Team
To deliver reliable news from Ukraine, the Kyiv Independent has brought together driven journalists, editors, photographers, videographers, managers and marketers.
We are a team of 30 people from six countries based in Kyiv. We all have different backgrounds but we are united by our shared belief in independent journalism.
Meet the team

Olga Rudenko
Editor-in-chief

Jakub Parusinski
Chief financial officer

Daryna Shevchenko
Chief executive officer

Toma Istomina
Deputy chief editor

Oleksiy Sorokin
Political editor, chief operating officer

Anna Myroniuk
Editorial strategy manager, Head of investigations

Igor Kossov
Reporter

Illia Ponomarenko
Defense reporter

Lili Bivings
Contributing editor

Teah Pelechaty
Contributing editor

Oleg Sukhov
Political reporter

Olena Goncharova
Development manager, Canadian correspondent

Natalia Datskevych
Business reporter

Alexander Query
Business reporter

Anastasiia Lapatina
National reporter

Artur Korniienko
Culture reporter

Daria Shulzhenko
Culture reporter

Elina-Alem Kent
Podcaster

Asami Terajima
Business reporter

Thaisa Semenova
National reporter

Dylan Carter
Business reporter

Sergiy Slipchenko
News reporter

Kostyantyn Chernichkin
Photojournalist

Veronika Strashko
Deputy photo editor

Daria Vashkulat
Digital marketing manager