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Yuliia Akymova

Correspondent of RBC-Ukraine

Yuliia is a journalist with over eight years of experience, specializing in law enforcement, anti-corruption agencies, courts, as well as field reporting and on-the-ground coverage.

Born in Mykolaiv, she graduated in 2016 from Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University with a degree in foreign philology. While still a student, she co-founded the student media Petro Mohyla TV and actively worked on field reports. After her third year, she also participated in the Camp America program and spent four months in the United States.

After graduation, she began her career at a regional radio station, where hosted news segments and morning shows. Later joined the online outlets NikVesti and Prestupnosti.NET, covering regional government affairs, local politics, and conducting investigative journalism. Her reporting included investigations into abuses at public institutions, the activities of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), and the regional council.

Following the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, she reported from the frontline in Mykolaiv, covering the first days of the war, the aftermath of shellings, and prisoner exchanges.

Since August 2022, she has been part of the RBC-Ukraine team, focusing on law enforcement, anti-corruption bodies, and the judiciary. She has reported from de-occupied Kherson, Donetsk, and Sumy regions, joined Interior Ministry press tours, and produced interviews with collaborators as well as stories from prisoner-of-war camps. Her work has earned recognition and awards from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

Her interests include travel, documentary films about criminal cases, World War II, and Soviet-era propaganda.


Author publications

October 14, 2023 - 11:34 What's happening in Israel and how Middle Eastern nations could impact the war
October 10, 2023 - 11:11 Would Russia convince Iran to transfer ballistic missiles, and could Ukrainian air defense intercept them
September 28, 2023 - 12:38 Fall of the oligarch: How Kolomoisky lost power and ended up in the dock
September 21, 2023 - 15:45 Ukraine's Security Service and Armed Forces strike Russian secret base in occupied Melitopol, resulting in casualties
September 15, 2023 - 17:01 New U.S. representative for Ukraine's economic recovery invited to Kyiv
September 15, 2023 - 16:07 Ukraine's PM reacts sharply to Poland's calls for grain import ban
September 12, 2023 - 09:09 Who's responsible for corruption in Ukraine, or why Zelenskyy's office didn't take anti-corruption bureau's side
September 07, 2023 - 16:14 Ukrainian oligarch Kolomoisky charged with embezzlement of PrivatBank funds
September 05, 2023 - 10:46 Ukraine's Security Service conducts dozens of searches in several regions over energy renewal abuses
September 04, 2023 - 14:20 Russia increases imports of Western electronics despite sanctions
September 04, 2023 - 10:23 Russia stealing Western technology and weapon components - What can halt import schemes
August 31, 2023 - 21:10 Shooting in Dnipro: Precautionary measures imposed on patrol officer
August 31, 2023 - 18:00 Shooting in Dnipro: Prosecutor's Office asks to arrest patrolman
August 29, 2023 - 13:48 Wings and eyes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: How Ukraine started drone production and what hindered it
August 08, 2023 - 12:48 Barbershop, church, and store: How Ukraine treats Russian POWs and what they say about the war
August 03, 2023 - 13:43 'Wagner', nuclear weapons, and dictatorship: What's happening in Belarus and its role in the war
July 29, 2023 - 11:30 Taken to execution by lists - Terrorist attack in Olenivka a year after the tragedy
July 27, 2023 - 01:53 Mamuka Mamulashvili: Ukraine gave Georgians an opportunity to avenge their fathers
July 19, 2023 - 20:09 Why Russian troops advance on Lyman and Kupiansk fronts: experts opinion
July 19, 2023 - 18:43 Bribery case of Ukraine's Supreme Court ex-chief: prosecutor dismissed
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