Zhenia Melnyk

Special Correspondent

Zhenia serves as an in-house correspondent for UNITED24 Media, with a focus on investigative reporting in Ukraine’s war zones. By diving deep into the stories behind the headlines, she uncovers key information and brings transparency to the complexities of the war, providing audience with thorough, fact-based reporting.

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Articles

  • From Prisons to Frontlines, Ukraine’s Convicts Join the Fight
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    War in Ukraine
    From Prisons to Frontlines, Ukraine’s Convicts Join the Fight
    In May 2024, President Zelensky y signed a bill allowing convicts to join the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This created huge enthusiasm among existing brigades—for months, recruitment officers were rushing from prison to prison to hire potential warriors. We traveled to Donbas to meet one of the new battalions, consisting mostly of ex-convicts.