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‘If I survive’: Budanov says he wants to stay in post until end of war

Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence agency, intends to remain in his post until the war with Russia is over, he said in an interview with Bloomberg on July 11.

12 July 2025, 06:29 PM

China's spy network that hunted for Neptune blueprints and its connection with Russia

Ukraine's SBU Security Service has apprehended two Chinese nationals in Kyiv on charges of attempting to smuggle classified documents related to the Neptune missile system out of the country. The detained individuals were allegedly planning to transport the sensitive information to China.

10 July 2025, 12:50 PM

‘No different from Russia’: Poroshenko slams Zelenskyy, accuses him of authoritarianism

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko sharply criticized President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accusing him of authoritarianism and saying his actions are “no different from what Russia does,” in an interview with The Times.

2 July 2025, 10:57 AM

Russian POWs admit they fight for money, not belief - HUR

Russian occupiers who are now captured by Ukrainian forces say they joined the war against Ukraine due to financial hardship, Kostyantyn Nemichev, co-founder of HUR's Kraken special unit said in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda on July 1.

1 July 2025, 02:51 PM

Israel’s strike on Iran cleared Trump’s problem of withdrawing from the Ukraine-Russia negotiations — political scientist Preobrazhensky

Israel's attack on Iran solved the problem of U.S. President Donald Trump withdrawing from the Ukraine-Russia negotiations, political scientist Ivan Preobrazhensky expressed in an interview with NV on June 25.

25 June 2025, 06:56 PM

Military expert on threats in Sumy Oblast and where Russians attempted breakthrough

Pavlo Narozhny, founder of the Jet Mail charity and a military expert, spoke to Radio NV on June 19 about the hottest sector of the front and the dangers in Sumy Oblast.

19 June 2025, 07:40 PM

Only Trump can stop Putin now, says Zelenskyy

U.S. President Donald Trump is now the only person capable of stopping Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with Newsmax on June 14.

14 June 2025, 07:35 PM

Russia’s enhanced KN-23 missiles now hit targets with 'deadly accuracy'

Russia has significantly improved North Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles, enabling them to strike targets with “deadly accuracy,” Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov told The War Zone in an interview published on June 9.

10 June 2025, 01:40 PM

Israel provided Patriot systems to Ukraine without public announcement, says Michael Brodsky

Israel is continuing to transfer weapons to Ukraine despite widespread belief to the contrary, Israeli Ambassador Michael Brodsky said in an interview with Marichka Dovbenko on June 9.

9 June 2025, 06:08 PM

U.S. diverted 20,000 anti-Shahed missiles meant for Ukraine to Middle East — Zelenskyy

The United States transferred 20,000 anti-Shahed missiles originally intended for Ukraine to the Middle East under a deal with the Biden administration, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with ABC News, published on June 8, but recorded a day earlier.

9 June 2025, 12:05 AM

Zelenskyy responds to Trump's comparison of Ukraine war to children fighting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded on June 7 to U.S. President Donald Trump's comparison of the war in Ukraine to "two children fighting" in a park.

7 June 2025, 02:22 PM

Russia may turn Sumy into next Pokrovsk, OSINT analyst tells Radio NV

Which three directions the Russian army is advancing along this summer — and which one could become as hot as Pokrovsk was in summer 2024 — was the focus of a June 6 interview with Mirror Weekly military observer and OSINT analyst Vitalii Kononuchenko, published by Radio NV.

6 June 2025, 01:10 PM

‘Russia is stunned that Ukrainians are capable of this’: Fesenko on large-scale strikes on Russian bombers deep behind the lines

Ukraine’s major special operation to destroy Russian bombers at several airfields deep inside Russian territory — including in Murmansk and Irkutsk oblasts — was the focus of political analyst Volodymyr Fesenko’s comments on Radio NV on June 1.

1 June 2025, 03:37 PM

Zelenskyy discusses in an interview how war affects his role as a father

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke about his children in an interview with British broadcaster RTL during his visit to Germany on May 29.

29 May 2025, 06:59 PM

Why Russia is obsessed with Dnipropetrovsk Oblast — military expert Zhyrokhov

Russia is obsessed with reaching the administrative borders of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast for strategic reasons, military expert Mykhailo Zhyrokhov said in an interview with Radio NV on May 29.

29 May 2025, 03:53 PM

Russian army may crumble this fall — Yevhen Dykyi

Veteran and National Antarctic Scientific Center director Yevhen Dykyi outlined possible frontline scenarios amid ceasefire talks with Russia in an interview with Radio NV on May 19.

19 May 2025, 05:39 PM

Olena Zelenska reveals reaction to Zelenskyy-Trump dispute

The First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, revealed her reaction to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s argument with Donald Trump at the White House, which led to Zelenskyy leaving early, in an interview with TV presenter Marichka Padalko on May 16.

17 May 2025, 02:55 PM

Hobby from youth still helps me emotionally — Olena Zelenska

A hobby Olena Zelenska learned in her youth now helps her emotionally recharge, First Lady of Ukraine said in an interview with Marichka Padalko on May 16.

16 May 2025, 02:48 PM

Trump seeks Ukraine war’s end, unconcerned by demarcation line - Volker

U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to end the war in Ukraine but is indifferent to where the line of occupation lies, former U.S. special envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker told NV in an interview released on May 14.

14 May 2025, 11:03 AM

What Ukrainian forces would do in Moscow on May 9 — Svitan

If Ukrainian military commanders, not politicians, were calling the shots, Russia might be seeing a very different kind of May 9. That’s according to Roman Svitan, a retired Ukrainian Armed Forces colonel and military instructor pilot, who spoke on the air with Radio NV.

8 May 2025, 01:32 PM

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