Romeo Kokriatski

Managing Editor, NV English

Romeo is a Ukrainian-born New York native that returned to the homeland after the Euromaidan, and has had a career in journalism spanning Ukrainian independent media, including Hromadske and Zaborona.

Co-host and founder of independent podcast Ukraine Without Hype. Inveterate political junky.

Romeo is a fan of video and tabletop games, and is chronically online at @VagrantJourno.


Ukraine Today /
Ukrainian-Iranian relations deteriorate, Russia conducts ethnic cleansing of its own minorities, and what happ

Romeo KokriatskiManaging Editor, New Voice of UkraineMonday, September 26th, 2022Weekend Catch-up Edition:
26 September, 03:22 PM 146
Opinion

Humanitarian aid /
UN finally reaches liberated villages of Kherson Oblast, distributes 35,000 food kits

The United Nations and partner organizations over the past two weeks have started providing humanitarian aid to Ukrainians living in recently liberated villages in Kherson Oblast that were previously inaccessible for the organization.
16 September, 02:11 PM 1694
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Bad for business /
More explosions in Kherson – Collaborator’s hotel hosting Russian military hit

A series of explosions rang out in Kherson on the afternoon of Sept. 3, local Telegram channels reported.
3 September, 08:13 PM 4103
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Arrivals /
Five loud explosions sound at Russian-occupied airfield in Melitopol, says mayor

Five loud explosions were heard at the airfield in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol, Mayor Ivan Fedorov reported on Telegram on Sept. 3.
3 September, 07:28 PM 2725
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Raising dough /
EUR 20 million bakery complex to be built in Lviv Oblast

Construction of a new bakery complex has begun in Lviv Oblast, with EUR 20 million euros invested in the project, the head of Lviv regional military administration, Maksym Kozytskyi, said on his Telegram channel on Aug. 28.
28 August, 12:53 PM 545
Business

‘Against the special operation’ /
Moscow police detain pensioner for setting fire to Russian military official’s car

A 65-year-old woman has been detained in Russia’s capital city of Moscow on suspicion of setting fire to a BMW X6 car owned by Evgeniy Sekretarev, the Deputy Chief of the 8th Directorate of the Russian General Staff, local media reported on Aug. 27.
28 August, 12:40 PM 777
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Enemy losses /
Ukrainian army kills 35 Russian invaders and destroys 11 vehicles in south

Ukrainian army units killed 35 invading Russian troops and destroyed their equipment on the southern section of the front over the last day, the Ukrainian military’s South Operational Command said on Aug. 28.
28 August, 11:47 AM 1217
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No game changer /
Newly created Russian army corps will not change situation on battlefield — ISW

The recently formed 3rd Army Corps that Russia plans to send to the front in Ukraine will not be able to fundamentally change the situation on the battlefield, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in its regular daily report on Aug. 27.
28 August, 11:42 AM 424
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Military aid /
Germany to continue supporting Ukraine in war against Russia as long as necessary, says FM

Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has assured Ukraine of her country’s support in the war against Russia for years to come, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle reported on Aug. 28.
28 August, 11:35 AM 701
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War in Ukraine /
Ukrainian army repels Russian attempts to advance in three areas, says General Staff

Ukrainian forces repelled an offensive by invading Russian troops in the Slovyansk, Avdiyivka, and Bakhmut sections of the front over the last day, Ukraine’s General Staff said in its regular morning Facebook post on Aug. 28.
28 August, 11:28 AM 209
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Odd ones out /
Ukraine’s foreign minister names the two EU countries that don’t supply weapons to Ukraine

Among the EU countries, only Hungary and Austria are not supplying Ukraine with any weapons, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in an interview with Ukrainian television’s ICTV channel on Aug. 22.
23 August, 12:44 PM 44169
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City Day savagery /
Russian invaders shell Kharkiv early on Aug. 23

The Russian military shelled the Kyivskiy District of the city of Kharkiv in the east of Ukraine early on Aug. 23, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram messenger.
23 August, 12:39 PM 806
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Battle for the south /
Russian invaders still preventing advance of Ukrainian troops in south, says Ukraine’s General Staff

The main efforts of the Russian invading forces in the Pivdennyi Buh axis on the southern warfront are focused on holding the occupied positions and preventing the advance of Ukrainian troops, Ukraine’s General Staff said in a Facebook post on Aug. 23.
23 August, 12:35 PM 748
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Accurate artillery /
US to transfer Excalibur high-precision long-range shells to Ukraine

The United States has included high-precision 155 mm Excalibur munitions in its latest package of weapons for Ukraine, news website Politico reported on Aug. 22.

23 August, 12:16 PM 4864
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Visiting friend /
Polish President Duda arrives in Kyiv for talks, attending Crimean Platform summit

President of Poland Andrzej Duda arrived in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv on Aug. 23, the Polish president’s press service reported.
23 August, 12:11 PM 340
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Attack on Olenivka /
UN announces team to investigate deadly attack on colony with POWs in occupied Olenivka

The United Nations has prepared a team to investigate the mass killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in the Russian-occupied village of Olenivka in Donetsk Oblast, CNN reported on Aug. 23, with reference to UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
23 August, 11:38 AM 741
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Huge queues /
Healthcare system in occupied Mariupol still in collapse, says mayoral advisor

The healthcare system in the Russian-occupied port city of Mariupol is still undergoing collapse, mayoral advisor Petro Andriushchenko said in a Telegram messenger post on Aug. 22.
22 August, 01:26 PM 401
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Getting it /
German foreign minister says ‘no alternative’ to giving Ukraine military aid

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin refuses to negotiate even on the simplest issues and doesn’t respond to attempts to mediate in the war, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said at the German federal government’s open day in Berlin on Aug. 21, German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Aug 22.

22 August, 12:44 PM 2326
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Still on fire /
Ukrainian military destroys Russian ‘Pyatnashka’ group’s base in occupied Donetsk overnight

The Ukrainian military has destroyed the base of the Russian “Pyatnashka” illegal armed group in the temporarily occupied city of Donetsk, Luhansk Regional Governor Serhiy Hayday said in a Facebook post on Aug. 22.
22 August, 12:16 PM 3123
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Air strikes /
Two S-300 air defense systems and enemy stronghold destroyed in south of Ukraine

The Ukrainian Air Force has carried out two strikes in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast – on a stronghold and on a concentration of troops, weapons and equipment in the oblast’s Oleksandrivka and Burhanivka districts – the Ukrainian military’s South Operational Command reported on Aug 22.
22 August, 12:09 PM 1791
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