Alexandra Mandrovskaya

Editor

She studied at the Institute of Philology at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and Mykhailo Dragomanov National Pedagogical University.

She has been working in journalism since 2011. She has worked her way up from interviewer for the Ministry of Defense’s print publications to news editor. I love and am skilled at working with large amounts of information, ranging from military and political topics to environmental and economic issues.

Previously, I wrote for Kraina magazine, Gazeta.ua, Depo.ua, and the online publications Apostrophe, GreenPost, and Focus.ua.

Discrimination, illnesses, low salaries: why it is so difficult for veterans to find work in Ukraine

More than 20% of female and male veterans have faced discrimination in employment after returning from the front. This is reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with…

25 July 22:57
No indexation since 2017: petition to increase military pay gains votes

As of July 25, a petition to increase the basic allowance for military personnel to UAH 42,000 per month has received more than 20,000 signatures. This was repo…

25 July 22:23
From road construction to courts: NABU’s top cases for 2025

In 2025, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office filed indictments against 154 people. This is report…

25 July 21:39
Children turned into living skeletons: international organizations report mass starvation in Gaza

In Gaza City, the food situation has become catastrophic: many civilians may be at risk of starvation. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference…

25 July 20:28
New hope after a bad scalpel: plastic surgery victims have a chance for recovery

A special commission is being set up in Ukraine for patients who have experienced complications after plastic surgery. The initiator was the Ukrainian Associati…

25 July 19:33
Reforms on hold – tranche cut: how Ukraine lost €1.4 billion in EU aid

The fourth tranche of financial assistance to Ukraine under the Ukraine Facility program will be smaller than expected. This was stated by the European Commissi…

25 July 17:58
Finnish fast food is expanding: Hesburger to open 10 new restaurants in Ukraine

The Finnish fast food chain Hesburger plans to expand its presence in Ukraine by opening at least 10 new restaurants in the west of the country over the next fi…

25 July 16:40
Zarivna left the OP, but not the state: what will Yermak’s ex-advisor do now?

Daria Zarivna, a freelance adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, has resigned from her post but will continue to work on…

24 July 23:01
Polygraph is the new normal: Zelensky announces anti-corruption initiatives for security forces

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced new security measures for law enforcement agencies. From now on, employees of the State Bureau of Investig…

24 July 22:05
NABU and SAPO joined the drafting of a bill on their independence: details of the document

The NABU and the SAPO have supported draft law 13533 (submitted on July 24 by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as an urgent one), which restores all proc…

24 July 21:00