Kristina Berdynskykh | |
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| Born | 1983 Kherson, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine |
| Alma mater | Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University University of Warsaw |
| Occupation | Political journalist |
Kristina Berdynskykh (born 1983) is a Ukrainian political journalist.
Berdynskykh is from the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson. [1] [2] [3] She studied at the Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University in Ukraine, then at the University of Warsaw in Poland. [4]
Berdynskykh is based in Kyiv, [5] [6] where she worked as a political journalist at the independent news magazine Novoye Vremya. [7] She has also worked as a journalist at Korrespondent magazine (2008 to 2013) [4] [8] and on television projects on Hromadske TV, 3s.tv and Channel 24. [4] [9]
In 2016, Berdynskykh won the Belarus in Focus competition. [4] In 2017, whilst accredited as a foreign journalist, Berdynskykh was briefly detained in the Belarusian capital city Minsk. [10] [11] In 2018, Berdynskykh was subject to a court ruling on access to her phone data, [12] [13] which she appealed. [14] She has received multiple death threats for her journalism work. [15]
After the outbreak of the Russo-Ukraine War in February 2022, Berdynskykh remained in Ukraine with her mother [16] and has continued her work as a journalist reporting from areas under Russian bombardment. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] She has interviewed civilians, including children, [22] and diplomats, such as the Ambassador of Poland to Ukraine, Bartosz Cichocki. [23] She has been active on Twitter [24] [25] and launched the project "There are people." [26] In 2024, Berdynskykh was writing in a café when a training grenade detonated. [27] In 2025, Berdynskykh criticised the Russian flag being flown at the Venice Film Festival For Kyiv in Italy, which she called a "paradox." [28] [29]
Berdynskykh was named a BBC 100 Woman in 2022. [9] [30]