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Kateryna Hodunova

News Editor

Kateryna Hodunova is a News Editor at the Kyiv Independent. She previously worked as a sports journalist in several Ukrainian outlets and was the deputy chief editor at Suspilne Sport. Kateryna covered the 2022 Olympics in Beijing and was included in the Special Mentions list at the AIPS Sport Media Awards. She holds a bachelor's degree in political journalism from Taras Shevchenko University and a master's degree in political science from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

k.hodunova@kyivindependent.com
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Can Ukraine fix its mobilization problems?

by Kateryna Hodunova, Olena Zashko
In this interview, the Kyiv Independent’s Kateryna Hodunova speaks with Pavlo Kazarin, a Ukrainian journalist, publicist and serviceman, about Ukraine’s mobilization crisis, draft evasion, soldiers going absent without leave (AWOL), and the growing divide between those serving and those remaining in civilian life.
Smoke from a Russian drone strike rises over a residential area in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 23, 2026.
War

In pictures: A week of Russian jet drone terror in Kyiv

by Kateryna Hodunova
Editor's note: The Kyiv residents quoted in the story asked to be identified only by their first names. Russian drones have filled the skies over Kyiv, striking at the city around the clock, making it feel increasingly like there is nowhere safe to hide. The attacks once came in waves, followed by periods of relative calm. Now, Russian strikes are coming almost nonstop. Using newer jet-powered versions of Shahed-type drones, the onslaught began last month, but has increased in intensity each d
Russian citizens drafted during the partial mobilization in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 10, 2022.
War

We asked Ukrainian soldiers about Russian losses passing 1.5 million

by Kateryna Hodunova, Jimmy Rushton, Tania Myronyshena, Yuliia Taradiuk, Asami Terajima
Russia's total military losses in Ukraine have reached 1,500,870, Ukraine's General Staff said on Sept. 9, marking another grim milestone in the war for the Kremlin. It took roughly two years and three months for the Russian Armed Forces to incur their first 500,000 casualties. Moscow has now suffered roughly the same number in just the past 15 months, as technology increasingly shapes the battlefield and drones expand the kill zone almost daily. The Kremlin's total personnel losses in Ukraine

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