Daria Shulzhenko

5 days ago | rsn.org | Lucy Pakhnyuk |Dmytro Basmat |Daria Shulzhenko

Russia launched a mass missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight on June 23, killing at least nine people and injuring 33 others, including four children, local officials reported. Kyiv Independent journalists heard explosions and kamikaze drones flying overhead from around 1 a.m. Louder explosions from ballistic missiles were heard an hour later, with the attack lasting around 3.5 hours in total.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Natalia Yermak |Daria Shulzhenko |Chris York |Yuliia Taradiuk

The first direct peace talks in years between Kyiv and Moscow ended on May 16 with Russia once again rejecting an unconditional 30-day ceasefire. In turn, Russia demanded that Ukrainian troops leave four of the country's regions, which Moscow partly controls. Such a demand is a non-starter for Ukraine.

Mar 4, 2025 | kyivindependent.com | Chris York |Martin Fornusek |Daria Shulzhenko |Natalia Yermak

Even in a country grimly accustomed to negative news, the headlines that Ukraine woke up to on March 4 still came as a shock — the U.S. is freezing military aid. "It hurts to watch it unfolding," Volodymyr Dubovyk, the head of Odesa National University's Center for International Studies, told the Kyiv Independent.

Mar 4, 2025 | yahoo.com | Chris York |Martin Fornusek |Daria Shulzhenko |Natalia Yermak |Asami Terajima

Even in a country grimly accustomed to negative news, the headlines that Ukraine woke up to on March 4 still came as a shock — the U.S. is freezing military aid. "It hurts to watch it unfolding," Volodymyr Dubovyk, the head of Odesa National University's Center for International Studies, told the Kyiv Independent.