UkraineThe Kyiv Independent Live in London: October 2United Kingdom

Days until event:

03days
23hours
18minutes
35seconds
Get your ticket

Ukraine's parliament

News Feed

Unfreezing Europe's Russian assets debate

There has been little movement in EU circles on the question of using over 200 billion euros ($227 billion) of immobilized Russian assets since Sweden reopened the topic a month ago, but those wanting to move the matter forward are increasingly going public with their ideas. Months after the idea of directly using Russian assets was shot down in Brussels, Sweden led a new push on Aug. 27 to reopen the question as a way to deliver new support to Ukraine without hurting EU taxpayers and voters.

Ukraine’s defense tech boom needs more than battlefield innovation, deputy minister says

Ukraine’s defense technology industry has moved fast to meet battlefield demands, but it rests on a fragile foundation as it depends on foreign suppliers for essential components. Natalia Denikeieva, a deputy minister of digital transformation, says producing more of those components at home is a question of survival. "We are not technological and innovative because one day we woke up and decided to be," she told the Kyiv Independent in an interview in central Kyiv. "For us, it’s a matter of s

Natalia Denikeieva at the VivaTech conference in Paris, France, on June 18, 2026.
News Feed