

Anastasiia Opria

Project Manager for Investment Screening at the Economic Security Council of Ukraine (ESCU)
Mia Vybranovska

Mia Vybranovska

Cyber Threat Expert at the Economic Security Council of Ukraine (ESCU)