NV Exclusive

This section contains exclusive stories, interviews, analysis, and articles from NV journalists, as well as opinion from regular contributors to the publication

Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his special envoy Kirill Dmitriev as U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, stands nearby. St. Petersburg, April 11, 2025. (Photo: Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS)

No transition in sight /

Putin’s paranoia and the myth of succession

6 May 2025, 02:34 PM

Ukraine’s defense forces have long been exploring an approach where large numbers of drones work together as one large frigate or aircraft, Khrapchynskyi says (Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)

Blueprint of a kill /

Magura drone strike on Su-30 was coordinated by multiple units — Ukrainian expert

6 May 2025, 12:30 PM

Endless stadium. Ukraine’s fifth and sixth presidents, Petro Poroshenko and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, got personal as far back as 2019. (Photo: Collage by NV / Petro Poroshenko / Facebook / REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)

‘Imperfect reputation’ /

Why Ukraine’s government is targeting Petro Poroshenko — and risking the NBU’s political neutrality

3 May 2025, 11:21 AM

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and Russian dissidents Vladimir Kara-Murza and Ilya Yashin attend a

Freed but not free of Empire /

Kara-Murza, Yashin, Navalnaya and Russia’s opposition paradox – Part two

28 April 2025, 12:23 PM

U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard)

Is all hope lost with Trump? What Ukraine can expect from ceasefire talks and U.S. support

25 April 2025, 02:52 PM

Vladimir Kara-Murza, Andrei Pivovarov and Ilya Yashin. (Photo: Kateryna Shenheliia)

Freed but not free of Empire /

Kara-Murza, Yashin, Navalnaya and Russia’s opposition paradox – Part one

21 April 2025, 02:21 PM

Yakhont is an export version of the Onyx missile (Photo: missilery.info)

Capable of flying extremely low /

What to know about Russia’s Onyx missiles launched into southern Ukraine

21 April 2025, 11:15 AM

Workers read a Bolshevik anti-religious propaganda newspaper, 1920s. (Photo: DR)

War against Easter /

How and why Lenin and the Bolsheviks tried to replace the holiday with May Day — and what came of it

20 April 2025, 01:42 PM

On the morning of April 6, Russia launched a massive ballistic missile attack on Kyiv and the region (Photo: Valentyn Ogirenko / REUTERS)

Evolving threat /

Expert explains why Ukraine’s air defense struggles with Russian ballistic missiles

17 April 2025, 07:27 PM

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un (Photo: KCNA via REUTERS)

Ukrainian expert Narozhnyi discusses potential role of DPRK soldiers in the Ukrainian conflict

17 April 2025, 03:48 PM

A DIFFICULT TASK: To produce the head of cheese that Andriy Bily, the chief technologist of the Dooobra Ferma cheese factory, holds in his hands, several dozen kilograms of milk must be processed (Photo: Oleksandr Medvedev / NV)

Delicate taste of victory /

Craft cheese from Ukraine is winning awards and gaining ground in European markets

16 April 2025, 11:55 AM

Visits by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko (background left) to Moscow are always a focal point for Russian TV. (Photo: DR)

Lies, glamor, and rubles /

Kremlin’s propaganda machine: Who funds it, who runs it, and how it dominates Russia’s media

13 April 2025, 06:44 PM

Oleksandr Syrskyi (Photo: Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Facebook)

Candid conversation /

Editor Koshkina discusses her stunning interview with Syrskyi on Ukraine's military challenges

12 April 2025, 02:39 PM

Kremlin’s relief over U.S. tariffs may be short-lived (Photo: minfin.com.ua)

Markets and oil hit hard /

Russia may escape U.S. tariffs but not the global economic fallout

9 April 2025, 04:25 PM

Edwin, a Colombian military veteran with the call sign “Thanos

His fight, his rules /

Colombian veteran shares his battlefield code in Ukraine

9 April 2025, 11:55 AM

The new era of international order is an era of psychopaths — when the leaders of the world’s most powerful countries demand submission, absolute recognition, and gratitude, explains psychotherapist and psychiatrist Roman Kechur. (Photo: Kevin Dietsch / UPI via Reuters)

‘The age of psychopaths’ /

Not just values — strategy: Ukrainian psychotherapist on war, identity, and surviving the chaos

8 April 2025, 12:15 PM

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (Photo: Reuters)

Pledges long-term support /

Exclusive: Mark Rutte on NATO, Trump, and Ukraine’s place in Europe’s security future

6 April 2025, 07:15 PM

SBU drones targeted an explosives manufacturing plant. (Photo: screenshot from video / Exilenova+ / Telegram)

Production halted after attack /

NV sources: Ukrainian drones strike major explosives factory in Russia

5 April 2025, 04:25 PM

Mark Rutte said that NATO did not promise that Ukraine's membership in the Alliance would be part of a peace deal (Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman)

No NATO membership promise in Ukraine peace talks – Rutte

5 April 2025, 02:55 PM

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