Kristina Berdynskykh

NV journalist

Political journalist.

Graduated P. Mohyla Mykolaiv State University in 2005, the Faculty of Political Sciences. In 2006, political science course in at the University of Warsaw.

From 2008 to 2013, journalist for Korrespondent magazine. In 2013-2014, the author of the People project about participants in Ukraine's  Revolution of Dignity.

From 2014 to this day, the journalist for the Country section of the NV magazine. In addition, worked in various TV projects on Hromadske TV, 3s.tv and Channel 24.

Awards:

2012 - first place in the Reporters for Reporters competition for journalists from the Eastern Partnership countries;

2014 - winner of Alexander Krivenko award;

2016 - winner of Belarus in Focus competition, and finalist of the Ukrainian Pravda competition in the category of the Best Special Report;

2017 - finalist of the Honor of the Profession competition in the category of the best presentation of resonant material.


Formula for fascism /
What Russia and Putin's power are built on – NV interview with UK writer Peter Pomerantsev

A British writer and journalist reflects on the passivity of "good Russians", propaganda, and the world's perception of Zelenskyy and Ukraine
8 September, 11:01 AM 2212
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Cossack spirit city /
How frontline Zaporizhzhya keeps calm, helping refugees and nurturing patriotism

Yellow and blue ribbons, t-shirts with the inscriptions “Good evening, we’re from Ukraine”, even bags with the image of a postage stamp featuring a well-known Russian flagship – this is what the residents of the city of Zaporizhzhya are wearing today.
27 August, 04:08 AM 1307
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For the better /
Ukraine’s army, politics, economy, and citizenry have all been transformed by six months of war

Kyiv’s central Khreshchatyk Street was full of Russian armor – tanks, APCs, and so on – days before the 31st anniversary of Ukrainian independence on Aug. 24.
24 August, 10:30 PM 2029
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Belligerent design /
Who inspired Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?

Several people from the inner circle of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin spent years teaching Russians to hate Ukraine, laying the grounds for the eventual invasion.
8 August, 12:48 PM 1794
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Waiting for the assault /
How large cities in Donetsk region prepare for an attack by two hostile forces — the Russians and the cold

There are currently two types of people in the Ukrainian-controlled territories of Donetsk Oblast: locals who do not want to leave their homes, and military people who are not going to let the enemy take over.
27 July, 02:28 AM 5361
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Passportless /
The fallout of Zelenskyy’s secret citizenship revocations

Ihor Kolomoisky, Hennadiy Korban, and Vadim Rabinovich, three powerful Ukrainian businessmen, have suddenly became targets in a rumored presidential decree on the revocation of citizenship. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy never confirmed the existence of this document, but Korban is no longer allowed into the country.
24 July, 01:00 PM 1985
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Strange games /
Allegedly stripped of citizenship, former Kolomoisky’s ally barred from entering Ukraine

Gennady Korban, head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Territorial Defense Force, and formerly close confidant of Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, can’t cross into Ukraine from Poland, Korban said in a Facebook post on July 22.
22 July, 06:42 PM 2413
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Army man /
General Zaluzhny proves best choice for Armed Forces, president and nation

 “A small mistake” – this is how Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy explained his recent disagreement with the country’s army leadership. It’s the first disagreement to draw public attention since not even Feb. 24, when the Russian army invaded, but since July 27 of last year, when Valeriy Zaluzhny, now a general, was appointed a commander of Ukrainian Armed Forces.
8 July, 07:36 PM 12123
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Fighting for lives /
Ex-MP describes what it's like to be a medic on the front lines

Former lawmaker Yehor Firsov, who is now on the eastern front, told NV what it is like to be working as a medic on the front lines.
7 July, 02:05 AM 2003
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Freedom regained /
Liberated villages of Kherson Oblast live on despite daily shelling

Although the enemy is only a few miles away, the villagers of the north of Kherson Oblast plant gardens, help the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and dream of peace.
5 July, 04:28 AM 2663
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'Children shouldn't see death' /
Ukrainian patrol officer shares story of the evacuation of 42,000 people from Luhansk Oblast

Viktor Levchenko, the head of the patrol police of Luhansk Oblast, has spoken to NV about what it was like to bring adults, children, and animals out of areas under shelling for three months in a row.
4 July, 03:52 PM 2868
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Guerrilla warfare /
Ukraine’s secretive partisans make own contribution to country’s victory

Ukraine’s south has been one of the key targets of Russian invasion since February, and some territories there were occupied during the early stage of the ongoing, full-scale war. Russia claims it controls major parts of southern Ukraine, but this control can be hardly called sustainable.
2 July, 07:37 PM 6848
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On the front lines /
Kharkiv millionaire Vsevolod Kozhemiako's military unit helping defend Ukraine’s second-biggest city

The war has retreated from Kharkiv, but fighting is underway not far away – about 15-20 kilometers from the city.
12 June, 06:37 PM 2282
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Surviving war /
How everyday Ukrainians, state officials, and politicians overcome fatigue, and endure the long war

A first, sad anniversary is approaching - it will soon be 100 days since Russia started its full-scale war against Ukraine.
1 June, 07:12 PM 945
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Salvation City /
Small settlement receives thousands fleeing occupied southern Ukraine

At 0830, police and an ambulance are already keeping watch near a large tent, set up in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast by a local police station in the town of Zelenodolsk.
30 May, 09:39 PM 3133
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Fleeing war /
One day on the evacuation train that takes scores westward from war-torn Donbas

Despite the great risks, the Pokrovsk-Dnipro-Lviv evacuation train takes hundreds of people from Donbas to safer places every day. NV spent a day on the train, chronicling its story and the tireless work of those helping to save hundreds of their fellow citizens.
29 May, 01:40 PM 2021
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Enemy fell from the skies /
Russian pilot who changed lives of Chernihiv residents

Oleksandr Krasnoyartsev, Russian pilot, is now expecting to be tried in court for bombing Chernihiv where he surrendered to self-defense fighters.
22 May, 06:24 PM 14605
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Wartime Kryvyi Rih /
Zelensky's hometown gets back to work, welcomes refugees, and rediscovers its Ukrainian identity

In the president’s hometown, even a top official from the former Party of Regions has turned into a patriot.
13 May, 09:44 PM 1370
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'Putin has cornered himself' /
Interview with Ukraine’s military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov

May 9, the “sacred” Russian VE day anniversary, is less than a week away.
3 May, 08:29 PM 3869
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Ukraine under siege /
Life in Kharkiv: Ukraine’s second largest city during wartime

On the afternoon of April 21, NV descended into a basement in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv – not, as has been common, to shelter from Russian bombing attacks on Ukraine’s second largest city – but to attend a charity concert aimed at supporting Ukraine’s special forces.
28 April, 12:47 PM 1805
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