BIZARRE: Kyiv independent - What They Never Told You

Creators Say Police Demand Bribes of Up to $30,000 Under Ukraine's Porn Ban, Report Finds

Ukraine's porn ban leaves adult creators open to police bribe demands, their lawyer says; read what creators describe and where the bill to end it stands.

International Business Times UK · Oct 23

Putin 'Does Not Read Truth Social': Zelenskyy Jabs Trump After Russia Hits Kharkiv Despite Ceasefire Claim

Volodymyr Zelenskyy mocked Donald Trump's announced Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire after Russian forces struck a Kharkiv power plant and other Ukrainian energy targets within hours.

International Business Times UK · Oct 12

Kyiv Independent editor: ‘Our readers want Russia to suffer but we can’t be propagandists’

Olga Rudenko says news site has duty to report on Russian military gains and Ukrainian corruption even if subjects are not so well read

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1

Russia-Ukraine war: Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant reconnected to energy grid as UN warns ‘one day our luck will run out’ – as it happened

Warning from head of UN nuclear watchdog comes after Zaporizhzhia plant loses power for sixth time

The Guardian - AU · Mar 9, 2023

Ukraine’s reporters adapt amid media restrictions and pressure of war

War restrictions on press freedom and a sense the army is protecting officials complicates the task of rooting out corruption

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2023

War Diary of the Ukrainian Resistance review – extremely loud and incredibly close

The young reporters at the Kyiv Independent – Ukraine’s fledgling online English-language newspaper – have produced courageous journalism of frightening urgency

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023

Blackouts, air raids and reporting by candlelight: The ‘new normal’ of The Kyiv Independent newsroom

Exclusive: A lot has changed for the journalists at ‘The Kyiv Independent’. On the one-year anniversary of the war, editor-in-chief Olga Rudenko speaks to Rachel Sharp about the ‘new normal’ in the newsroom, documenting history, and the news they hope to report in the near future

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Latest drone attack on Kyiv sends residents to air raid shelters

Ukraine’s military said 10 drones were shot down during an early morning attack on Friday, local media reported.

Al Jazeera · Dec 30, 2022

Ukrainians sing 'Carol of the Bells' at Carnegie Hall, 100 years after its U.S. debut

A Ukrainian chorus first performed Shchedryk in the U.S. in 1922. A century later, during another fight for freedom, Ukrainian singers performed the folk song at the site of its North American debut.

WEKU · Dec 6, 2022

Working under candlelight: Kyiv journalists continue war reporting despite power outages

IN THE PAPERS - Friday, November 25: Journalists working at the Kyiv Independent document life under power outages caused by Russian missile strikes and vow to continue their work. Also, we look ahead to important local elections in Taiwan, the first since China's military escalation there. Cartoonists give us their…

France 24 · Nov 25, 2022