Faces of torture: Investigation into Russians, collaborators who abused Ukrainian POWs

Ukrainians under occupation face deportation, loss of property after Putin's new order

Editor's Note: The names of the people from the Russian-occupied territories interviewed by the Kyiv Independent for this story have been changed to protect their identity, as they have shared sensitive information that could place them in danger. As Russia largely exhausted its military potential on the battlefield, the Kremlin

Ministry: 10,000 hectares of arable land expected to be flooded in Kherson Oblast

Ten thousand hectares of arable land on the right bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast are expected to be flooded after the disaster at the Kakhovka dam on June 6, the Agriculture Ministry reported on June 7.

Kharkiv Oblast resident forcibly deported to Russia: ‘It’s not a country, it’s a prison’

Editor's Note: The Kyiv Independent isn't revealing last name of the person interviewed for this story and the name of his native village for safety reasons. Ukrainian farmer Ihor escaped the “living hell” of Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine in late March after he had spent a month in

Ukraine’s biggest children’s hospital treats people wounded by Russians

When surgeon Oleh Godik woke up on Feb. 24, he knew that life had changed fundamentally. A day later, when he had to operate on a boy who'd been critically wounded in the neck by shrapnel from Russian forces, he knew he had been right. Despite his best attempts to