Oleksandr Bannyk

Prosecutor of the Department of International Cooperation of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

Member of the international joint investigation team with the participation of Ukraine, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia and Malaysia to investigate the crash of the passenger plane flight MH-17. He led the group of prosecutors in the national proceedings on this fact.

Member of an international joint investigation team involving Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovakia, United States, as well as Eurojust, Europol and the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to investigate the crime of aggression of the Russian Federation and war crimes committed by Russia on the territory of Ukraine. He has been headed the largest group of prosecutors in the history of the Office (1285 prosecutors) in the national proceedings on the above facts.

In 2023, has been headed the unit of the Department of International Legal Cooperation of the Prosecutor General’s Office, which ensured cooperation with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

Participant of the Anti-Terrorist Operation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions (2015–2017). Major of justice (retired).