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KI Insights launches new podcast: Ukraine Insights
The Kyiv Independent’s separate analytical unit, KI Insights, is excited to announce the launch of its podcast, Ukraine Insights — a show dedicated to unpacking Ukraine’s politics, security, economy, and international relations through in-depth, expert-driven conversations.
Flamingo threat triggers unprecedented missile alert across Russia, 1 claimed shot down
A total of 13 Russian regions raised the alarm in the afternoon, eight of which did so for the first time over the full-scale war.
Philip Morris suffered $16 million in damages after Russian strike on Kharkiv factory
Flames burned through 5,000 square meters of the factory, and nearly a month after the Jan. 30 attack, the company is still assessing the full extent of the damage.
Despite wartime reforms, Ukraine’s state-owned company clean-up still misses the mark
Ukraine’s reset of its state-owned companies has won back some of the trust from Western partners after the country’s worst wartime corruption scandal, but critics warn it doesn’t do enough to address the main issue — government interference. State-owned companies, which in Ukraine dominate the energy, banking, and infrastructure sectors, have often become battlegrounds for control of their resources. The country's reformers and international partners favor independent supervisory boards to mit
Slovakia, Hungary want to inspect Druzhba pipeline as Zelensky invites Fico to Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky invited Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to visit Ukraine in a phone call on Feb. 27, amid a row between Kyiv, Budapest, and Bratislava over a key oil pipeline.
Russia, Ukraine, agree to 'local truce' at occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to repair key backup power line
"Demining activities are ongoing to ensure safe access for the repair teams," said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi.
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The plant, legally owned by Energoatom, once employed 159 licensed specialists — the only people authorized to directly operate the plant’s six nuclear reactors, which, prewar, provided over a fifth of Ukraine’s electricity.
