Ukraine Mezentseva was elected to the
Kharkiv City Council in 2015 for the party
Self Reliance. In the
2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, she was elected to the
Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, representing Kharkiv, and as a member of the
Servant of the People party. Mezentseva saw one of her political achievements as writing a law for the Verkhovna Rada that increased the integration of the Ukrainian market with the European market.
Europe , Mezentseva was one of the deputy chairpersons of the ''Committee on Ukraine's Integration into the European Union''. , she was the chairperson of the Ukrainian delegation to the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). In November 2021, Mezentseva saw priorities for Ukraine in the
Council of Europe (COE) to include "democracy and human rights, vaccination and the environment, sustainable development and displaced persons". She argued that
gender equality was a priority for Ukraine, and that Ukrainians were campaigning for the Verkhovna Rada to ratify the
Istanbul Convention that opposes
violence against women and
domestic violence. Mezentseva stated in November 2021 that Russian members of the COE responded to Ukrainian members with consistent aggression, with one Russian member,
Petr Tolstoi, stating that all Ukrainians disagreeing with the Russian position "should be hung on lanterns". Mezentseva stated that the Ukrainian delegation filed a complaint under the PACE
Code of Conduct.
Russian invasion During the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Mezentseva gave an interview with
Sky News about one victim of sexual violence and stated that there were "many more victims". ==Points of view==