Administration

Veronika FILONENKO

Director of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center.

Born on June 4, 1979 in Kyiv

Education: higher, Odessa State Hydrometeorological University, year of graduation – 2004, specialty – “Meteorology”, qualification – engineer-meteorologist

Academic degree, academic title: none

Awards, honorary titles: Diploma of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center (2006, 2017), Diploma of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (2019), Breastplate of the State Emergency Service “Badge of Honor” (2021), award of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine – medal “For Assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine” (2024).

Professional life:

11.1996 – 01.2001 – Category 1 meteorologist technician of the meteorological forecast department of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center, Kyiv;

01.2001 – 03.2005 – Category I meteorologist of the Meteorological Forecasts Department of the Center for Analysis, Forecasting of Hydrometeorological Conditions and Hydrometeorological Support of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center, Kyiv;

03.2005 – 07.2007 – Category I meteorologist of the National Economy Hydrometeorological Support Department of the Center for Analysis, Forecasting of Hydrometeorological Conditions and Hydrometeorological Support of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center, Kyiv;

07.2007 – 03.2012 – Category I meteorologist of the National Economy Hydrometeorological Support Department of the Center for Analysis, Forecasting of Hydrometeorological Conditions and Hydrometeorological Support of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center, Kyiv;

03.2012 – 03.2018 – Leading Forecaster of the Department of Observation System and Hydrometeorological Support of the Main Center for Analysis, Forecasting of Hydrometeorological Conditions and Hydrometeorological Support of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Kyiv;

03.2018 – to date – Head of the Department of Observation System and Hydrometeorological Support of the Main Center for Analysis, Forecasting of Hydrometeorological Conditions and Hydrometeorological Support of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Kyiv.

Yuri BURLAKA

Deputy  Director of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center.

Born on March 26, 1986 in the village of Dimarka, Ivankivskyi District, Kyiv Region

Education: higher, Mikhail Ostrogradskyi Kremenchuk State Polytechnic University, year of graduation - 2008, specialty - Ecology and environment protection, qualification - scientific specialist in ecology

Scientific degree, academic rank: does not have

Awards, honorary titles: absent

Professional life: 
08.2008 - 10.2008 - Senior specialist of the Department of Strategic Planning of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine, Kyiv.
12.2008 - 11.2011 - Head of the Department of History of the Kyiv Regional Center for Protection and Research of Cultural Heritage Sites of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Kyiv Oblast State Administration, Kyiv.
02.2012 - 02.2013 - 2 category labor protection engineer of the Department of Labor Protection of the State Specialized Enterprise "Centralized Enterprise for Radioactive Waste Management", Chernobyl.
08.2013 - 07.2014 - Senior engineer of labor protection service of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center, Kyiv.
07.2014 - 07.2018 - Head of labor protection service of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center, Kyiv.
From 07.2018 through the present - Deputy Director of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center, Kyiv.