Help us keep bringing the truth to light, even when Russia turns the lights out.

Shop and support

Ukraine war ceasefire - Page 26

News Feed

Export hurdles and visa waits for Ukrainian companies force Pentagon to slow its drone contest

One morning in June, the head of export at Ukrainian drone company Stellarion found himself unexpectedly in need of a U-Haul outside the Detroit Metro Airport in Michigan. Stellarion was set to test its drones in front of American soldiers at a competition organized by the Pentagon at Camp Grayling, a military base three hours away. But while many of its 48 invited competitors were American companies that had had weeks to modify, prepare, and fit warheads onto their drones, Stellarion was facin

soldier holds a drone controller near a GARA UAV in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Oct. 16, 2026.

Starving residents of Oleshky must not become props in Russian propaganda

For months, desperate civilians remaining in the southern Ukrainian city of Oleshky have been blockaded inside, as Russia severed food and medicine supplies to the city amid constant shelling, food shop closures, and reports of looting; many of the city's elderly and less mobile residents have been forced to forage for weeds and eat grass in order to simply survive. Oleshky is starving. The stories of the residents have been well documented. Now, there seems to be light at the end of the tunne

Putin addresses the public amid the Wagner Group’s armed rebellion in Russia on June 24, 2023.

About Ceasefire

The Kyiv Independent's coverage of ceasefire proposals and negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Negotiations have occurred intermittently since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022, with major diplomatic efforts in Belarus, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. Previous ceasefire following Russia’s annexation of Crimea and war in the Donbas in 2014 were formalized through the Minsk agreements, which ultimately failed to prevent Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.

Read more

News Feed