Journalist Tetyana Danylenko spoke about her personal life for the first time.

On the air, we are used to seeing her as tough, principled and inquisitive. Meanwhile, she herself avoided talking about herself, and even more so - about her private life. In 20 years of her active work in the media, you will find only one personal publication, written 18 years ago about the star of Channel 5, who is raising her daughter alone.

Today, Tetyana Danylenko is one of the most recognizable faces of the Ukrainian media, the wife of the Hero of Ukraine and the mother of two children. She still hardly shares her personal life - and in this interview she explains why for the first time.

In our conversation, her usual public "armor" cracked. Tanya told how her romance with Andriy Biletskyi broke out so quickly, how Medvedchuk's arrival cut short her television career, and how today she tries not to go crazy, combining motherhood, work at Ukrainska Pravda, and helping the military.

00:00 — Announcement
01:21 — Why I used to avoid frank interviews about my personal life
02:38 — The beginning of my journey: how I got into journalism
06:26 — Working at Channel 5: career development and why I left after 13 years
11:15 — Switching to ZIK, promised freedom and Medvedchuk's purchase of the channel
13:49 — Non-public work
14:56 — Raising my daughter Khrystyna on my own
17:34 — Historical parallels and rethinking life's challenges
20:10 — Cleaning up the media space and preparing for a big war
24:42 — Birth of a son a month before the full-scale invasion and illness of the husband's mother
27:32 — Why they did not advertise their relationship with Andriy Biletsky in the public space
30:11 — The first months of the war, the fight for defenders Azovstal and daily challenges
32:16 — How daughter Khrystyna perceived the appearance of her brother
33:17 — Distance, anxiety about her husband at the front and feelings of loneliness
36:49 — The story of meeting Andriy Biletsky: the first broadcast on Channel 5
42:08 — An unexpectedly sincere conversation about divorce and trials
44:07 — Exchanging numbers and the first conversation about Mariupol seagulls
47:18 — The first long meeting: a conversation about life
51:20 — “At some point, the thought arose that we should immediately tie the knot”
55:41 — An unexpected assessment from the daughter: “He is very, very good”
57:37 — The beginning of life together, everyday life and the legendary story about the cabbage rolls
01:01:47 — Andriy’s service and whether there is a conflict of interest with journalism
01:04:00 — Life of a military family: short vacations, night reports and daily schedule
01:08:58 — Why returning to journalism saves from burnout
01:13:49 — Fighting illness and losing Andriy’s mother
01:25:25 — The decision to stay in Kyiv, despite drone and missile attacks
01:27:00 — Why the eldest daughter refused to study abroad and chose Ukraine
01:28:46 — Being realistic and believing in Ukraine: the results of the conversation

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