Eric Malinovsky

News Feed Editor | NV English

Eric Malinovsky, News Feed Editor ― Before joining the NV English team in 2021, Eric collaborated for several consecutive years with the NGO Donbas SOS on producing monthly English-language digests regarding the situation in the Russian-occupied territories from 2016–2020. This experience ultimately helped in covering the course of the full-scale Russian invasion for an international audience. 


Military music festival /
Russia cancels Red Square parade over security fears

Russia has canceled an annual military bands parade and show on Red Square in Moscow that was scheduled to run Aug. 21–24, organizers said on Telegram.
18 August, 01:22 AM 162
Nation

Black Sea /
Greek tanker carrying Russian oil attacked near Novorossiysk

A Greek tanker was attacked in the Black Sea on Aug. 16 after taking on a cargo of Russian oil, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 17, citing people familiar with the matter.
18 August, 12:37 AM 164
Nation

Acting ministers /
Zelenskyy delays filling key ministerial posts

The Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) will not vote to appoint defense and foreign ministers on Aug. 18 as previously expected, since President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not submitted the corresponding nominations, Suspilne public broadcaster reported on Aug. 17.
17 August, 11:49 PM 120
Nation

Sanctions enforcement /
Zelenskyy: Russia still gets missile parts from G7 countries

Kyiv expects G7 countries to expand sanctions and tighten their enforcement as Western components are still used by the Russian military industry, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Aug. 17.
17 August, 10:46 PM 163
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Political performance /
Relations with Poland will sour further

The already fraying Ukraine–Poland relations will continue deteriorate next year, as Polish political actors will exploit the underlying grievances ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections, Vadym Denysenko, Ukrainian political analyst and former MP, told NV Radio on Aug. 17.
17 August, 09:28 PM 207
Nation

Energy superpower /
Russia expects more Indian gasoline shipments

At least two more shipments of gasoline from India are expected to arrive at Russian ports over the next two weeks as Moscow hopes to ease a domestic fuel shortage, Reuters reported on Aug. 17, citing industry sources.
17 August, 08:33 PM 274
Business

Increasing spillover /
Russian missile explodes in Moldova

A Russian Banderol light cruise missile entered Moldova and exploded, triggering forest fires and prompting officials to temporarily close part of the country’s airspace, Moldovan and Ukrainian authorities said on Aug. 17.
17 August, 07:56 PM 357
Russian war

Occupation hazard /
Drone strike leaves occupied Sevastopol in blackout

Sevastopol, the former primary base of Russian Black Sea Fleet in occupied Crimea, was left entirely without power after a Ukrainian drone attack shortly after midnight on Aug. 13.
13 August, 03:30 AM 149
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Satellite communications /
Musk will not let Ukraine use Starlink over Russia

It remains very unlikely that Elon Musk will reverse course and enable Ukraine to use Starlink to coordinate drone strikes over Russian territory, former Ukrainian MP and military expert Ihor Lutsenko told NV Radio on Aug. 11.
13 August, 02:52 AM 259
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SpaceX /
Poland threatens to review $50 million in Starlink payments

Warsaw could review its annual $50 million spending on Starlink services after SpaceX abruptly removed Poland from its European roaming zone, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Aug. 12.
13 August, 02:19 AM 269
Nation

Inch by inch /
DeepState confirms liberation of 19 villages in southern Ukraine

Ukrainian troops have liberated 19 settlements from Russian control and pushed enemy forces back in six more, open-source intelligence (OSINT) project DeepState reported on Aug. 12.
13 August, 01:35 AM 412
Russian war

Eclectic arsenal /
Zelenskyy: 15 types of weapons used in Novorossiysk attack

Ukraine’s Aug. 12 drone and missile strike targeting Russian Black Sea infrastructure in Novorossiysk was carried out using 15 different types of weapons simultaneously for the first time, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
13 August, 12:38 AM 392
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Bitter spat /
Polish-Ukrainian relations forever changed, expert says

The “point of no return” in Polish-Ukrainian relations has already passed and the two countries must now find a new mode of cooperation, Daniel Szeligowski, head of the Eastern Europe program at the Polish Institute of International Affairs, told NV Radio on Aug. 12.
12 August, 11:44 PM 237
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National dignity /
Moldovan minister refuses to take questions in Russian

Moldova's Defense Minister, Anatolie Nosatii, refused to answer a reporter who asked a question in Russian at a press conference on Aug. 12, local outlet NewsMaker reported.
12 August, 10:49 PM 162
Nation

Second attempt /
Zelenskyy promises to relax university entry exams

Starting next year, Ukrainian students could be allowed to retake the national multi-subject test (NMT) if they do not pass on their first attempt, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Aug. 12.
12 August, 09:35 PM 67
Nation

Russia cancels drone rally over security concerns

Russian drone operator rally “Dronnitsa,” scheduled for late August in Novgorod Oblast, was canceled over fears that Ukraine planned to attack the event with its own UAVs, independent Russian outlet Agentstvo.Novosti reported on Aug. 12.
12 August, 08:41 PM 141
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Russian port /
Commodity terminals, warships damaged in Novorossiysk

The Aug. 12 Ukrainian drone and missile strike on Russia’s Novorossiysk damaged grain, fuel, and oil export terminals, as well as two Black Sea Fleet frigates, OSINT (open-source intelligence) analysts at CyberBoroshno concluded.
12 August, 07:56 PM 264
Russian war

Ukraine’s youth are ready to lead recovery — opinion

Seventy-seven percent of young Ukrainians say they are ready to participate in their country’s recovery. Yet only one percent are involved in formal reconstruction projects.
12 August, 09:45 AM 285
Opinion

War of poor choice /
Hormuz remains closed, Tehran insists

Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States changes its policy and accepts Tehran’s conditions for ending the war, Reuters reported on Aug. 11.
12 August, 03:38 AM 102
Nation

Creeping spillover /
Romania destroys 2 Russian drones near Black Sea gas field

Romanian forces blew up two Russian drones in the country’s exclusive economic zone near the Neptun Deep natural gas field in the Black Sea, acting Defense Minister Radu Miruta said on Aug. 11.
12 August, 02:25 AM 254
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