Yulia Laputina

Yulia Anatoliyivna Laputina (Ukrainian: Юлія Анатоліївна Лапутіна, IPA: [ˈjul⁽ʲ⁾ijɐ ɐnɐˈtɔl⁽ʲ⁾ijiu̯nɐ lɐˈput⁽ʲ⁾inɐ]; born 1967) is a Ukrainian politician who has served as Minister of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine in the Shmyhal Government since December 2020.

[1] In 1988, Laputina graduated from the National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport with a teacher and trainer diploma.

In 1996, she graduated in law from the National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kyiv.

She held managerial positions in the SBU structure, she was responsible, inter alia, counterintelligence.

During the war in Donbas, she led a task force for the service within the ATO (anti-terrorist operation).