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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

Ukraine Corruption Scandal: Zelensky's 'Kvartal 95' Partner Flees Just Hours Before NABU Raid

Timur Mindich had denied wrongdoing, but fled the country hours before the raid. Where is he?

International Business Times UK · Nov 10, 2025

The fight for full press freedom in Ukraine: ‘We can write what we want, but bad actors try to intimidate us’

Kyiv Independent’s Olga Rudenko is set on telling the truth in wartime, despite clumsy instances of state harassment

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2024

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Ukraine repels ‘exceptional’ Russia missile, drone attack on Kyiv

At least 10 explosions are heard by witnesses in Kyiv as officials said a Russian air attack was under way.

Al Jazeera · May 16, 2023

Ukrainian editor's pride as news website goes from start-up to essential war source

Olga Rudenko is editor-in-chief of the Kyiv Independent, a news website now heralded the world over for its reporting of the conflict

Daily Mirror · May 4, 2023

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

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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

Russia-Ukraine war, as it happened: nearly 9,000 Russian troops to be stationed in Belarus; Putin’s forces continuing ‘forced deportations’

Russian servicemen begin to arrive in Belarus; US think tank says Putin engaging in ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Ukraine

The Guardian - AU · Oct 16, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 235 of the invasion

Russian volunteers kill at least 11 fellow troops in attack at military base; Elon Musk says SpaceX will keep paying for Starlink satellite internet in Ukraine

The Guardian - AU · Oct 16, 2022

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The Guardian - AU · Oct 12, 2022

Russian nuclear strike would trigger a ‘physical response’ by Nato, says official – as it happened

Any use of nuclear weapons by Moscow would have ‘unprecedented consequences’ for Russia, Nato official warns

The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2022

G7 leaders warn Putin over use of nuclear weapons; Zelenskiy calls for international mission along Belarus border – as it happened

Leaders warn of ‘severe consequences’; Ukrainian president accuses Russia of trying ‘to directly draw Belarus into this war’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 2, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine declares full control of Lyman – as it happened

Key city in east of country ‘fully cleared’ of Russian forces, says Zelenskiy; European leaders call annexation ‘blatant’ violation of international law

The Guardian - AU · Oct 2, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 221 of the invasion

Russian forces retreat from stronghold of Lyman hours after Putin declares it Russia’s ‘for ever’; Germany minister visits Ukraine; Nord Stream pipeline leak halted

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The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2022

Russian strike at Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant but reactors not damaged – as it happened

Reactors not damaged after Russian strikes at nuclear power plant in southern Mykolaiv region

WEKU · Sep 13, 2022

Ukrainian ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval is killed on the battlefield

Shapoval volunteered to fight after Russia invaded Ukraine. His unit was recently sent to one of "the hottest zones" in the country, according to The National Opera of Ukraine.

Daily Mirror · Aug 21, 2022

Brit fighter in Ukraine foreign legion captured 'due to commander's incompetence'

New information has now been revealed that the reason Andrew Hill was captured is that he was ordered to defend a position that had already been abandoned by another unit

The Guardian - AU · Jul 24, 2022

Ukraine warns grain export deal will stall if there are further Russian airstrikes on key ports – as it happened

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France 24 · Jun 17, 2022

Journalist at The Kyiv Independent: 'Covering the war in Ukraine is resistance'

The war in Ukraine upended all aspects of daily life for Ukrainians, journalists included. In a matter of days, The Kyiv Independent newsroom went from being a three-month-old startup with only around 30,000 visits per week, to one of the world's most important on-the-ground sources for the conflict with millions…

Evening Standard · May 13, 2022

Two brave female journalists in Ukraine show us the value of a free press

Last week I spent an hour on Zoom in conversation with two remarkable, brave women. The editor of the Kyiv Independent, Olga Rudenko, is on the front of Time magazine this week as one of their “next generation leaders”. Her passionate chief executive Daryna Shevchenko, whose phone was constantly blasting…

France 24 · Apr 11, 2022

The suspicious Twitter accounts claiming to be run by journalists in Ukraine

The FRANCE 24 Observers team has launched an investigation into three Twitter accounts that claim to be run by journalists on the frontlines in Ukraine. The suspicious accounts were originally spotted by Conspirador Norteño, an account that specialises in studying misinformation on social media. But before that, they were thought…

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