The Kyiv Independent
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📅 since 2021 📍 Kyiv
The Kyiv Independent is an English-language Ukrainian online newspaper founded in November 2021—three months before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine—by former staff of the Kyiv Post and the media consultancy company Jnomics Media. It is active on Twitter, Bluesky and Reddit. — Wikipedia
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- EU to provide Ukraine with 3 billion euro tranche of military funding this week
- Russian drone strike kills 3 service members in Ivano-Frankivsk, wounds 3 others
- 'To keep oil prices from rising' -- Russian lawmaker questions Trump's energy ceasefire claim
- Russia struck Kharkiv's power plant shortly after Trump announced 'energy ceasefire.'
- Russia besieges Kyiv's energy infrastructure as Trump calls for an energy ceasefire
- Russian air strike on Kharkiv kills at least 1, injures 8
- Can Ukraine fix its mobilization problems?
- Ukraine will only stop attacking Russian oil as part of an energy ceasefire, Zelensky says
- Trump's Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire claim is news to Kyiv
- Zelensky says if Trump, Putin want elections in Ukraine, a two-month ceasefire is needed
- Russia behind Britain's Brexit vote, UK prime minister admits for first time
- Exclusive: 'It felt like a trap.' How Ukraine was blindsided by Trump's Putin pivot
- Trump allows Russia to supply millions of tons of diesel to US, global markets
- At least seven injured in Russian aerial bombing of Sloviansk
- Ukraine war latest: Russia pounds Kyiv's energy infrastructure as Trump's energy ceasefire claim catches Ukraine off guard
- US threatens to halt weapons procurement for Ukraine over strikes on Russian energy sites, FT reports
- Ukraine's drone production jumps 370% in 2026, says defense ministry
- Record 20 Russian officers killed in Ukrainian strikes on headquarters in Donetsk, monitors say
- 'He better damn well stop' -- Trump slams Zelensky for attacking Russian refineries, says Ukraine should get 'new president'
- Ukraine will only stop attacking Russian oil as part of an energy ceasefire, Zelensky says October 11
- Exclusive: 'It felt like a trap.' How Ukraine was blindsided by Trump's Putin pivot October 10
- Inside Ukraine's world of naive art -- and the Gunia aesthetic it inspired October 11
- Trump's Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire claim is news to Kyiv October 11
- Third Yandex data center in Russia shut down following reported drone attack October 11
- October 11 Ukraine welcomes Baltic push to ban Russian grain transit through EU
- October 11 Russia behind Britain's Brexit vote, UK prime minister admits for first time
- October 11 Zelensky says if Trump, Putin want elections in Ukraine, a two-month ceasefire is needed
- October 10 'Every extra billion will be spent on this' -- Zelensky warns as missiles hit Kyiv after Russia sanctions relief
- October 11 Can Ukraine fix its mobilization problems?
- October 10 News from occupied Ukraine: Russia prepares Oleshky disinformation campaign, budgets for occupation for next three years
- October 10 Russia partially lifts ban on diesel exports after Trump-Putin deal
- October 10 'He better damn well stop' -- Trump slams Zelensky for attacking Russian refineries, says Ukraine should get 'new president'
- October 10 'Will only lead to more slaughter' -- bipartisan backlash erupts in US over Trump-Russia diesel deal
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Trump’s Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire claim is news to Kyiv.
✏️ softened 'claims Ukraine, Russia agreed' to 'Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire claim' 'He better damn well stop' — Trump slams Zelensky for attacking Russian refineries, says Ukraine should get 'new president' October 10
October 10 'He better damn well stop' — Trump slams Zelensky for attacking Russian refineries, says Ukraine should get 'new president'
✏️ moved date to front October 10 Russian guided bombs hit Zaporizhzhia residential neighborhood, killing at least 20, injuring 18
October 10 Russian guided bombs hit Zaporizhzhia residential neighborhood, killing at least 20, injuring 32
✏️ changed injury count from 18 to 32 New compromise EU budget maintains Ukraine support, but trims help for EU integration October 10
October 10 New compromise EU budget maintains Ukraine support, but trims help for EU integration
✏️ moved date to start Inside Ukraine’s robot army fighting Russia October 10
October 10 Inside Ukraine’s robot army fighting Russia
✏️ moved date to end Major fire reported at oil terminal linked to Russia's Novoshakhtinsk refinery after suspected drone strike October 10
October 10 Major fire reported at oil terminal linked to Russia's Novoshakhtinsk refinery after suspected drone strike
✏️ moved date to front Russian attacks kill at least 24, injure 47 across Ukraine as rescue operations continue in Zaporizhzhia.
✏️ increased death toll and injury count Exclusive: Putin puts a price on Trump's Ukraine energy truce — Kyiv fears the cost October 9
October 9 Exclusive: Putin puts a price on Trump's Ukraine energy truce — Kyiv fears the cost
✏️ moved the date to the beginning Trump allows Russia to supply millions of tons of diesel to US, global markets October 9
October 9 Trump allows Russia to supply millions of tons of diesel to US, global markets
✏️ moved date to end Russian guided bombs hit Zaporizhzhia residential neighborhood, killing at least 20, injuring 18.
✏️ increased death toll and injury count Russian guided bombs hit Zaporizhzhia residential neighborhood, killing at least 15, injuring 17.
✏️ increased death toll and injury count, more loaded wording Montenegro to expel founder of Russian war blog Rybar, citing security reasons October 9
October 9 Montenegro to expel founder of Russian war blog Rybar, citing security reasons
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