Top notch imageTop notch mobile image

Introducing our new merch collection

“Ukrainian Trident: Through History and Modernity”

Shop now

Team

Tim Zadorozhnyy photo

Tim Zadorozhnyy

Reporter

Tim Zadorozhnyy is the reporter for the Kyiv Independent, specializing in foreign policy, U.S.-Ukraine relations, and political developments across Europe and Russia. Based in Warsaw, he is pursuing studies in International Relations and the European Studies program at Lazarski University, offered in partnership with Coventry University. Tim began his career at a local television channel in Odesa in 2022. After relocating to Warsaw, he spent a year and a half with the Belarusian independent media outlet NEXTA, initially as a news anchor and later as managing editor. Tim is fluent in English, Ukrainian, and Russian.

Articles

What's holding up Ukraine-US peace plan: Territories, nuclear plant remain unresolved

by Tim Zadorozhnyy
As President Volodymyr Zelensky unveiled details of a U.S.-Ukraine draft peace plan on Dec. 24, aimed at ending Russia's full-scale war, two key provisions remain unresolved. The disagreements center on provisions 12 and 14 of the 20-point proposal. Both deal with issues Kyiv calls existential: territories and the future of critical infrastructure. The Kyiv Independent breaks down where negotiations are stalling and what Ukraine is offering instead. Zelensky reveals full 20-point peace plan d

Putin says Russia never attacked Ukraine, outlines conditions for war with Europe

by Tim Zadorozhnyy
Russian President Vladimir Putin used his annual end-of-year press conference on Dec. 19 to reaffirm the Kremlin's maximalist demands for ending Russia's war in Ukraine, rejecting territorial compromise while repeating false claims about the invasion. Opening the tightly choreographed event, Putin said Moscow remains willing to engage in peace talks only on the terms he first outlined last year, insisting that Ukraine has shown no readiness to discuss territory. "We are ready and willing to en

Peace plan drama — Ukraine and Europe hand US revisions as Trump grows 'sick of meetings'

by Tim Zadorozhnyy
Ukraine and its European partners have handed Washington their revisions to the U.S.-proposed peace framework aimed at ending Russia's war, the Kyiv Independent has learned. The move comes amid growing U.S. pressure to advance negotiations and fresh accusations from U.S. President Donald Trump that President Volodymyr Zelensky is the one refusing to agree to the American plan. The next round of discussions is expected on Dec. 13, though White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt signaled imp

Europe's dilemma: Supporting Trump's Ukraine peace plan while hoping he walks away

U.S. policy choices are forcing Europe into a strategic moment it long tried to avoid. As Washington sidelines allies, rewrites its National Security Strategy, and negotiates peace proposals for Ukraine, the foundations of the continent's security are shaking. For many in European capitals, the realization is sinking in: Europe may soon need to protect itself in ways it has never had to since World War II. Experts say the understanding is already there. What's missing is unity — and time. "T