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Anna Myroniuk
Head of InvestigationsAnna Myroniuk is the head of investigations at the Kyiv Independent. Anna has run investigative projects on human rights, healthcare and illicit trade. She also investigated political and corporate misconduct and alleged wrongdoings in the Ukraine army's leadership. Anna holds a Masters in Investigative Journalism from the City University of London. She is a Chevening Scholar, the European Press Prize 2023 winner, the winner of the #AllForJan Award 2023, an honoree of the 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe Media & Marketing list, the runner-up in the investigative reporting category of the 2022 European Press Prize, and a finalist of the 2022 Ukraine's National Investigative Journalism Award and the 2020 Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award.
Articles
Investigation: Almost 2 years into first reports of wrongdoing, Ukraine’s International Legion appears immune to change
Editor’s Note: This is the third part of the Kyiv Independent’s investigation into the International Legion – a military formation created for foreign fighters defending Ukraine. Published in August 2022, the first part revealed leadership misconduct in the military-intelligence-led wing of the Legion. The second part, published in November 2022, showed that the reported issues also applied to the other part of the Legion, overseen by the Armed Forces. This third installment revisits the previou
Investigative Stories From Ukraine: Politically connected NGOs help men exploit the Shliakh system, leave the country
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‘I thought it was the end’: Russian missile strike hits apartment complex outside Kyiv
The morning routine on Jan. 23 of the residents of an apartment complex in a western suburb of Kyiv was violently disrupted by a Russian missile strike.
Missile debris landed a few dozen meters from a children's playground in the complex, damaging two stories of a new high-rise residential building and causing a fire in a parking lot.
Hours after the 7 a.m. attack, some residents stood outside the building, horrified by the thought of what could have happened if the destroyed apartments were a
Investigative Stories From Ukraine: Increasing attacks on journalists signal weakening state of freedom of speech
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Investigative Stories From Ukraine: How men fake divorces, custody lawsuits to avoid draft
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Investigative Stories From Ukraine: Another procurement scandal spotlights Defense Ministry contractor
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Investigative Stories From Ukraine: Journalists allege that key state agency controlled by unofficial boss
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Investigative Stories From Ukraine: Millions of dollars could have been stolen from the state humanitarian fund
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Investigative Stories From Ukraine: Zelensky’s deputy chief of staff lives in a villa owned by people tied to Yanukovych
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Investigative Stories From Ukraine: Russia receives Ukraine-made aviation spare parts despite war
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Investigative Stories From Ukraine: Russian military helicopters get Czech components despite sanctions
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Investigation: Baltic-registered crypto firms service payments for Russian private army, allow sanctions evasion
Editor’s note: This article was updated on Jan. 30, 2024, to reflect the changes made in the original investigative piece by Vsquare after the publication. The previous version of the story claimed that Akshin Dzhangirov received about 285,600 euros in income from Sberbank in 2021.
Known for its innovative e-governing system and booming IT industry, Estonia made a supposedly groundbreaking move in 2017. By launching a licensing system for cryptocurrency companies, the Baltic country wanted to b
UK Ambassador Simmons: ‘People are waking up to understanding of Russia being colonial fascist-leaning country’
After four tumultuous and challenging years, Dame Melinda Simmons’ term as the British ambassador to Ukraine is coming to an end. Her successor Martin Harris will be arriving in September.
Since Simmons, a career diplomat, arrived in Kyiv in September 2019, she has worked through the coronavirus outbreak, a change of three UK prime ministers, the death of Queen Elisabeth II, and the coronation of King Charles III.
The only time when Simmons wondered, “Can I do this?” was at the start of the Ru
Investigative Stories from Ukraine: Russia hits Ukraine with missiles that once belonged to Ukraine
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Investigative Stories from Ukraine: Another Ukrainian judge’s Russian connections revealed
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