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


Blackout risks /
Could Russian strikes leave Kyiv without internet?

Russia cannot completely cut Kyiv off from the internet despite strikes on data centers and telecom infrastructure, though local outages and overloaded mobile networks during blackouts remain possible, dev.ua CEO Stas Yurasov writes on Sept. 25.
25 September, 05:53 PM 3
Business

Drone threat spreads /
Russia to step up hybrid attacks beyond NATO — Zelenskyy

Russia will continue hybrid and drone attacks against various countries, not only NATO members, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during an audio briefing with journalists on Sept. 25.
25 September, 05:06 PM 24
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Hidden family link /
Journalists identify Putin’s 8-year-old granddaughter

Russian journalists analyzing leaked border service data identified an 8-year-old daughter of Vladimir Putin’s daughter Katerina Tikhonova named Elza Tikhonova, Agentstvo reported on Sept. 25.
25 September, 04:19 PM 60
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Oil production halt /
Novoshakhtinsk refinery halts operations after drone attack

Russia’s Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Rostov Oblast temporarily suspended operations after a drone attack, Reuters reported, citing regional governor Yuri Slyusar on Sept. 25.
25 September, 04:05 PM 41
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Shrinking gas market /
Russia lowers gas production forecasts for next three years

The Russian government lowered its estimate for gas production in 2026 and cut its forecasts for 2027-2029, Interfax reported on Sept. 25.
25 September, 02:20 PM 39
Business

Off the table /
Russian sovereignty over occupied territories no longer discussed — Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the “Anchorage agreements,” which included Russian demands to recognize its sovereignty over occupied Ukrainian territories, are no longer part of negotiations on Sept. 25.
25 September, 01:57 PM 51
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Fake NV website /
Fraudsters copy NV website design to spread fake news

NV’s editorial team says it has no connection to the nvukraine.com domain, where malicious actors copied the NV.ua website to spread a fake story alleging “searches of a former defense procurement chief.”
25 September, 01:17 PM 64
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Behind closed doors /
Witkoff and Kushner meet Putin envoy in New York

U.S. presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev in New York, CNN reported, citing sources on Sept. 25.
25 September, 10:55 AM 72
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Putin’s new estate /
Putin’s Sochi residence demolished and rebuilt

A new residence has been built for Vladimir Putin in Sochi under a state defense contract, with construction handled by a company linked to a friend of the Russian president, BBC Russian reported on Sept. 24.
24 September, 09:50 PM 253
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Can ties be fixed? /
‘Total failure by Ukraine’: Tompa on tensions with Hungary

Tibor Tompa, head of Kyiv’s Hungarian community, discussed tensions with Hungary’s new government, minority rights in Zakarpattia and the investigation into the detention of Oschadbank cash-in-transit guards in a Radio NV interview on Sept. 24.
24 September, 08:39 PM 219
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Bridgehead under fire /
Ukraine hits Russian equipment and positions in Huliaipole

Ukrainian forces struck Russian artillery systems, armored vehicles and personnel in Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the 7th Air Assault Corps said, releasing video of the strikes on Sept. 24.
24 September, 07:53 PM 200
Russian war

Meeting denied /
Kyiv denies reports of Ukraine-U.S.-Russia meeting in New York

Ukraine’s Presidential Office did not confirm media reports that a trilateral meeting between Ukraine, Russia and the United States would take place in New York on Sept. 24.
24 September, 06:49 PM 99
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Economic slowdown /
Ukraine’s economic outlook worsens sharply — EBRD

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development cut its forecast for Ukraine’s real GDP growth in 2026 to 1.5%, citing Russian strikes on ports and vessels in the Black Sea, Interfax-Ukraine reported on Sept. 24.
24 September, 06:24 PM 103
Business

Truce options /
Ukraine and Russia discuss three types of ceasefire — Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said three types of ceasefire with Russia are currently under discussion: an energy ceasefire, a grain ceasefire and a maritime ceasefire on Sept. 24.
24 September, 05:39 PM 168
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Humanitarian shield /
Russia may exploit strikes on ‘aid’ convoys to Oleshky — expert

Petro Andriushchenko, head of the Center for the Study of Occupation, told Radio NV that Russia could use Ukrainian strikes on purported humanitarian shipments to Oleshky, which also carry Russian troops, against Ukraine on Sept. 24.
24 September, 05:00 PM 177
Russian war

Moscow rejects pause /
Kremlin dismisses ceasefire, pushes ‘peace, not truce’ line

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov effectively rejected the idea of a ceasefire in Russia’s war against Ukraine, saying Moscow was not seeking a “temporary settlement,” Russian state media reported on Sept. 24.
24 September, 02:56 PM 183
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Russia’s false claim /
ISW rejects Russia’s claim 1,500 Ukrainian troops encircled

The Institute for the Study of War said it found no evidence to support Russian claims that about 1,500 Ukrainian troops were encircled in Kharkiv Oblast between the Velykyi Burluk and Vovchansk sectors on Sept. 24.
24 September, 01:48 PM 281
Russian war

Kyiv workshop lost /
Russian missile destroys Dukachi jewelry production in Kyiv

Russia attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles overnight, with one missile hitting a building housing the production facility of Ukrainian jewelry brand Dukachi, its founders Anna and Yelyzaveta Knyzhenko said on Sept. 24.
24 September, 11:58 AM 63
Russian war

Overnight destruction /
Russian strike damages Odesa hypermarket, hospital and school

Two people were injured in Odesa Oblast during a massive Russian attack overnight, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported on Sept. 24.
24 September, 11:36 AM 75
Russian war

Message to Moscow /
Zelenskyy tells Russian propagandists he’ll visit Moscow 'by missile'

Russian propagandists tried to stop Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in New York, repeatedly asking him when he planned to visit Moscow on Sept. 23.
24 September, 10:48 AM 221
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