Editor’s Note: The following is the latest edition of the Kyiv Independent’s newsletter, Ukraine Daily. If you would like to receive news about Ukraine in your mailbox six days a week subscribe here. Russia’s war against Ukraine US State Department: Nord Stream 2 sanctions bill undermines Western
Editor’s Note: The following is the latest edition of the Kyiv Independent’s newsletter, Ukraine Daily. If you would like to receive news about Ukraine in your mailbox six days a week subscribe here. Pandemic in Ukraine Ukraine approves booster shots for adults. Health Minister Viktor Lyashko announced the
Editor’s Note: The following is the latest edition of the Kyiv Independent’s newsletter, Ukraine Daily. If you would like to receive news about Ukraine in your mailbox six days a week subscribe here. Russia’s war against Ukraine EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell visits frontline in eastern
Editor’s note: This is a public statement made by 28 Ukrainian non-governmental organizations in support of the Memorial International and Memorial Human Rights Center, that were closed by Russian courts in December 2021. The Kyiv Independent publishes it with permission. Memorial was a pivotal Russian human rights organization created
Editor’s Note: The following is the latest edition of the Kyiv Independent’s newsletter, Ukraine Daily. If you would like to receive news about Ukraine in your mailbox six days a week subscribe here. Russia’s war Foreign Ministers of NATO to meet virtually on Jan. 7 to discuss
Editor’s Note: The following is the latest edition of the Kyiv Independent’s newsletter, Ukraine Daily. If you would like to receive news about Ukraine in your mailbox six days a week subscribe here. Russia’s war against Ukraine German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin
Editor’s Note: The following is the Jan. 3 edition of the Kyiv Independent’s newsletter, Ukraine Daily. If you would like to receive news about Ukraine in your mailbox six days a week subscribe here. Covid-19 in Ukraine Omicron to peak in Ukraine in February. Ukraine is likely to
Editor’s Note: The following is the Dec. 30 edition of the Kyiv Independent’s newsletter, Ukraine Daily. If you would like to receive news about Ukraine in your mailbox six days a week subscribe here. Russia's war against Ukraine Biden and Putin to hold call on Dec. 30. According
Editor’s Note: The following is an open letter to Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova from five members of the anti-corruption prosecutor selection panel. The Kyiv Independent publishes it with permission. The seat of Ukraine’s anti-corruption prosecutor has been vacant since August 2020. Watchdogs blame officials for delaying and sabotaging
Editor’s Note: The following is the Dec. 29 edition of the Kyiv Independent’s newsletter, Ukraine Daily. If you would like to receive news about Ukraine in your mailbox six days a week subscribe here. Pandemic in Ukraine Kyiv reports first cases of Omicron Covid-19 variant. The capital has
Editor’s Note: The following is the Dec. 28 edition of the Kyiv Independent’s newsletter, Ukraine Daily. If you would like to receive news about Ukraine in your mailbox six days a week subscribe here. Russia’s war against Ukraine Russia will meet with US to discuss Ukraine on
Editor’s Note: The following is the Dec. 27 edition of the Kyiv Independent’s newsletter, Ukraine Daily. If you would like to receive news about Ukraine in your mailbox six days a week subscribe here. Russia’s war against Ukraine Sanctions against Russia. President of the European Commission Ursula
Ukrainska Pravda, a prominent Ukrainian news outlet, gave its annual Journalist of the Year award to the team of the Kyiv Independent on Dec. 15. Since 2020, Ukrainska Pravda has been giving away end-of-the-year awards for special achievements. This time, it recognized the team of the Kyiv Independent for their
Editor’s Note: The seat of Ukraine’s anti-corruption prosecutor has been vacant since August 2020. Watchdogs blame officials for delaying and sabotaging attempts to choose a new anti-corruption prosecutor. In a comment to the Kyiv Independent on Nov. 22, Katerina Koval, head of the selection panel, blamed the commission’
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a press marathon with 32 cherry-picked media on Nov. 26. The President’s Office announced the event on the evening of Nov. 25. There was no usual accreditation process open for everyone: Ukrainian and international media outlets were chosen and invited by the President’s Office.
A new study by the Center for Social and Economic Research found that the Ukrainian budget loses out on $10-17 billion each year due to tax optimization and evasion schemes. Additional payments made outside of one’s official salary, commonly referred to as payments “in envelopes,” are the top way
