Irina worked for over 15 years at Peleng JSC, a leading design and engineering company in the optical-electronics industry. Most recently, she held the position of Category 1 Design Engineer in the Structured Cable Systems Research and Design Department, in the Production Systems Support Sector.
Irina was likely detained as part of a raid on the company that began in the summer of 2024. In March 2025, she was convicted of "calling for sanctions" and sentenced to imprisonment.
On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
