Gyunduz Mamedov became deputy chief of the Military Law Enforcement Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Sources in the Defence Ministry and the General Staff confirmed to ZMINA that Ukraine’s Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has appointed Gyunduz Mamedov as deputy chief of the Military Law Enforcement Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. An officer of the 59th Assault Brigade named after Yakiv Handziuk, and an expert with the Ukraine 5 AM Coalition, Mamedov will lead the newly established Department for Documenting Violations of the Law of Armed Conflict.
Gyunduz MamedovMamedov will head the newly created Department for Documenting Violations of the Law of Armed Conflict. The unit will be responsible for documenting and preserving evidence of war crimes directly in combat zones. The appointment reflects Ukraine’s gradual move towards NATO standards, under which military police play a central role in documenting battlefield events. The department will systematically collect and archive digital evidence for use in investigations and proceedings for Ukrainian and international courts.
“The appointment reflects Ukraine’s effort to institutionalise the collection of information on international crimes following the model used by NATO countries, where military police play a key role in documenting events on the battlefield,” a source said.
Mamedov served as Ukraine’s deputy prosecutor general from 2019 to 2022. He initiated the creation of a specialised “war department” within the Prosecutor General’s Office, which became the first unit to systematically investigate Russia’s international crimes against Ukraine. After Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, Mamedov joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He currently serves in the 59th Separate Unmanned Systems Assault Brigade named after Yakiv Handziuk.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi has approved an expansion of efforts to document and process digital evidence of violations of international humanitarian law. The collection of information on war crimes directly in combat zones will now become systematic and integrated into military technologies. The Military Law Enforcement Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will coordinate this work.
The initiative aims to integrate documentation and evidence-preservation algorithms directly into combat systems. This will allow data gathered by drones, aerial reconnaissance assets and situational awareness platforms to be used in subsequent legal proceedings. The process will include identifying an incident, its initial documentation by military units, entering information into a digital system using standardised parameters, conducting basic verification, ensuring secure storage and transferring the material for use in legal proceedings.
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