The wife of a judge from the Kherson region has applied for a position at the embassy in the Netherlands

Natalia Chervonenko, the wife of a judge from the Kherson region, is a candidate for the position of Second Secretary for Consular Affairs at the Embassy of Ukraine in the Netherlands. Her husband’s Tesla is listed in her financial disclosure statement.

This information came to light from Chervonenko’s declaration, published on October 21 in the state registry.

According to the document, Natalia Chervonenko is registered in Nova Kakhovka but actually resides in the Netherlands. She is there under temporary protection in accordance with EU Directive No. 2001/55/EC. She did not classify herself as a person holding a position of responsibility, posing a high risk of corruption, or belonging to the category of national public figures. Her husband, Dmytro Chervonenko, is listed as the only family member in the declaration.

Over the course of the year, Natalia Chervonenko declared:

• 1.5 million hryvnias in salary from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
• 39,200 hryvnias in pension benefits from the Main Directorate of the Pension Fund in the Kherson region;
• 300,400 hryvnias in insurance payments from the Dutch healthcare system;
• 160,000 hryvnias as a cash gift from Oleksandr Vainovsky.

Her husband declared 1.2 million hryvnias in salary from the regional office of the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine in the Kirovohrad region.

He also received 740,700 hryvnias from the sale of personal property.

Natalia Chervonenko owns two apartments in Nova Kakhovka. One has an area of 115.9 square meters and is valued at 1.3 million hryvnias; the other is 41.4 square meters and is valued at 1.1 million hryvnias.

Another apartment in Nova Kakhovka, with an area of 65.9 square meters, is jointly owned by her husband and his parents. 

In The Hague, Natalia Chervonenko has been living rent-free in social housing—an apartment owned by the municipality—since April 2022. The apartment’s size was not specified in the declaration.

Dmytro Chervonenko rents a 64.2-square-meter residential building in the city of Blahovishchenske, Kirovohrad Oblast.

He owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y, which he purchased in June 2025 for 900,000 hryvnias. Dmytro Chervonenko also uses a 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer, which belongs to Valeriy Chervonenko.

Among his securities, he declared 18 shares of PJSC “Kharkiv Bearing Plant” and two blocks of government bonds—each consisting of 100 bonds with a face value of 1,000 hryvnias each.

Natalia Chervonenko’s account at the Dutch bank ABN AMRO holds 4,546 euros. Dmytro Chervonenko declared 7,000 dollars in cash, as well as 5,000 euros and 5,500 dollars in bank accounts.

On September 2, 2026, the president appointed Dmytro Chervonenko as a judge of the Mykolaiv Court of Appeals.

Ірина Глухова