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Brooke Manning
Senior Community ManagerBrooke Manning is the senior community manager at the Kyiv Independent. She previously worked as a field organizer in California and as an English teacher in Ukraine. She holds a master's in investigative journalism from Arizona State University.
Articles
Who really funds the Kyiv Independent?
A closer look at how the Kyiv Independent is financed and how our reader-revenue funding model works.
5 ways you can support Ukraine — even if your government doesn't want to
Editor’s note: This is an edited version of a guide for members of the Kyiv Independent community, published on Feb. 24, 2025. If you would like to join a community of people united by wanting to help Ukraine, consider becoming a member today.
U.S. President Donald Trump's public spat with President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House on Feb. 28 threw the future of Washington's support for Ukraine in the air, but led to a renewed outpouring of support for Ukraine across the world.
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