Alex Stezhensky

Editor and Writer | NV English

A Kyiv native, Alex originally envisioned a career in visual media and sound production before his path shifted in 2006 when he moved to New York. After returning to Ukraine in 2020, he launched his journalism career as a translator at the New Voice of Ukraine. He quickly advanced to editorial and authorship roles, producing original reporting and analysis. Alex specializes in investigative journalism, focusing on international affairs and domestic politics. Outside of the newsroom, he remains passionate about photography and music composition.


From power into opposition /
Kremlin hopes Vučić will maintain ties with Russia

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow expects former Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, whose party lost the parliamentary elections, to continue strengthening ties with Russia, Russian propaganda news agency Interfax reported on Oct. 26.
26 October, 06:56 PM 0
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Legal questions loom /
Democrats demand files on Trump’s Russian diesel deal

Leading U.S. Democrats who could take on powerful positions next year are demanding that major banks and port authorities preserve records related to Russian diesel fuel deals, Axios reported on Oct. 26.
26 October, 06:28 PM 19
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Promises of ‘safe jobs’ /
Russia recruits Africans for its war in Ukraine

African countries are raising concerns that their citizens risk being recruited into the Russian military and sent to fight against Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Oct. 26, citing sources close to Ukrainian intelligence.
26 October, 05:40 PM 74
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Built for special missions /
7th Air Assault Corps hits high-value Russian targets

The 7th Air Assault Corps recently took responsibility for a new stretch of the southern front and immediately began targeting Russian supply lines and high-value targets at distances Russian forces considered safe just months ago. The newly formed 237th Separate Unmanned Systems Battalion is helping the corps carry out these strikes. NV journalist Serhii Okunev accompanied the troops on a covert nighttime mission during which they struck several important Russian targets.
26 October, 05:21 PM 46
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A 69% warning sign /
FT poll finds Trump voters worry about corruption

Corruption has emerged as the leading source of voter dissatisfaction ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, with a large majority of Americans expressing concern about abuses within President Donald Trump’s second administration, the Financial Times reported on Oct. 25.
26 October, 05:00 PM 53
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A 96-hour launch window /
U.S. forces ready to strike Iran on Trump’s order

U.S. forces in the Middle East are prepared to launch a new, potentially “very serious” military operation against Iran within 96 hours of receiving an order from President Donald Trump, CNN reported on Oct. 26, citing two U.S. officials.
26 October, 03:02 PM 116
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History rewritten under occupation /
Russian textbooks deny Ukrainians ever existed

New anti-Ukrainian local history textbooks have arrived in schools in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine, teaching children that the Zaporizhian Cossacks betrayed Russia, the Holodomor was fabricated and Ukrainians never existed as a people.
26 October, 02:46 PM 83
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A proposed 1997 rollback /
Putin aims to weaken NATO through Ukraine talks

Russia hopes to weaken NATO through peace talks over Ukraine, with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin expected to demand that the alliance scale back its military presence to its 1997 boundaries, The Telegraph reported, citing sources.
26 October, 02:25 PM 173
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After 14 years in power /
Serbia’s Student List defeats Aleksandar Vučić

The election defeat of former Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, who had been in power since 2017 and enjoyed the backing of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, amounted to a “political earthquake” for Serbia. Vučić lost to a student-led movement he had described as “a foreign-directed attempt to remove him from office.”
26 October, 01:22 PM 106
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Brazil’s contested election /
Flávio Bolsonaro rejects Lula’s win, wants it voided

Far-right Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro said his legal team would seek to annul the results of Brazil’s presidential runoff after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the election, The Guardian reported on Oct. 25.
26 October, 12:41 PM 85
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If Congress flips /
Democrats could restore direct aid to Ukraine

Democrats could win majorities in both the House and Senate in the Nov. 3 congressional midterm elections, a result likely to shift U.S. foreign policy, Reuters reported on Oct. 25.
26 October, 12:33 PM 79
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No troop caps, no neutrality /
Zelenskyy refuses both conditions in peace talks

Ukraine will not accept limits on the size of its military or neutral status as part of a peace agreement, and Russia cannot dictate its security guarantees, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with TSN published on the evening of Oct. 25.
26 October, 12:06 PM 105
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Starshield service falters /
Ukraine’s jet-drone rate slips but stays high — ISW

Ukraine maintained a slightly lower but still high interception rate against Russian jet-powered drones amid mid-October speed restrictions on the “military package” for Starlink satellite terminals, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported on Oct. 25.
26 October, 11:24 AM 98
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Brazil chooses continuity /
Lula defeats Flávio Bolsonaro in presidential runoff

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the presidential runoff election on Oct. 25 with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, who received 48.2%, Reuters reported.
26 October, 10:45 AM 33
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Drones over Voronezh /
OSINT: Two factories, bridge may be targets

The Voronezh Joint-Stock Aircraft Manufacturing Company (VASO), petrochemical producer Voronezhsintezkauchuk and the North Bridge may have been targeted in a drone attack on Voronezh, Russia, overnight on Oct. 26, OSINT channel Supernova+ and Telegram channel ASTRA reported.
26 October, 10:33 AM 137
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A chokehold on trade /
Middle East war disrupts global shipping routes

Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, the conflict between the United States and Iran around the Strait of Hormuz, and restrictions on shipping through the Panama Canal caused by drought and other natural factors have simultaneously disrupted global maritime trade, constraining several critical shipping routes.
26 October, 01:19 AM 168
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‘Mother of all bombs’ /
U.S. may hit Iranian nuclear and energy facilities

The U.S. military could use the largest nonnuclear bomb in its arsenal, the GBU-43/B MOAB, to strike Iran’s energy infrastructure and nuclear facilities, CNN reported in October 2026, citing sources.
25 October, 09:08 PM 188
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Damage 400 meters across /
Zelenskyy: Russia fired three cluster missiles at Kyiv

Russian forces launched three ballistic missiles equipped with cluster warheads at Kyiv overnight on Oct. 22, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, with one striking the historic Pechersk area.
22 October, 07:02 PM 141
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Global fuel prices /
Zelenskyy rejects Trump’s accusations against Kyiv

U.S. President Donald Trump is baselessly blaming Ukraine for rising global fuel prices, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview on The Diary of a CEO podcast, released on Oct. 22.
22 October, 06:48 PM 306
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Operation Carthage /
NABU suspects ex-prosecutor’s office department head

A former department head at Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office has been formally notified of suspicion in the Carthage case, an investigation into an alleged protection racket involving fraudulent call centers, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) reported on Oct. 22.
22 October, 06:37 PM 75
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