kyivindependent.comadded August 2026
Kyiv Independentby Olena Goncharova21d ago
Former Prosecutor General Kravchenko resigns from prosecution service after failing to return to Ukraine Former Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko was dismissed from Ukraine's prosecution service...
Kyiv Independentby The Kyiv Independent news desk21d ago
Key developments on Sept. 21: - Russia's total oil refining capacity down 45% after mass attack on Moscow - Exclusive: EU readies biggest-ever sanctions package targeting Russia's war machine -...
Kyiv Independentby Francis Farrell21d ago
Ukraine's ongoing long-range strike campaign against Russian oil refineries has knocked out 45% of the country's total refining capacity, the General Staff reported on Sept. 21.
Kyiv Independentby Tania Myronyshena21d ago
Russia's election is over. Could mobilization be next? The skyscrapers of the Moscow International Business Center are seen through barbed wire on the opposite bank of the Moscow River in Moscow...
Kyiv Independentby Martin Fornusek21d ago
The U.S. is working on a major agreement to purchase potash from Belarus, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sept. 21, calling it more advantageous than buying the fertilizer from Canada.
Kyiv Independentby Francis Farrell21d ago
69% of Russian soldiers on Zaporizhzhia front line have criminal records, Ukrainian military says Of the Russian force fighting near the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, 69% of servicemen have...
Kyiv Independentby Vladyslav Heraskevych21d ago
Campaign for Putin, be a star in Washington? Russian flag is unfolded as it is prepared to be raised during the medal ceremony for the Women's Para Alpine Skiing Super-G Standing event on day three...
Kyiv Independentby Alisa Yurchenko21d ago
Investigation: How a Swiss-linked company helped Russian arms factories like Kalashnikov stay afloat Internal documents obtained by the Kyiv Independent show how a Swiss-linked company operating in...
Kyiv Independentby Chris Powers21d ago
France and Slovakia's threat to scupper 3,000 EU sanctions to protect two Russian oligarchs gathers steam BRUSSELS, Belgium — Resistance to a French-Slovak proposal to drop EU sanctions against two...
Kyiv Independentby Martin Fornusek21d ago
Romania's former presidential candidate Calin Georgescu has been detained by law enforcement authorities in a 1.1 million euro ($1.3 million) fraud case, Romanian news outlet Digi24 reported on...
Kyiv Independentby Kate Tsurkan21d ago
Ukraine's Culture Ministry announces major fundraising initiative to help publishers struggling after Russian attacks The Culture Ministry announced a $500,000 fundraising initiative on Sept.
Kyiv Independentby Asami Terajima21d ago
Russian attacks kill at least 6, wound 38 across Ukraine, as overnight strike hit shopping mall in Zaporizhzhia Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least six people and wounded 38 others over...
Kyiv Independentby Martin Fornusek21d ago
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff "has done a great job" in Washington-led efforts to help end the Russia-Ukraine war, Foreign Intelligence Chief Rustem Umerov said in an interview with Axios published on...
Kyiv Independentby Lachlan Hyatt21d ago
Over the past week, Russia pummelled cities across Ukraine with more than 2,000 attack drones, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sept. 20.
Kyiv Independentby Lachlan Hyatt21d ago
The far-right, Kremlin-friendly Alternative for Germany (AfD) party was projected to take first place in regional elections in Germany on Sept.
Kyiv Independentby Lachlan Hyatt21d ago
Putin's ruling party set to claim 'victory' in Russian parliamentary election, in results deemed predetermined Editor's note: This is a developing story.
Kyiv Independentby The Kyiv Independent news desk22d ago
Key developments on Sept. 19-20: - Zelensky approves 'new long-range operations' in response to Russian strikes - Moscow Oil Refinery ablaze after massive Ukraine missile, drone blitz on Russia -...
Kyiv Independentby Asami Terajima22d ago
Russian assault tactics have changed over the past year, with troops now attacking in groups of just a few soldiers, or sometimes individually, in an effort to get through the "kill zone," Joint...
Kyiv Independentby Chris York22d ago
Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps said it has liberated a further 40 square kilometers (15.4 square miles) of territory in Donetsk Oblast, as well as retaking several villages during the ongoing Operation...
Kyiv Independentby Olena Goncharova22d ago
Russian authorities claimed on Sept. 19 that electronic voting systems and communications infrastructure had come under attack as the country entered the second day of its three-day parliamentary...
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