​Editor-in-Chief

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Matthew is a famous international lawyer and the Managing Partner of the Paladins Organisation, a legal, security and intelligence consultancy, as well as the Executive Chairman of the Ukraine Development Trust, part of the Foundation for Development, that specialises in assisting volunteers and other visitors to Ukraine seeking to assist the country during wartime and also in providing financing to reputable NGO's in Ukraine. He has lived in a variety of countries across the world with a particular specialism in working in the former Soviet Union and the Western Balkans. His academic speciality is in the genesis of civil conflicts and post-conflict reconstruction, and he is the author of several books and hundreds of academic articles in the fields of international law, international relations, cryptology and the work of the intelligence services across the world, as well as a series of popular diaries about life in wartime Ukraine.

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

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Maryana is a senior economist based in Lviv with professional and political connections in the Ukrainian community of heroes and political personnel.

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Military expert​

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Sergeant Varanadze, now wounded in action, has been a member of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for the past two years.

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Senior Reporter, Chernihiv Region

Maryna's childhood was spent in a Ukrainian village in the north, where her mother and stepfather had a farm. After school, she moved to the regional centre of Chernigov. In 2014 she obtained a master's degree in history. and then worked in business with A.S.Watsons Group. The war caught her in Chernihiv and after a month of living in the besieged city, she and her family went to Transcarpathia, and then after another month became refugees in England. Now she lives in two countries, a life that seems familiar to many Ukrainian refugees. You come to Ukraine, see your family and friends, volunteer and return to England. You begin to love two countries and no longer know where your home is.

Senior Reporter, Education and Community Engagement

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Travis Johnson is an American writer and teacher. He currently runs the “Spoke N Stories”  project that does storytelling workshops in a variety of countries. He has lived in California, Texas, Poland, Ukraine, China and Vietnam and is an absolute ukrainophile often claiming Lviv as the best city in the world. You can visit his project and request his workshops at www.getspokenenglish.com.

Senior Kyiv Commercial Director

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Natalia is responsible for editorial, administrative and interpretive direction in the Kyiv region of Ukraine, as well as being a full-time director and manager of a major Ukrainian production company. She is married with two children and lives in Kyiv, Ukraine. 

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​Senior Eastern European Affairs Correspondent

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Felix was born and raised in Prague, Czechia, and is a long-term volunteer currently based in Lviv. He reports on issues for the Lviv Herald mainly on issues connected to Eastern Europe, where he has spent most of his life.

Senior Reporter, International, Linguistics and Climate Change

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Manoel Chavanne is a self-proclaimed citizen of the world having lived in the US, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Portugal, Spain, France, Turkey, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Australia and now in Lviv, Ukraine. He teaches languages online to people all over the world and looks at the world through a global perspective. He has been volunteering for various organizations in numerous countries and continues to do so at Lviv Volunteer Kitchen and online with The Shift Project, a French Climate/Energy NGO.

​Senior Reporter, Religious Affairs

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Anthony is from London, England and first visited Ukraine in 2023 to assist with the Ukrainian war effort. After graduating from the University of York in 2020 with a Bachelor degree in History and Politics, Anthony spent time working in the media industry and hospitality, as well as spending time travelling across Europe. A year and a half after the Russian full scale invasion of Ukraine began Anthony travelled to Lviv to work in the Lviv Volunteer Kitchen, he later documented his time in Ukraine in an article published by the Catholic Herald titled "Peeling vegetables in Ukraine under the auspices of Just War Theory: a young Catholic volunteer reflects".

International correspondent, social and political affairs

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Freddie is an experienced international journalist who has published a variety of pieces for UK national newspapers, including The Daily Express and The Daily Telegraph.

Director, Donbas Reporting

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Eva is an actress and model living in Lviv, Ukraine and with a passionate interest in keeping Ukraine independent and free. She works tirelessly with women's groups and other voluntary organisations in Lviv and elsewhere in Ukraine and has committed herself to unflinching media reporting on events taking place both on the front line in Ukraine and elsewhere.

Director of Commercial Relations

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Artem Goldberg is a Ukrainian patriot originally from Donetsk who escaped as a refugee to Lviv amidst the Russia-backed invasion of the Donbas in 2014. He attended the world-renowned Gordonstoun School near Thurso in Scotland and now spends his time promoting philanthropic activities, British-Ukrainian relations and promoting commercial investments in Ukraine. He has a keen awareness of Ukrainian government and political institutions and EU public administration reform.

Energy Resilience Policy Coordinator

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Marcus Saul of the Institute for Strategy, Resilience and Security, part of University College London with close ties with relevant departments of His Majesty's Government, is a leading expert in the provision of energy and associated infrastructure supplies, distribution and investment to remote communities, with a specific focus on areas and regions with remote infrastructure networks, including in the Pacific Islands region. He brings an immense wealth of experience to remote Ukrainian communities in need of elementary energy infrastructure resources fit for the twenty-first century.  

Senior Policy Advisor, Energy and Resilience

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Dr Cook, a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute for Strategy, Resilience and Security, part of University College, London with close ties with relevant departments of His Majesty's Government, is a global leader on energy infrastructure reform with particular emphasis on the former Soviet Union, the Caspian Sea region, the Persian Gulf and the Middle East more generally. He is renowned as one of the world's leading experts on energy efficiency and in his capacity as government regulator and industry leader has developed energy resilience strategies with global reach.

Kharkiv Correspondent

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Polina, born in her beautiful native city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, lived in the now heavily shelled northern suburb of Saltivka and studied at one of the top educational institutions in Ukraine until the Russian aggression drove her from her home and forced her to become an internally displaced person in her own city. Nevertheless she continued her education, learned English and decided to stay in wartime Kharkiv to resist the Russian aggression and to write about daily wartime life in her troubled home to help the rest of the world understand the Russian threat to Europe and the world.

Arts and Political Correspondent

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Maria is an actress, artist, writer and activist based in Kyiv. She is passionate about working with frontline communities and internally displaced people who are suffering as a result of the Russian aggression, and to providing support to the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Ukrainian people through her artistic work.

​Senior Political Correspondent

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Toni, based outside Sacramento, California, report for the Lviv Herald on a range of US domestic political issues including Congressional and White House support for the war in Ukraine; US taxpayer funding for the war in Ukraine; and US support for humanitarian assistance to Ukraine.

NGO and Volunteer Coordinator

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Angelo is a political activist, photographer,

and humanitarian based in the city of Montreal. Since March 2022, he has actively participated in relief and public awareness initiatives relating to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. He played a crucial role in spearheading the development and implementation

of health, safety, and sanitation protocols at the cafeteria tent of "Grupa Żywimy na

Zachodnim" located at the Warsaw Zachodnia bus station. This initiative, made possible by the generous sponsorship of World Central Kitchen, provided food to displaced Ukrainian refugees for a continuous six month period, following the events of February 24th, 2022. More recently, in 2023 and 2024, Angelo had the privilege of being in Ukraine, actively engaging myself in diverse humanitarian endeavors. These efforts were focused on providing support to both the civilian population and the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He is thrilled to share the exciting news of his joining the writing team at Lviv Herald.

Lviv Heritage and Culture Correspondent

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Solomiia lives in Lviv where she works as a tour guide and is an expert on Ukrainian history and culture. She loves to travel widely and speaks several languages. She believes that Lviv represents one of the apexes of European culture and civilisation.

Chief Kherson Civilian Correspondent

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Stavros has lived and worked in Kherson since the city's liberation from the Russian Armed Forces in November 2022 and is a well-known international figure in the city. He coordinates a series of civilian reconstruction projects including assistance to children and other persons in Kherson's public hospitals.

Senior NGO Expert and Advocate

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Darren has extensive experience of working for a variety of crisis disaster and war zone NGO's in Europe and elsewhere. He is a leading expert on NGO coordination, organisation and fundraising.

Senior IT and Government Relations Correspondent

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Philip, from Durham, North Carolina, reports on a range of political and government related issues in the United States and elsewhere affecting Ukraine.

Eastern Operations Director

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Based in Kraków, Poland, Daniele is in charge of a variety of humanitarian assistance and coordination projects in eastern Ukraine where he manages deliveries of humanitarian supplies to communities affected by front line fighting.

Academic Standards Director

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Dr. J. Howard Parish is responsible for maintaining the academic integrity and independence of the Lviv Herald and is one of the very few Life Fellows of the University of Leeds.

Artistic Director

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Viktoria is an artist in Lviv who is passionate about her home country and culture and prepares her artistic works around themes of heroic resistance to Russian aggression.

IT and Web Design Manager

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Cyprian, a Polish native, is a web design specialist who uses his skills on a voluntary basis to promote Ukraine's independence and freedom and at the same time undertakes a variety of voluntary activities in Lviv to support military and civilian humanitarian objectives.

Real Estate Director

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Olyesa, an enthusiastic Ukrainian patriot living in Lviv, is the manager of the Lviv Herald's anticipated and emerging real estate portfolio and a writer on matters relating to land, agriculture and commercial and residential real estate.

Senior Security Correspondent

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Paul has an extensive background in the security industry, including working on some highly sensitive British government projects and including in zones of civil conflict.

Military personnel correspondent

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Calvin is a journalist and international civilian volunteer based in Lviv, western Ukraine who aims to travel the world as a journalist and bring a smile to anyone he can.

Chief Military Affairs Correspondent

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Scott is a retired Officer in the Canadian Armed Forces and a visitor to the front line in Ukraine. He advocates civilian and military support to Ukraine throughout Canada and elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere. He is a Member of the Federal Parliament of Canada, sitting with the caucus of the Conservative Party of Canada. He is a member of the Standing Committee on National Defence of the Federal Parliament of Canada.

Senior Women's Affairs Correspondent

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Marta is a leading Lviv entrepreneur specialising in the retail of feminine products and an active participant in Lviv's political and economic scene. She specialises in research into areas of feminism and women's rights across Ukraine.

Conservative Affairs Leader​

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Robert Harris is an author and educator who hails from Texas. He currently hangs his hat in Lviv, and the road from Texas to there included seven years teaching at an IB academy in Beijing, China. He's a self-described “Republican who still remembers when we knew the Kremlin were the bad guys”, and a committed supporter of Ukraine. The three things he's proudest of are his son, his doctoral thesis, and his six-gun chili recipe.

Front line correspondent​

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Angela is a veterinary technician and a trained combat medic working Ukraine's frontline. Before her career in veterinary medicine she worked as a professional photographer. Now she shares her experiences and life at the front with the world through her photography.