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.


Twelve interceptors a month for Kyiv /
Patriot missile shortages will persist for full year

Europe's depleted stockpiles will delay any meaningful increase in Patriot interceptor deliveries to Ukraine for at least a year, Bloomberg wrote on Nov. 9.
9 November, 01:34 PM 78
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Border blockades melt for frozen fruit /
Poland tops Germany in buying Ukrainian berries

Poland overtook Germany as the primary importer of Ukrainian frozen raspberries in August, purchasing 57% of all EU-bound exports, the Ukrainian Berries Association reported on Nov. 9.
9 November, 01:21 PM 50
Business

Pixels planted where boots cannot step /
Russian commanders forge front gains with AI deepfakes

Russian military units are deploying AI-generated deepfake videos to fabricate the capture of Ukrainian towns they do not control, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Nov. 9.
9 November, 12:53 PM 277
Russian war

Alabuga turbines flying on Swiss sensors /
New Russian Geran-5 drone flies as mini cruise missile

Russia upgraded its Geran-5 turbojet drone into a compact cruise missile reaching speeds up to 1,000 km/h, Ukrainian Military Intelligence reported on Nov. 9.
9 November, 12:14 PM 200
Russian war

Sixty thousand dollars in consulting /
Influencer Laura Loomer took cash for paid posts on X

MAGA influencer Laura Loomer received tens of thousands of dollars from political clients to publish sponsored posts on X, The Washington Post reported on Nov. 7.
9 November, 09:45 AM 265
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Substations smolder under repeat sirens /
Russian strikes plunge northern Odesa Oblast into dark

Russian forces knocked out electricity across northern Odesa Oblast after striking a major DTEK energy facility, the power operator reported on Nov. 8.
9 November, 09:23 AM 79
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The hotel roof collapses in flames /
Russian drone strikes injure seven across Kremenchuk

Russian drone strikes wounded seven people, including a teenager, and ignited blazes across Kremenchuk residential areas, the State Emergency Service (SES) reported on Nov. 9.
9 November, 09:06 AM 70
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Decades of winter blackmail dissolved /
Moldova declares full independence from Russian gas

Moldova completed its total phaseout of Russian natural gas while launching a direct power interconnector to Romania, President Maia Sandu announced on Nov. 8.
9 November, 08:34 AM 103
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Selling out the east for cheap methane /
Far-right AfD plans 2027 Ukraine talks excluding Kyiv

Germany's far-right AfD party plans to host a 2027 Ukraine peace summit in Abu Dhabi alongside the U.S. and Russia while excluding Kyiv, Bundestag lawmaker Markus Frohnmaier told Le Monde on Nov. 9.
9 November, 08:25 AM 149
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Twenty million tons of crude in flames /
Drones ignite massive blaze at giant Russian oil plant

Ukrainian strike drones hit the KINEF oil refinery in Leningrad Oblast overnight, sparking an expansive blaze at one of Russia's largest fuel processing plants, monitoring channels reported on Nov. 9.
9 November, 08:14 AM 175
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No designer gowns beside aggressors /
WTA scraps iconic group photo over Svitolina stance

WTA canceled its traditional Finals group photoshoot after Elina Svitolina refused to pose alongside Russian and Belarusian players, tennis journalist Ben Rothenberg wrote on X on Nov. 5.
6 November, 02:15 PM 895
Life

Now twenty kilometers closer to Kherson /
Russian troops exploit Oleshky humanitarian pause

Russian forces exploited the Oleshky humanitarian ceasefire to covertly redeploy over 1,000 troops to the Dnipro River's east bank, the 34th Marine Brigade told Radio Liberty's Crimea.Realities on Nov. 6.
6 November, 01:31 PM 229
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Four hundred million for a sarcophagus /
Grid bunker cost spikes fivefold in Kyiv Oblast

The cost to fortify a Ukrenergo site in Kyiv Oblast surged nearly fivefold from 88M to 420M hryvnias, MP Serhiy Nahornyak said in an interview with Radio NV on Nov. 6.
6 November, 12:29 PM 103
Business

A warrior fallen far from the front /
Ukrainian martial arts champion dies in roadway crash

World Games hand-to-hand combat silver medalist and Ukrainian presidential bodyguard Heorhiy Konovalchuk died in a fatal motor vehicle crash, Kryvyi Rih Hand-to-Hand Combat Federation announced on Nov. 5.
6 November, 12:06 PM 74
Nation

Three underground bunkers of 84 /
Two thirds of power transformers lack concrete covers

Only three of 84 Ukrenergo substations have underground control shelters while two-thirds of transformers lack concrete sarcophagi, MP Serhiy Nahornyak told Radio NV on Nov. 6.  
6 November, 11:40 AM 92
Business

The arsonist poses with the fire hose /
Moscow exploits Oleshky crisis to court Trump circle

The Kremlin weaponized self-inflicted humanitarian crises at a White House ceremony with Melania Trump to curry favor with Washington, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported on Nov. 6.
6 November, 11:00 AM 142
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Every power plant bears a scorch mark /
Three jet drones strike Bila Tserkva energy facilities

Russian armed forces targeted critical energy infrastructure in the city of Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Oblast, deploying three high-speed turbojet-powered strike drones, City Council reported on Nov. 5.
6 November, 10:20 AM 69
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Air raid sirens answered from Iberia /
Spain approves $490M arms package for Ukrainian forces

Spain committed a new €437M ($492M) military assistance package to Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced following talks with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Madrid on Nov. 5.
6 November, 09:01 AM 122
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The Koschei needle feels another pin /
Overnight blast ignites blaze at Russian Afipsky plant

Explosions rocked Russia's Krasnodar Krai overnight as a suspected drone strike ignited a blaze at the Afipsky oil refinery, Exilenova+ monitoring group reported on Nov. 6.   
6 November, 08:28 AM 108
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Eleven burned chassis in quiet towns /
Russian jet drones damage Vinnytsia energy facilities

Russian jet-powered drones damaged energy facilities and wounded three civilians across Vinnytsia Oblast in a daylight raid, governor Natalya Zabolotna reported on Nov. 5.
5 November, 02:22 PM 75
Nation