Viktoriia Shvets

Author

A journalist with more than 14 years of experience in media.

She began her career in regional journalism in 2011 and later contributed to LIGA.net, LB.ua, Svidomi, Detector Media, O, More and other Ukrainian media outlets.

Since 2023, she has worked as a hyperlocal correspondent for Suspilne Rivne, the regional branch of Ukraine’s public broadcaster. Since 2025, she has also contributed to UP.Life, part of Ukrainska Pravda.

She has completed the Economics for Journalists course at the Kyiv School of Economics, LIGA.net’s Sens Zhyttia program, and a multimedia journalism course at the Public Broadcasting Academy as part of its Hyperlocal Correspondent Network project.

Publications of the author

“Traces”: the painful stories of women who survived violence during the war. How the director and the film’s protagonist turned their own pain into a way to help others
Ukraine has chosen its entry for the Oscars. It is the documentary “Traces,” directed by Alisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk, a story about women who survived violence during...
"Dad's Lullaby" is a film about a veteran trying to return to civilian life. Here is how it shows the experience of thousands of Ukrainian families
A small Kyiv kitchen. A stubbled man talks about blood, knives, and the guys who come back from war. This is Serhiy, an ATO veteran who returned home in 2018 after nearly...