Exclusives
National
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As Russia bombards Odesa, Soviet-friendly mayor rebrands as patriot
May 17, 2022ODESA – Ukraine’s main port city is a complicated place. Known for its sandy beaches and good food, Odesa has also been ... -
264 Azovstal defenders evacuated to Russian-controlled territory, promised medical treatment
May 17, 2022Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said that 264 Ukrainian soldiers were evacuated on May 16 from the Azovstal steel plant in ... -
Mariupol evacuees: ‘People just dying, city in chaos’
May 16, 2022ZAPORIZHZHIA – A large white tent in a shopping center parking lot in Zaporizhzhia, welcomes hundreds of evacuees who left ...
Politics
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Zelensky’s full speech at Munich Security Conference
February 19, 2022Editor’s Note: The following is the full translated transcript of the speech delivered by President Volodymyr Zelensky at ... -
Zelensky’s MP expelled from party after video showed him try to bribe police
February 2, 2022Oleksandr Trukhin, a lawmaker from the governing President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Servant of the People faction, was kicked out ... -
Zelensky party’s lawmaker reportedly caught taking bribe
January 28, 2022Serhii Kuzminykh, a member of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Servant of the People parliamentary faction, was caught while ...
Business
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Russia’s war may halve Ukraine’s economy, increasing budget deficit by billions
May 5, 2022After Ukraine ended 2021 with a historically high gross domestic product (GDP) of $195 billion, top officials issued optimistic ... -
Germany’s software giant SAP keeps its Russian clients despite claims it shut down cloud services in Russia
April 5, 2022The German software giant SAP appears to have been hypocritical about its promises to stop providing cloud services to Russian ... -
Kyiv keeps supply chains open amid defense
March 23, 2022A city at war needs more than just weapons. To survive, a city needs uninterrupted access to food, medicine and other ...
Opinion
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Lucy Minicozzi-Wheeland: By invading, Putin has lost Ukraine forever
May 17, 2022When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his decision to invade Ukraine, his stated goal was to free Ukraine from the ... -
Oleksii Shaban: How National Bank managed to ensure routine operation during Russia’s full-scale war
May 13, 2022Since 2014, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has factored into its forecasts the risk of escalation of Russia’s military ... -
Eugene Czolij: Russia smears Victory Day with Ukrainian blood
May 8, 2022On 8 May the international community commemorates Victory in Europe Day or V-E Day, marking the official signing in Berlin ...
Eastern Europe
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: ‘Toughest sanctions for Russia will be free, democratic Belarus’
May 16, 2022At the toughest moment in the history of relations between Ukraine and Belarus, the Kyiv Independent sat down to speak with ... -
Belarus to expand use of death penalty. Democratic forces, rail guerrillas under threat
May 11, 2022Belarus’ parliament approved a bill on May 4 to amend the country’s criminal code, introducing capital punishment for ... -
Sources: Belarus to join Russia’s war on Ukraine within hours
February 28, 2022As Russia fails to inflict quick defeat upon Ukraine after four days of fierce hostilities, Vladimir Putin is about to pull his ...
Tech
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Over 50 IT companies join Ukraine’s ‘special tax regime’ Diia City in first three days
February 14, 2022On Feb. 8, the Diia City, a special legal and tax regime for IT businesses, came into force. With Diia City, the government ... -
Glovo acquires Ukrainian grocery delivery Zakaz.ua
January 23, 2022Spanish food delivery service Glovo has signed an acquisition deal with the Ukraine-based grocery delivery service Zakaz.ua, ... -
US giant chipmaker Qualcomm acquires Ukrainian startup Augmented Pixels
January 15, 2022The U.S. cellphone chip manufacturer Qualcomm has acquired Ukraine-founded startup Augmented Pixels for an undisclosed amount, ...
Culture
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‘Navalny’ movie review: Documentary depicts a hero, but who is Navalny to Ukraine?
May 6, 2022The 2022 documentary “Navalny” opens with filmmaker Daniel Roher posing a question to Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition ... -
Weekend in Kyiv – Feb. 18-20
February 18, 2022Our picks of the best art, music, film and more in the capital. Listed venues require one of the following: certificate of ... -
Weekend in Kyiv – Feb. 11-13
February 10, 2022Our picks of the best art, music, film and more in the capital. Listed venues require one of the following: certificate of ...
Podcasts
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Media in Progress Ep. 8: Can independent media be sustainable? We want to prove it can
February 12, 2022The Kyiv Independent aims to be a self-sustaining media company in Ukraine but independence comes with a price. Our commercial ... -
Questions about Russia’s war against Ukraine with defense reporter Illia Ponomarenko
February 11, 2022As Russia continues to build up military personnel along Ukraine’s borders many of us are wondering what’s next. We turn to ... -
Media in Progress Ep. 7: Company culture – What can make or break a team
January 27, 2022As the Kyiv Independent team develops its new media start-up while working around the clock amid an ever-growing threat of ...
Company news
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Advertising
Red Cross, Coca-Cola HBC deepen partnership to boost corporate volunteering, support youth development in Ukraine
February 9, 2022After more than 10 years of cooperation, Red Cross Society and Coca-Cola HBC Ukraine have agreed to broaden the spectrum of their ... -
Advertising
Kyiv’s Brookes CIL International School ranked among world’s best schools
February 9, 2022Kyiv’s Brookes CIL International School was listed among the top new international schools of 2022 by the U.S. education ...
