Alexandra Mandrovskaya

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.

“The capital will not be left without heat”: an expert explains why it is unlikely that Kyiv’s CHP plants will be shut down

Oleksandr Kharchenko, director of the Energy Research Center, denied rumors about the alleged threat of a complete heat cutoff in Kyiv in the winter. In a comme…

5 November 21:33
Borjomi without IDS Ukraine: how sanctions, change of ownership and a new importer reshaped the bottled water market

Borjomi has changed its distributor in Ukraine. In 2023, IDS Ukraine, the largest player in the Ukrainian bottled water market, stopped selling the legendary Ge…

5 November 20:28
London School of Economics launches Education for Victory program: how to apply

The London School of Economics' International Development and Economic Strategy (LSE IDEAS) has launched an educational program for Ukrainians called "Education…

5 November 18:54
Who owns cemeteries, who controls the funeral business in Ukraine and how it works

As of October 2025, there are more than 3,000 active business entities (541 legal entities and 2,767 individual entrepreneurs) officially engaged in burials in…

5 November 18:04
Kyiv is being prepared for a possible heat cutoff: expert names conditions under which evacuation will begin

Kyiv will need to start evacuating the population if all thermal power plants in the city stop working and do not resume their work within three days at tempera…

5 November 17:04
The NBU has declared RBC Bank insolvent: what will happen to depositors and when will payments be made?

On November 4, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) classified RVS Bank JSC as insolvent. The regulator emphasizes that the share of the institution as of October…

4 November 22:42
Zaporizhzhya Giant for Sale: What the State is Offering, How Much and Who May Be Interested

The State Property Fund (SPF) has scheduled an online auction on Prozorro.Sale for November 12, 2025, for the privatization of 97.5458% of shares in Zaporizhzhi…

4 November 22:07
Scandal with teacher bonuses: why teachers in Odesa region did not receive money

In Odesa region, teachers have not received the government-guaranteed additional payment of UAH 2,600. On November 4, the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee o…

4 November 19:53
The most desirable housing: where Ukrainians are actively buying apartments in the fall

In Kyiv, the highest demand for housing in September 2025 was observed in Desnianskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, and Obolonskyi districts. Apartments in Lviv, Odesa, and…

4 November 19:03
Member of the Supervisory Board of Ukrzaliznytsia Serhiy Leshchenko summoned to the Verkhovna Rada over the UZ-3000 program

on November 5, Serhiy Leshchenko, a member of the supervisory board of Ukrzaliznytsia, is to appear in the Verkhovna Rada to explain the high-profile initiative…

4 November 18:27