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Exclusive: Trump's push for a Ukraine energy truce runs into a Putin problem

by Tim ZadorozhnyySeptember 29, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump privately doubts that Russian President Vladimir Putin will agree to an energy ceasefire with Ukraine before winter, people familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent. The doubts come as Washington presses both Kyiv and Moscow to halt attacks on each other's energy infrastructure, one of the key issues in recent peace talks. Trump has publicly pushed Ukraine to stop striking Russian energy facilities, while Moscow has yet to signal that it is ready to accept

South Korean president warns of 'additional measures' if Ukraine doesn't apologize for POW dispute

by Chris PowersOctober 2, 2026

Belarusian President Lukashenko in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Dec. 21, 2025.

Belarus tests a new path back to the West

by Maria YeryomaOctober 2, 2026

Half of Ukrainians say government isn't doing enough to secure EU membership, poll shows

by Kateryna DenisovaOctober 1, 2026

People take shelter during a Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 4, 2025.

Kyiv's bomb shelters are in a dire state. Mayor Klitschko is passing on the blame

by Polina MoroziukOctober 1, 2026

Russia threatens European arms factories supplying Ukraine, says they are 'not safe'

by Tim ZadorozhnyySeptember 30, 2026

Ukraine's finances: everything we don't know

by Chris PowersSeptember 30, 2026

Kremlin denies Russia has political prisoners as Trump weighs sanctions relief for releases

by Tim ZadorozhnyySeptember 30, 2026

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07:04 PM

Russian soldiers 'had to drink urine to survive' after being abandoned by commanders, POWs say

Russian troops were left with no food, water, or ammunition and had to drink their own urine to survive after being abandoned by their commanders, POWs captured by Ukraine have said. The claims were made in a video published by Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps, which captured the Russian soldiers during Ukraine's "Operation Vivaldi," an ongoing successful counteroffensive against the Russian salient to the north of the city of Lyman, which has seen months of Russian offensive progress reversed in a mat

06:40 PM

Russian Mi-8 helicopter reportedly shot down in friendly-fire incident over Voronezh Oblast

Ukrainian Telegram channel Dossier of a Spy said that the Mi-8 was mistakenly shot down by a Su-35 during Ukraine's drone attack.

06:37 PM

Latvia votes with Russia threat looming large

Latvia will elect a new parliament this weekend, in an election dominated by security concerns over the now emboldened Russia next door and a cost-of-living crisis shaping the domestic agenda. The Oct. 3 vote for the 100-member unicameral parliament — the Saeima — will be the second since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a war in which Latvia threw its full support behind Kyiv. It also comes as Western officials raise alarm over Moscow's escalating hybrid threat — a particul

05:05 PM

Inside Odesa port attacks: How Russia targets Ukraine's Black Sea trade

In this report, the Kyiv Independent travels to Odesa and the surrounding region to document how intensified Russian attacks are threatening the city, its ports, and Ukraine’s vital Black Sea trade route.

04:58 PM

UK sanctions 7 Russians over deportation, indoctrination of Ukrainian children

The sanctions target Artur Orlov, head of Russia's Movement of the First, a state-backed organization for children and young people, as well as five heads of its regional branches in occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts and Crimea.

03:33 PM

Ukraine aims to produce up to 400 interceptor drones as Russian jet-powered drone use grows, Zelensky says

Ukraine is testing five types of high-speed interceptor drones designed to shoot down the faster Russian weapons, according to Volodymyr Zelensky.

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