Odesa Mayor Establishes Council to Boost Ukrainian National Identity

Odesa Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov has ordered the creation of a coordination council to promote Ukrainian national and civic identity.

The corresponding order was published by the press service of the mayor's office.

The council will consist of more than 20 officials, public figures and deputies, some of whom will be members of the council by law, and others by agreement, such as Yaroslava Vitko-Prysyazhnyuk, a representative of the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language in Odesa Oblast, or Serhiy Hutsalyuk, head of the Southern Interregional Department of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory.

They will definitely join the commission:

• Deputy Mayor of Odesa Pavlo Vugelman, who is to head the commission.
• Director of the Department of Internal Policy Oleksandr Zhiltsov, who will become the secretary of the commission.
• Lyudmyla Vasyuk, Chief Specialist of the Media Relations Division of the Department of Information and Digital Solutions.
• Head of the General Division of the Department of Municipal Economy Andriy Gorshkov.
• Deputy Head of the Department of Personnel, Legal and Documentary Support of the Department of Healthcare Tetiana Yafimchuk.
• Vyacheslav Kravchenko, Deputy Head of the Department for Mobilization and Defense Work.
• Director of the Department of International Cooperation, Culture and Marketing Ivan Liptuga.
• Chief Specialist of the Training and Sports Department of the Physical Culture and Sports Department Yevhen Nazarenko.
• Head of the Advertising Department Ihor Slyusarenko.
• Iryna Yazvinska, Deputy Head of the Information and Innovation Technologies Division of the Department of Education and Science.
• Deputy Head of the Service for Children Lyudmyla Yakymenko.

At the invitation of the Council, representatives of local executive authorities and local self-government bodies, as well as civil society institutions, will be able to participate in its meetings.

Кирило Бойко