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


Tourism in trouble /
Russia's tourist season collapses as travel firms shut down

Russia's tourism market is rapidly shrinking as Russians increasingly cut spending on vacations, entertainment and even trips to visit relatives on July 24.
24 July, 06:37 PM 0
Business

Strike investigation /
Kyiv Oblast site hit by Russia was private – General Staff

The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces responded to a Russian strike on a site in Kyiv Oblast where representatives of Ukraine's defense industry were present, Suspilne reported on July 24.
24 July, 05:26 PM 14
Russian war

Deep inside Russia /
SBU strikes oil facilities across three Russian oblasts

Ukraine's Security Service carried out a series of long-range strikes, targeting Russian oil and military infrastructure in Russia and occupied Crimea, the SBU said on July 24.
24 July, 04:56 PM 36
Nation

New restrictions /
Russia bans more Armenian food imports amid tensions

Russian authorities have found new alleged violations involving food imports from Armenia amid worsening relations between the two countries, The Moscow Times reported on July 24.
24 July, 03:43 PM 40
Nation

Long-range strike /
Flamingo strike could disrupt Russian missile production

Ukrainian forces struck the Avitek plant in Kirov, Russia, more than 1,200 kilometers from Ukraine, with FP-5 Flamingo missiles, with one missile reportedly hitting a major building, Defense Express said on July 24.
24 July, 03:21 PM 98
Nation

Deadly bombing /
Russian aerial bomb attack kills five in Sloviansk

Russian forces struck Sloviansk in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast with two aerial bombs, killing five people and injuring nine others, regional governor Vadym Filashkin said on July 24.
24 July, 02:19 PM 44
Russian war

Morning attack /
Russian aerial bomb strike on Izyum destroys Nova Poshta branch

Russian forces struck Izyum in Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast with aerial bombs, with no casualties reported, the city's military administration said on July 24.
24 July, 01:58 PM 48
Russian war

Russian push halted /
Ukrainian border guards repel Russian tank assault near Dobropillia

Ukrainian border guards from the Phoenix unit of the Pomsta Brigade and other forces repelled a large-scale Russian breakthrough attempt near Dobropillia involving dozens of armored vehicles, the State Border Guard Service said on July 24.
24 July, 12:56 PM 214
Nation

No mention /
Russian state TV ignores strikes on Wildberries warehouses

Russia's state-run Channel One completely ignored large-scale Ukrainian strikes on Wildberries warehouses across several Russian oblasts, July 24, according to an analysis of its morning news broadcast cited by Astra on July 24.
24 July, 12:16 PM 135
Nation

Night of attacks /
Russian missile and drone attack injures child in Odesa Oblast

Russian invaders launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine's Odesa Oblast, injuring a woman and a 4-year-old child, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on July 24.
24 July, 11:37 AM 42
Russian war

Modernizing Poland /
Poland to use Ukraine's war experience to modernize military

Poland plans to draw on Ukraine's experience fighting Russia as it modernizes its military, focusing on drones, counter-drone systems, artificial intelligence, satellite intelligence and long-range precision weapons, Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said on July 24.
24 July, 10:58 AM 47
Nation

Built for the front /
Ukraine approves MUL.E electric motorcycle for military use

Ukraine's Defense Ministry has officially approved the country's first domestically produced all-wheel-drive electric motorcycle, MUL.E, for use by the Armed Forces, the ministry said on July 23.
23 July, 07:00 PM 127
Nation

Fatal drone attack /
Sailor dies after Russian strike on Gas Lisbon tanker

A sailor injured in a Russian drone attack on the Gas Lisbon tanker, which was heading to the Ukrainian port of Reni, died in a Romanian hospital, the Romania Journal reported on July 23.
23 July, 06:53 PM 123
Nation

Financial support /
Ukraine receives $690 million tranche from IMF

Ukraine received a second tranche of about $690 million under the International Monetary Fund's new four-year Extended Fund Facility program, the Finance Ministry said on July 23.
23 July, 06:36 PM 59
Business

Sanctions squeeze /
EU sanctions will hit Putin where it hurts – Kaja Kallas

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc's 21st sanctions package against Russia aims to deprive Vladimir Putin of the financial resources needed to continue the war on July 23.
23 July, 05:47 PM 279
Nation

Path to the EU /
Ireland to push for faster Ukraine EU accession talks

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin said Ireland will work during its EU Council presidency to open the next four negotiating clusters in Ukraine's accession talks as quickly as possible on July 23.
23 July, 04:11 PM 71
Nation

Supply chain /
Wildberries sells military goods for Russian forces

Russian marketplace Wildberries sells not only consumer goods but also military and dual-use products, according to Defense Express, which analyzed the platform's inventory on July 23.
23 July, 03:37 PM 202
Nation

Fighter goes down /
Russian Su-57 fighter jet crashes near Moscow

A Russian military aircraft, believed to be a Su-57 fighter jet, crashed in the Odintsovo district of Moscow Oblast, Russian Telegram channels reported on July 23.
23 July, 02:17 PM 439
Nation

Culture in danger /
UNESCO adds Tauric Chersonese to world heritage in danger list

The Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora in Russian-occupied Sevastopol has been added to UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger, Ukraine's Culture Ministry said on July 23.
23 July, 01:52 PM 76
Nation

Pages in the rubble /
Half a million books destroyed in Russian strike on Konvi

A massive Russian missile attack on Kyiv overnight July 19 destroyed parts of Konvi, one of Ukraine's three largest printing houses, with commercial director Viktoria Haidai showing NV the damage and detailing the losses on July 23.
23 July, 01:16 PM 151
Russian war