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Kyiv Independent meets global membership goal, US push continues
It is official: thanks to readers around the world, we have just hit our biggest membership goal yet.

Keep up the pace of Ukraine's EU accession
The European Union and Ukraine held their second intergovernmental conference and opened the first cluster of accession talks, known as "Fundamentals", in Luxembourg on June 15. The name seems mundane, but the substance is anything but. This cluster is the spine of the whole process. It covers the rule of law, democratic institutions, public administration, and economic criteria, and contains five negotiation chapters: judiciary and fundamental rights; justice, freedom, and security; public pro

Burning tradition — How Mykhail Semenko ignited a new path forward for Ukrainian poetry
Editor's Note: This story is part of the "Hidden Canon" – a special series celebrating Ukrainian classic literature and aiming to bring it to a wider international audience. The series is supported by the Ukrainian Institute. Literary giants are typically regarded with an almost sacred reverence. For the 20th Ukrainian poet Mykhail Semenko, however, reverence was overrated. He was prepared to set tradition ablaze — literally — to clear the way for a new artistic future. “I want to tell you th

Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation pledges $2 million to support Ukraine agrifood sector
Announcing the commitment at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdansk, Poland on June 25–26, Forrest said the investment would build capacity and unlock private capital for businesses operating in some of Ukraine's most war-torn areas.

Ukraine says it struck Russian military supply vessels, air defense systems in occupied Crimea
The strikes, which hit Project 15310 cable-laying ships Volga and Vyatka and caused "a massive fire on board," were part of President Volodymyr Zelensky's 40-day operation to "exert pressure on Russia," according to Ukraine's Security Services.

Inside Ukraine's elite unit hunting Russian soldiers with fiber optic drones
The Kyiv Independent's Francis Farrell and Olena Zashko embedded with the Signum Battalion of Ukraine's 59th Assault Brigade, one of the country's pioneering FPV drone units operating in northern Donetsk Oblast.

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Ukraine's siege of Crimea has been a long time coming. Crimea is under an effective siege as Ukraine has been systematically isolating the occupied peninsula with a multipronged campaign of drone strikes. "Hell is beginning," Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said in a June 17 interview. "Logistics are being cut off. Crimea is being isolated." Ukraine plans to fully isolate the peninsula, cutting it off from Russian supply while destroying critical infrastructure — ultimately allowi

















