Natalie Sedletska is a Ukrainian investigative reporter and executive producer of Schemes, an investigative unit of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service.
The New Year has every potential to be momentous, with the return of Donald Trump to the White House, pledging to bring an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine, along with ongoing conflict in the Middle East and tensions between China and Taiwan.
Cooperation between Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces and Main Intelligence Directorate on a "humanitarian aid" mission led to the State Border Service authorizing an indicted Ukrainian politician to leave the country, Schemes, the investigative unit of RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, has found.
Czech President Petr Pavel says Russians in Western countries should be monitored by security services. Speaking to RFE/RL's Natalie Sedletska on June 14 in Prague, he said, "when World War II started, all Japanese population living in the United States was under a strict monitoring regime as well."
Czech President Petr Pavel says the only way to achieve stability in Eastern Europe is to have "Ukraine on board both in NATO and the EU." Speaking with Natalie Sedletska on June 14 in Prague, he also said, "all Russians living in Western countries should be monitored" by security services.
RFE/RL producer Vira Hyrych is among the numerous journalists killed in Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. A year later, her son says those responsible must be held accountable. Schemes, an RFE/RL investigative unit, confronted key figures in the Russian chain of command.
Contracts and tax documents acquired by Schemes, the investigative unit of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, show that at least five of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's catering contractors charge a premium for delivering basic food to Ukrainian troops.
A company co-owned by a powerlifter who is linked to the governor of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region and the business partner of an FBI fugitive received nearly $41 million in public funds for road repair, a journalistic investigation by Schemes found.
Now detained on suspicion of aiding Moscow in its aggression against Ukraine, the longtime head of a prominent Ukrainian aircraft engine maker is a Russian citizen, a Schemes investigation has found.
A new Schemes investigation reveals the Western components inside the Iranian combat drones that Russia is deploying in its war against Ukraine, raising questions about how Tehran obtains this technology despite sanctions.
An investigation by Schemes, a unit of RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, found that a senior Ukrainian judge has Russian citizenship. Now he’s facing a criminal probe.
A substantial number of the Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine receive their military pay and combat bonuses through Gazprombank, which has escaped the most severe Western sanctions that have hamstrung other large Russian lenders, an investigation by Schemes shows.
A Ukrainian corruption watchdog has changed its position on whether President Petro Poroshenko should have declared ownership of a Spanish seaside villa, raising questions about the state agency's independence from the presidential administration.
Along the picturesque shores of Estepona in southern Spain's Costa del Sol lie some of Europe's most elegant resorts and luxury estates, whose owners and residents include Hollywood actors, superstar athletes, and some of the continent's political elite.
Twenty-one journalists are working to preserve and publicize documents seized from ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's residence.
