The Reckoning Project Team
The Reckoning Project: Ukraine Testifies is an initiative of Ukrainian and international
reporters, analysts, and researchers dedicated to pursuing true justice and accountability.
The Reckoning Project is grateful to the Board of Directors and Advisory Board members who provide guidance at every stage of the project's development and ensure that our work meets the highest international standards.
Ukrainian Team
Nataliya Gumenyuk
Co-Founder, Editor
Ukrainian journalist specializing in foreign affairs and conflict reporting. Author of books «The Lost Island: Tales From The Occupied Crimea» and «The Maidan Tahrir» on the Arab Spring.
Ganna Silayeva
Deputy Editor For Research
Over 20 years in journalism. Has worked in Kharkiv for local, national and international media. As a producer has implemented the regional reform of the Kharkiv branch of Ukrainian Public Broadcaster Suspilne.
Lyuba Knorozok
Film and Media Producer
Among her latest film projects are «Chornobyl 22» by Oleksiy Radynski (Grand Prix at Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen) and «Forever-Forever» by Anna Buryachkova (World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Main Prize at the FilmFestival Cottbus)
Anna Tsyhyma
Director and Cinematographer
A documentary filmmaker and Lead director of the Public Interest Journalism Lab. She has reported on the war in Ukraine since 2014. Author of documentaries devoted to human rights and political prisoners, including «The Hospital That Was Taken Hostage», and «Kramatorsk Station » created within The Reckoning Project.
Kostiantyn Korobov
Editor For Research
Has worked in the newsrooms of top Ukrainian TV channels covering international news for over a decade. Worked as a lead story editor with various TV projects and international media.
Yevheniia Vasylieva
Project Assistant
Worked on youth policy development in Avdiivka and Donetsk region, in teams of local NGOs. In 2022, she moved to Kyiv and joined the team of the Public Interest Journalism Lab as a project coordinator.
Olesia Grygoryshyn-Kates
Project Manager
Core International Team
Janine di Giovanni
Executive Director/ CEO
Human rights reporter and investigator in conflict zones, author of nine books, documentary filmmaker, Human Rights Fellow at Yale Law School, and associate of the United Nations.
Peter Pomerantsev
Executive Editor
Author and former TV producer specializing in the relationship between propaganda, culture, and society. Aims to repress disinformation and polarization in the digital era as a Director of the Arena Initiative at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University.
Ibrahim Olabi
Chief Legal Counsel
Barrister, public speaker, and person of influence with specialized international law knowledge and experience focused on the Middle East.
Raji Abdul Salam
Chief Legal Data Archivist
Legal data archive analyst with experience in documenting and investigating war crimes, crimes against humanity, and attempted genocides in Syria and Iraq.
Researchers and journalists
Oleh Baturin
Investigative journalist from Kakhovka, Kherson region, currently working in exile. Specialized in investigative journalism in the field of human rights violations on temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and corruption.
Kateryna Mitieva
In 2016-2019, she worked at the Center for Investigative Journalism of Ukraine project at Channel 24. Headed the communications department at Amnesty International Ukraine.
Angelina Kariakina
Documentary filmmaker and media manager. Co-founder of the Public Interest Journalism Lab and General Producer of News at Ukrainian Public Broadcaster Suspilne. Has worked as a reporter and editor with printed media and TV for over 15 years.
Oleksiy Radynski
Filmmaker and writer based in Kyiv. Author of documentaries «Chornobyl 22» (Grand Prix at Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen) and «Infinity According to Florian» (Kinokolo Prize). Researches nuclear terrorism and environmental warfare in the context of Russian war crimes in Ukraine.
Ganna Mamonova
Journalist and media manager originally from Luhansk. For more than a decade in the profession, she has covered the Russian invasion of East Ukraine, Maidan protests, and trials of Ukrainian politicians.
Viktoriia Balytska
Journalist with over 20 years of experience as a regional in-house correspondent on national TV channels (ICTV, NTN, Inter).
Svitlana Oslavska
Reporter, writer, and cultural researcher. Author of a book of reports from Turkey «Crescent, Cross and Peacock. Travels to Mesopotamia» and the book «Severodonetsk. Reports from the Past». Co-author of the documentary photo book «Old Khata Book».