Kristina Berdynskykh
Ukrainian political journalist (born 1983)
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Kristina Volodymyrivna Berdynskykh (Ukrainian: Крістіна Володимирівна Бердинських; born 1983) is a Ukrainian political journalist.
Kristina Berdynskykh | |
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| Born | 1983 (age 42–43) Kherson, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine |
| Alma mater | Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University University of Warsaw |
| Occupation | Political journalist |
Biography
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]