Demian Shevko

Investigative journalist and editor | NV English

 Demian Shevko - Born in Kyiv. From childhood, he was interested in politics and international processes, maintained an active civic position, and was a participant in key socio-political events in Ukraine, notably the Orange Revolution and the Euromaidan.

With the aim of better understanding Ukraine's geopolitical role and the challenges facing it, he obtained academic degrees in the field of political science and international relations – a master's degrees from the National University of Ostroh Academy and the University of Warsaw, and completed post-master's studies at Jagiellonian University. He is currently working on PhD research dedicated to Ukraine's place in Russia's strategic narratives.

After the start of Russia's full-scale aggression, he returned to Ukraine, where he collaborated with foreign media, notably the London publication The Independent, in the role of a local producer. In 2023, he joined The New Voice of Ukraine team as a journalist. He specializes in topics of the war, Russian propaganda and information influence, as well as investigative journalism.


Rostov Oblast strike /
Ukraine strikes aircraft engine components plant in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast

Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck the Snizhne Machine-Building Plant in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast, a facility that produces components for gas-turbine engines, including aircraft engines, Ukraine’s General Staff said on Sept. 11.
11 September, 07:04 PM 154
Russian war

Bypassing the blockade /
Ukraine exports 630,000 metric tons of farm goods via alternative routes in September

Ukraine has exported 630,000 metric tons of agricultural products via alternative routes since the start of September, Agriculture and Food Minister Taras Vysotskyi said.
11 September, 11:58 AM 225
Business

Kyiv under attack /
Russian drones strike gas stations in two Kyiv districts, injuring at least two

Explosions were heard in Kyiv on Sept. 11 as the capital faced a high-level drone threat, with Russian drones striking gas stations in the Obolonskyi and Dniprovskyi districts, city authorities said.
11 September, 11:41 AM 76
Russian war

ISW: /
Putin’s ruling party increasingly resembles Soviet-style ideological machine

Dmitry Medvedev, chairman of the ruling United Russia party and deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, has reaffirmed the party’s commitment to a prolonged war against Ukraine and further entrenched its pro-war position as part of the Russian state’s ideology, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in its Sept. 10 assessment.
11 September, 10:32 AM 173
Nation

Diplomatic expulsion /
Ukraine welcomes Hungary’s move against Russian diplomats and calls for wider EU restrictions

Hungary’s decision to expel Russian diplomats is timely and well considered and will help strengthen the security of both Hungary and Europe as a whole, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Sept. 8.
8 September, 05:43 PM 89
Nation

Ukraine Facility /
European Commission proposes €3 billion Ukraine Facility payment after 10 reforms

The European Commission has submitted a proposal to the Council of the EU to provide Ukraine with €3 billion under the eighth payment of the Ukraine Facility after Kyiv completed 10 reform steps.
8 September, 05:37 PM 205
Business

‘He doesn’t call, he doesn’t write’ /
Zelenskyy comments on former defense minister Fedorov

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sept. 8 that he has not seen or spoken with former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov for some time.
8 September, 05:05 PM 245
Nation

Diplomatic tensions /
Russia threatens ‘harsh and painful’ response after Hungary expels 10 diplomats

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has threatened Hungary with a “harsh and painful” response after Budapest ordered 10 members of the Russian diplomatic mission to leave the country.
8 September, 04:47 PM 218
Nation

Kremlin in Berlin /
How Berlin’s Russian House became a hub of Kremlin influence

How the “Russian House” remained a symbol of Russia’s presence for forty-two years, despite sanctions, suspected ties to intelligence services, and Russia’s war against Ukraine.
8 September, 03:55 PM 260
Opinion

Underground education /
Ukraine opens first underground kindergarten in Kharkiv Oblast

Ukraine’s first underground kindergarten has opened in the Pisochyn community in Kharkiv Oblast, allowing children to receive in-person preschool education even during air raid alerts, the Education and Science Ministry said on Sept. 8.
8 September, 02:05 PM 88
Russian war

What children inherit /
Oksana Solop’s Cradle of War confronts memory, violence and the future

Kharkiv artist Oksana Solop spent more than three years in Austria after Russia’s full-scale invasion before returning home in the summer of 2025. In a conversation with NV English, she explains why the safety of Graz never made it feel like her place, how her art has changed, and why Cradle of War, a project she first conceived in 2014, is now becoming a conversation about what adults leave behind for the next generation.
8 September, 01:53 PM 199
Life

Renoir Museum robbery /
Thieves steal artworks worth €9M from Renoir Museum in France

Thieves broke into the Renoir Museum in the French city of Cagnes-sur-Mer, taking four works of art before abandoning one during their escape, Mayor Bryan Masson said.
8 September, 12:55 PM 143
Life

UK pledges £100M for Ukraine air defenses, including Patriot missiles

The United Kingdom will provide £100 million ($135 million) to strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses this winter, including Patriot interceptor missiles, The Guardian reported on Sept. 8.
8 September, 12:33 PM 123
Business

Russian drones strike Kyiv-Sumy passenger train twice after passengers evacuated

Russian forces carried out two targeted drone strikes on a Kyiv-Sumy passenger train on Sept. 8, but no one was injured, Ukrzaliznytsia CEO Oleh Pertsovskyi said.
8 September, 11:55 AM 87
Russian war

Kyiv under attack /
Kyiv metro station damaged as Russia launches overnight ballistic missile attack

A Kyiv metro station was damaged during a large-scale Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian capital overnight on Sept. 8, Novyny.LIVE reported.
8 September, 11:33 AM 87
Russian war

NABU Carthage case /
Investigation finds over $1 million in property and cars among Serhii Kropyva’s family and associates

Relatives and close associates of Serhii Kropyva, deputy head of the International Cooperation Department at Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office, acquired real estate and vehicles worth more than $1 million beginning in 2020, hromadske reported in an investigation published on Sept. 7.
8 September, 10:24 AM 260
Nation

Billions of dollars an hour /
Russia spent record $123.4 billion on war in just six months — Kluge

Russia’s federal spending on its war against Ukraine reached a new record of 10.687 trillion rubles ($123.4 billion) in the first half of 2026, according to calculations by Janis Kluge, a senior associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), based on Russian Finance Ministry data, The Moscow Times reported.
7 September, 06:36 PM 636
Business

Wartime resilience /
Seven in 10 Ukrainians consider themselves happy, poll finds

Despite Russia’s ongoing war, 71% of Ukrainians say they consider themselves happy, according to a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).
7 September, 06:00 PM 178
Life

‘Turning point’ /
AfD landslide in Saxony-Anhalt rattles German political establishment

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party’s landslide victory in the Saxony-Anhalt state election has shaken Germany’s political establishment and prompted calls for Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government to rethink how it is responding to voters, Politico reported on Sept. 7.
7 September, 04:38 PM 109
Russian war

Secret missions /
Red Square photo among images Budanov publishes from Ukraine intelligence operations

President’s Office chief and former head of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR) Kyrylo Budanov has published images from some of the agency’s most secret special operations, including a photograph taken on Moscow’s Red Square.
7 September, 03:50 PM 934
Russian war