Oleksandra Azarkhina was the deputy minister for communities, territories and infrastructure development of Ukraine until April 2024. Her primary tasks were developing and strengthening the defense capability of the critical infrastructure sector and general strategic planning for infrastructure.
Before she was appointed to the post of deputy minister of infrastructure, Azarkhina served as communications manager of the Reform Support Team of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine (2018–20); director of the Reform Support Team at the State Roads Agency of Ukraine (2020–22); and external adviser to the minister of infrastructure of Ukraine (2021–22).
Azarkhina is involved in formulating strategy for the postwar recovery of Ukraine, namely the recovery of the Crimean Peninsula, and in the oversight of international humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine. She is an ambassador of the Grain From Ukraine humanitarian program, the main task of which is to stabilize the global agricultural market and fight hunger in the world.