As Russian troops invaded Ukraine, advancing through the country, local journalists played a crucial role not only providing real-time life-saving information for their communities but also telling th...
Viktoriia Talashkevych
Viktoriia Talashkevych is a journalist based in Kropyvnytskyi a city in the central region of Kirovohrad in Ukraine. She is the editor of the city news website Tusovka, presenter at local TV-channel Viter and head of educational-cultural platform Goncharenko centre. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, she has also been involved in coordinating services for the thousands of refugees who have been travelling through or settling in the city from the east of the country.
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