Alona Sonko

Translator, Editor | NV English

Alona is a journalist, editor, and translator with experience working in Ukrainian media, advertising, and PR agencies.

She completed a journalistic internship at the TV channels 1+1 and Ukraina. She has academic training in journalism: she wrote a research paper for the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and received multiple awards.

She worked as an editor-translator at the Adsapience advertising agency, where she was responsible for adapting text, video, and audio materials into English, as well as a copywriter at Trembita PR Agency, where she prepared press releases, news, and analytical materials for the media


One year later /
'Spirit of Anchorage' gone a year after Trump-Putin summit

A year after the Alaska summit, U.S. and Russian efforts to impose a peace settlement on Ukraine have failed, NZZ writes on Aug. 16.
16 August, 04:18 PM 0
Nation

Under drone attack /
Russian drone attack on Kyiv Oblast injures three

Russian forces attacked Kyiv Oblast with strike drones, injuring three people in the Brovary district on Aug. 16.
16 August, 03:45 PM 8
Russian war

Facing criticism /
Khartiia commander responds to criticism over Advocate+ program

Khartiia commander Ihor Obolienskyi responded to criticism over the corps joining Advocate+, a program linked to former presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak, who is a suspect in a NABU case involving the alleged laundering of UAH 460 million through an elite housing project near Kyiv.
16 August, 12:37 PM 43
Nation

Boosting defense /
Lithuania to build ammunition plant to supply Ukrainian army

Ukrainian company DEMZ will build an ammunition plant in Lithuania that will initially supply Ukraine's armed forces and later allied countries, Delfi reported on Aug. 15.
16 August, 11:55 AM 136
Nation

Critical water level /
Hungary sinks barges to save its only nuclear plant

Hungary has begun emergency measures to keep its only nuclear power plant, Paks, operating amid critically low water levels in the Danube, sinking two barges near the facility to raise the water level and maintain cooling, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 15.
15 August, 10:54 PM 187
Nation

Historic reburials /
Senior UPR army leaders may be reburied in Ukraine in 2026

Oleksandr Alfyorov, head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, said senior military leaders of the Ukrainian People's Republic will be the next historical figures to be reburied in Ukraine on Aug. 15.
15 August, 09:53 PM 102
Nation

Civilians wounded /
Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih injures three, two seriously

Russian forces attacked Kryvyi Rih, sparking a fire and seriously injuring two men, while power outages were reported across the city on Aug. 15.
15 August, 09:00 PM 58
Russian war

Russia's ultimatum /
Russia warns U.S. and Turkey over arms supplies to Ukraine

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova warned that new arms supplies to Ukraine would seriously damage Russia's relations with the United States and Turkey, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Aug. 15.
15 August, 08:57 PM 275
Nation

Airspace incident /
Latvia drone incident may have been false flag – Lithuanian PM

Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius said the possibility that a drone downed over Latvia was part of a false-flag operation cannot be ruled out, he told LNK Žinios in an interview on Aug. 14.
15 August, 08:27 PM 130
Nation

Warsaw shows might /
Poland holds largest military parade in its history

Poland held the largest military parade in its history on Armed Forces Day, showcasing its land, sea and air capabilities amid growing threats from Russia, TVP World reported on Aug. 15.
15 August, 07:41 PM 263
Nation

EU check rumors /
Ukraine debunks claim of Reserve+ checks for young women

Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation said claims that all 18-year-old Ukrainian women are required to show the Reserve+ app when entering the EU are misleading on Aug. 15.
15 August, 06:56 PM 111
Nation

Kremlin's next move /
Russia plans to scrap border zones with occupied territories

Russia's FSB plans to change border-zone rules in parts of Rostov and Voronezh oblasts bordering temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine, as well as between occupied Crimea and part of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said on Aug. 15.
15 August, 06:41 PM 145
Russian war

Rescued from danger /
Ukrainian special forces capture three Russians, rescue fawn

Ukrainian special operations forces rescued a young deer from a dangerous area after encountering the animal during an operation near Russian troops, the Special Operations Forces Command said on Aug. 15.
15 August, 05:10 PM 266
Russian war

System disrupted /
Ukrainian hackers disrupt Russian retailer Wildberries

Ukraine's Cyber Corps attacked the digital infrastructure of Russian online retailer Wildberries on Aug. 10-11 as part of a Defense Intelligence operation, the agency said.
15 August, 04:46 PM 208
Nation

Deep into Russia /
Zelenskyy confirms Flamingo strike on key Roscosmos facility

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed a Flamingo missile strike on a key Roscosmos facility in Russia's Samara Oblast and an attack on the Savasleyka airfield in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, where MiG-31 jets are based on Aug. 15.
15 August, 03:37 PM 265
Nation

Soldiers' concerns /
121st Brigade soldiers report nearly four months without rotation

Soldiers of Ukraine's 121st Territorial Defense Brigade said they have spent nearly four months at combat positions without rotation and face shortages of drinking water, food and medicine, according to an appeal on Facebook on Aug. 9.
12 August, 06:52 PM 184
Nation

Destroyed overnight /
Epicentr store in Zaporizhzhia burns down after Russian strike

A Russian drone attack destroyed an Epicentr shopping center in Zaporizhzhia overnight, Interfax-Ukraine reported on Aug. 12.
12 August, 05:56 PM 194
Russian war

Support in action /
Eurovision fundraiser provides prosthetics to three veterans

Ukraine's public broadcaster Suspilne and Superhumans raised UAH 1.75 million during the Eurovision 2026 national selection, with the funds used to provide prosthetics for veterans, Suspilne Culture reported on Aug. 12.
12 August, 05:06 PM 68
Nation

Lessons from Ukraine /
Iran downed U.S. F-15 with drone swarm tactics

Iran shot down a U.S. F-15 fighter jet in April using drone-swarm tactics informed by lessons from the war in Ukraine, The New York Times reported, citing an unnamed senior U.S. military official on Aug. 12.
12 August, 03:58 PM 572
Nation

Late migration /
All penguins leave Ukraine's Antarctic station

All penguins have left Galindez Island, home to Ukraine's Akademik Vernadsky station, in the latest migration ever recorded there, the National Antarctic Scientific Center said on Aug. 12.
12 August, 03:55 PM 224
Life