Veronika Melkozerova

Editor, NV English

Veronika is a journalist based in Kyiv. She contributed to multiple international publications, including NBC News, Politico, Vice, OCCRP, US News & World Report. She worked at Kyiv Post from June 2015-December 2018. In 2021, Veronika won the top Ukrainian journalism contest Chest profesii, getting a crystal stela in the nomination for best breaking news reporting. Member of NV.UA team till December 2022.


Time to pay /
Ukraine to submit claim registry resolution to the UN General Assembly to kickstart Russia reparations talks

Ukraine has been working on the draft resolution on the claim registry together with partners and is planning to submit the document to the UN General Assembly in November.
7 November 2022, 06:27 PM 892
Nation

Russia squeezes out one “dirty bomb” after another to waste the UN’s time

The Russian delegation at the United Nations put on quite an act on Oct. 27, providing a full-scale horror show of allegations against Ukraine: bioweapons, contagious combat mosquitos and, of course, the dirty bomb.
29 October 2022, 01:23 PM 737
Opinion

Iran sides with Russia at the UN

It’s been almost two months since I started covering the United Nations from its headquarters in New York. I came here to understand whether the organization is as useless as many in Ukraine and beyond say. People see mostly brazen Russian vetoes at the Security Council, the inability of the body to make decisions and, of course, loads of boring resolutions no one understands.
20 October 2022, 05:25 PM 569
Opinion

At the brink /
Russian "referenda" in occupied parts of Ukraine have no legal value, UN Secretary-General says

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres kept talking about the necessity of dialogue as the only way to stop the Russian war against Ukraine during the UN General Assembly last week.
29 September 2022, 10:38 PM 2922
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Online /
UN recognizes Ukraine’s speedy digital migration to the cloud that helped to save industries during war

Ukraine took 46th place among the most digitalized governments in the world, making it into a group of 73 countries with the highest e-government index, reads the UN 2022 E-Government Survey published on Sept. 28.
28 September 2022, 08:12 PM 682
Business

Aid is coming /
UN visits recently liberated Kharkiv Oblast villages and towns, highlighting dire humanitarian situation

The United Nations, along with their Ukrainian humanitarian partners, is stepping up efforts to help more than 150,000 people affected by hostilities in Kharkiv Oblast, the UN humanitarian coordinator Denise Brown said during her visit to Kharkiv on Sept 26.
26 September 2022, 03:17 PM 364
Nation

Soft power /
First Lady Olena Zelenska shares details of her visit to New York during the UN General Assembly

Tired, but satisfied Olena Zelenska meets the Ukrainian journalists somewhere in Manhattan on Sept. 23 – the last day of her 3-day visit to New York. Zelenska came to the U.S. together with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to represent Ukraine at the 77th United Nations General Assembly. 
23 September 2022, 06:52 PM 1576
Life

Aggressor must pay /
Ukrainian government pushes UN partners to confiscate Russian assets for reconstruction of Ukraine

The full-scale Russian war against Ukraine has already destroyed Ukraine's infrastructure, energy facilities, schools, hospitals, and private property, leaving thousands of Ukrainians homeless. The invasion has already cost $340 billion in damages to Ukraine as of September.
22 September 2022, 08:57 PM 751
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Justice must be served /
Ukraine calls for a special tribunal for Russia at UN Security Council

The UN Security Council’s first high-level meeting on Ukraine since the start of the war on Feb. 24 in New York was full of emotion.
22 September 2022, 06:45 PM 692
Nation

Stand for Liberty /
Biden says US wants Russia's war to end on just terms, reaffirms solidarity with Ukraine at UNGA

New York, United Nations – As many world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly High-Level week, more and more of them talk about Ukraine and how Russia’s invasion has affected everybody, causing a lack of food and a hike in energy prices.
21 September 2022, 03:07 PM 1025
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Alliance /
US Ambassador to UN meets Kuleba, reaffirms support for Ukraine

During the closed meeting  Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield reaffirmed the United States’ unwavering support of Ukraine to defend its sovereign territory against Russia’s unprovoked aggression, U.S. Mission to the United Nations Spokesperson Nate Evans said in a statement. 
20 September 2022, 03:12 PM 286
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Reeducation /
UN has no access to Ukrainian children, studying in Russia and occupied territories of Ukraine

The United Nations humanitarian organizations still have no access to the Ukrainian children, who went to schools in Russia and in the occupied territories of Ukraine this year.
16 September 2022, 10:09 AM 810
Nation

Geostrategic divides paralyze the global response to the dramatic challenges we face

Our world is blighted by war, battered by climate chaos, scarred by hate, and shamed by poverty, hunger, and inequality.  Conflicts and unrest continue to rage.   
14 September 2022, 05:32 PM 353
Opinion

War on infrastructure /
Russians hit dam in Kryvyi Rih with missiles, Zelenskyy accuses enemy of ‘trying to sow panic’

Russia carried out a missile strike on a dam in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the evening of Sept. 14, raising fears in Ukraine that Moscow, defeated on the battlefield, will now step up its attacks on civilian targets.
14 September 2022, 03:58 PM 5097
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Archaic Ark of Great Russian Culture

I am reading Sophocles’ «Oedipus Rex». The key text on responsibility of an individual will be staged in Kyiv by one of the best theater directors this autumn. «Oedipus Rex» was staged in Kyiv in 1918 by the leading avant-garde Ukrainian director Les Kurbas.
1 September 2022, 12:22 AM 2990
Opinion

The war of Putin's Russia against Europe

Ukraine was not the most important stage in Putin's plans. The landing in Hostomel and the parade on Khreschatyk were supposed to be just an episode of the epic picture about "Russia rising from its knees."
31 August 2022, 09:25 PM 2021
Opinion

Black Sea front /
Ukraine will target Russian military depots and command centers across Crimea, Zelenskyy warns

The Armed Forces of Ukraine will destroy enemy equipment, ammunition dumps, and command-and-control centers across occupied Crimea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video address on Aug. 30.
31 August 2022, 06:22 PM 2673
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Rat on a sinking ship /
Pro-Russia Kherson collaborator admits fleeing Ukraine for Russia

Kirill Stremousov, who was “appointed” by Russia as the so-called “deputy head of Kherson regional administration,” has confirmed he’s currently in Russia, in a video statement published on Telegram messenger on Aug. 31.
31 August 2022, 04:27 PM 2631
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Consequences for invasion /
EU to suspend simplified visa arrangement with Russia

The EU will suspend a simplified visa issuance agreement with Russia, stopping short of a wholesale visa ban for Russian citizens, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said, as reported by Reuters on Aug. 31.
31 August 2022, 04:05 PM 995
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On a mission /
IAEA mission to ZNPP arrives in Zaporizhzhia

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission that aims to visit the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar arrived in Zaporizhzhia on Aug. 31, the Reuters news agency reported the same day.
31 August 2022, 03:58 PM 966
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