The Latest Breaking News from the Kyiv Independent

Exactly a year ago, on a similar scorching June day, I interviewed the editor of The Kyiv Independent, 34-year-old Olga Rudenko, and her CEO, Daryna Shevchenko, at the Founders Forum tech conference in Soho House, Oxfordshire. The luxury of our surroundings made only starker the separation between what was happening…

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

Newspapers’ power is being eroded and disinformation is rife – but there is a way forward, says the executive director of the Guardian Foundation

Olga Rudenko, editor-in-chief of the Kyiv Independent, said her publication became the 'world’s eyes' on the brutal war and Ukraine ’s 'voice in the world'

Olga Rudenko gave the prestigious Cudlipp Lecture this week warning of freedoms under attack in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Chinese tablet and phone maker Xiaomi said on Friday it strongly opposed Ukraine adding the company to the "international sponsors of war" list. Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency designated Xiaomi on the list, according to an April 13 press release, and reported by local media. According to the agency, Xiaomi…

Top Ukrainian official criticises the ‘symbolic blow’ of Russia assuming the rotating presidency

Ukraine accuses Kremlin of holding Minsk as ‘nuclear hostage’ after Russia strikes deal to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

‘When they drive us to Bakhmut, I already know I’m being sent to death,’ a Ukrainian soldier said.