Daryna Halperina

Editor and Translator | NV English

A media specialist, translator, and author of news materials, working in media since 2023. A Master of Linguistics and the author of a research paper on translation methodology. She specializes in translating and adapting materials in business, military, and socio-political topics for an international audience.


Conveyor of disposable infantry /
Russian frontline losses spike 40% in October

Russian frontline casualties jumped nearly 40% in early October due to covert mobilization, Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) Commander Robert "Madyar" Brovdi reported on Oct. 6.  
6 October, 12:42 PM 223
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The wounded home of science /
Struck Kyiv science academy to be mothballed

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) headquarters in Kyiv will be mothballed before winter after a Russian drone damaged 40% of its rooms, First Vice President Vyacheslav Bohdanov told Suspilne Culture on Oct. 6.  
6 October, 12:18 PM 66
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The creeping border war /
Russia strikes border crossings to intimidate NATO

Russian forces are intensifying attacks on Ukraine's western border checkpoints to intimidate NATO, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported on Oct. 5.
6 October, 11:58 AM 188
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The closed river artery /
Russian strike hits Zaporizhzhya bridge, shuts traffic

Russian strike hit a bridge across the Dnipro in Zaporizhzhya, closing traffic and wounding five civilians, governor Mykhailo Semikin reported on Oct. 6.
6 October, 09:55 AM 70
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The price of severed spans /
Rebuilding Kyiv bridges to cost billions

Rebuilding a major bridge across the Dnipro in Kyiv would cost at least 15 billion UAH ($360 million), architect Oleh Hrechukh told NV Business on Oct. 6.
6 October, 09:40 AM 179
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When algorithms aim /
AI gun turrets can down Russian jet drones

Robotic AI turrets destroy Russian jet drones on their final approach by creating shrapnel clouds, Air Force reserve officer and defense industry expert Anatoliy Khrapchynskyi told NV on Oct. 6.  
6 October, 08:36 AM 496
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The autumn swarm over Russia /
80+ drones attack Moscow, hit oil depot

Dozens of strike drones targeted Moscow and the surrounding Moscow Oblast overnight, prompting Russian air defense units response while an explosion and fire struck a key regional fuel terminal, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin wrote on Oct. 6.  
6 October, 08:16 AM 239
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Hunting down the missile crews /
Ukraine strikes Russian drone base, command site

Ukrainian defense forces struck a Russian drone launch base, command post, and equipment depot, AFU General Staff reported on Oct. 5.  
5 October, 05:19 PM 256
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Active defense /
Estonia shifts troops east, buys deep-strike arms

Estonia is repositioning combat troops closer to the Russian border and acquiring deep-strike weaponry capable of reaching deep into Russian territory, the Financial Times wrote on Oct. 5.
5 October, 01:15 PM 160
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The blueprint of thirty years /
Drapatyi submits war plan to Security Council

Commander-in-Chief Mykhailo Drapatyi submitted Ukraine's first comprehensive "war plan" to the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), NV sister outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported on Oct. 5.  
5 October, 12:16 PM 201
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The raided jackpot room /
Police arrest Ukrainian for illegal gambling in Warsaw

Polish police dismantled an illegal gambling venue in Warsaw and arrested a Ukrainian national, broadcaster RMF24 reported on Oct. 5.
5 October, 12:06 PM 75
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The fiery double-tap on Kharkiv /
Russian missile strike hits Kharkiv high-rises

Russian missile strike ignited structural fires across Kharkiv's Industrialnyi District overnight, setting ablaze a two-story administrative building and surrounding vehicles, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) reported on Oct. 5.  
5 October, 11:43 AM 83
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Engineered urban freeze /
Putin shifts to winter terror, not retaliation

Russian strikes on Kyiv and Ukrainian cities are planned winter terror rather than retaliatory acts, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported on Oct. 4. 
5 October, 10:44 AM 113
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Decoys, jets, and high explosive /
Russia strikes Ukraine with 205 drones - Air Force

Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 205 strike drones and missiles, hitting 13 separate locations, the Air Force Command reported on Oct. 5.   
5 October, 10:41 AM 88
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Rotting limbs in forgotten dugouts /
Russian POWs detail frontline horrors to medics

Russian soldiers captured near Lyman were abandoned without food, water, or medics, combat medics from Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps told NV on Oct. 5.  
5 October, 09:50 AM 713
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Czar must fall /
Moscow police detain 60 after authorized rally

Russian police detained approximately 60 people following an authorized Communist Party rally in Moscow, independent media outlet Astra reported on Oct. 4.  
5 October, 09:15 AM 150
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Shattered Siberian vial /
White House monitors suspected plague in Russia

The White House is tracking a potential plague outbreak in Russia's Irkutsk Oblast, U.S. administration official told Axios on Oct. 5.  
5 October, 08:21 AM 215
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The battle for domestic runways /
Half of Ukraine's F-16s stuck in EU repairs

About half of Ukraine's F-16 fighter fleet is stuck undergoing prolonged maintenance in Europe, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Financial Times on Oct. 1.  
2 October, 02:09 PM 157
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The calculated dark terror /
Russia hits Poltava energy grid, 6k homes go dark

6k consumers were left without electricity in Poltava Oblast following a Russian drone strike on critical infrastructure, regional governor Vitaliy Diakivnych announced on Oct. 2.  
2 October, 01:19 PM 105
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Dismantling the Budapest hurdle /
Rada tables minority bill to lift Hungary veto

Ukrainian lawmakers introduced a minority education bill to lift Hungary's veto on EU accession talks, Education, Science, and Innovation Committee Head Serhii Babak reported on Oct. 2.   
2 October, 01:10 PM 94
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