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@KyivIndependent The Kyiv Independent
The Kyiv Independent posts on X about ukraine, russia, drone, zelensky the most. They currently have XXXXXXXXX followers and 2133 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
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"Trump said he'd "make a determination" on Ukraine's desire to "go offensive" against Russia during his upcoming meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T01:41Z 1.9M followers, 19.4K engagements
"Teimuraz Janashia former head of the Special Guard Service was also convicted in the case and fined 300000 Georgian lari ($108000) for abuse of office. Both men denied the charges calling the trial politically motivated"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-03-12T08:16Z 1.9M followers, 34.6K engagements
"Latvia fully closed its airspace along the Russian and Belarusian borders between Sept. XX and XX following a series of regional security incidents. Since Sept. XX restrictions have applied during nighttime hours"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-07T14:29Z 1.9M followers, 28.8K engagements
"Latvia has ordered XXX Russian citizens to leave the country by Oct. XX citing their failure to meet legal requirements including proof of Latvian language proficiency and passing a national security screening Politico reported"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-11T08:21Z 1.9M followers, 34K engagements
"A delegation of senior Ukrainian officials met on Oct. XX with representatives of Raytheon the manufacturer of Tomahawk missiles in the U.S. presidential aide Andriy Yermak said on X"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T12:52Z 1.9M followers, 27.1K engagements
"⚡ Zelensky confirms plans to meet Trump in Washington this week"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T16:17Z 1.9M followers, 37K engagements
"⚡ Ukraines energy giant launches critical battery storage system ahead of winter worries"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-09-11T06:39Z 1.9M followers, 53.7K engagements
"The Kyiv Independent's Francis Farrell spent several days documenting a drone crew from the International Battalion of Ukraines Azov Corps in Donetsk Oblast where volunteers from across the world have joined the ranks and adapted to modern drone warfare"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T16:48Z 1.9M followers, 64.9K engagements
"⚡ Russian internet provider 'impoverished by XX million rubles' after Ukrainian cyberattack HUR source claims. HUR claims that Orion Telecom was actively used by Russian security services in operations related to Russias war in Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T12:04Z 1.9M followers, 29.3K engagements
"⚡Over XX% of Americans support additional sanctions on Russia poll finds"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-12T01:28Z 1.9M followers, 95K engagements
"The Kyiv Independents Chris York sits down with U.S. defense expert Tom Karako to discuss how the potential provision of the Tomahawk to Ukraine could affect the course of Russias war and Russian President Vladimir Putins calculations"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T14:06Z 1.9M followers, 26.4K engagements
"⚡Fire reported at Russian steelmaker in Lipetsk Oblast. On the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine a fire erupted at the main plant of Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) according to statements from the regional governor"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2024-02-24T06:53Z 1.9M followers, 92.1K engagements
"⚡ India resumes Russian oil imports despite US tariffs Bloomberg reports. Indian Oil Corp. and Bharat Petroleum Corp. bought several shipments of Russian Urals crude in recent days with deliveries expected in September and October"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-08-20T11:08Z 1.9M followers, 38K engagements
"⚡ Georgia's ex-President Saakashvili sentenced to X more years in prison on embezzlement charges"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-03-12T08:16Z 1.9M followers, 38.5K engagements
"⚡ Poland Lithuania reject Merkel's claim they 'did not support' EU unity on Russia. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she sought to revive dialogue between the EU and Russian President Vladimir Putin"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-07T09:27Z 1.9M followers, 33.7K engagements
"⚡ Lukashenko ready for 'big deal' with US if it serves Belarus's interests. "We will wait for their big proposals for a big deal as they like to say. They love these big deals" Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-14T09:42Z 1.9M followers, 45.5K engagements
"⚡ Russia likely behind drone sightings over Germany chancellor says. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's remarks come amid a surge of mysterious drone sightings across several European cities"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-06T08:20Z 1.9M followers, 41K engagements
"⚡Update: 'Missiles one after another' X injured fires in Kyiv amid mass Russian attack. Russia launched a large-scale drone and missile attack on Kyiv overnight Oct. XX injuring at least five people and causing a residential building fire"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T00:08Z 1.9M followers, 40.2K engagements
"⚡Slovak PM Fico calls for end to Ukraine war and 'Slavs killing each other' rejects focus on defeating Russia. Slovakia seeks a swift end to the war in Ukraine rather than Russias defeat Prime Minister Robert Fico said during a televised debate on Slovak public broadcaster STVR on Oct. 5"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-06T00:23Z 1.9M followers, 66.1K engagements
"⚡Zelensky 'not satisfied' with defense of Kyiv's energy facilities. "We cannot use Patriot missiles against drones" Zelensky said. "What questions might I have for the mayor I could tell you now what I think about all this but I won't.""
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-11T02:28Z 1.9M followers, 58.5K engagements
"Learn more about the event and reserve a place here: All proceeds will support the Kyiv Independents War Crimes Investigations Unit that continues documenting crimes committed by Russia"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T15:11Z 1.9M followers, 30.9K engagements
"⚡ 'Hatred between Zelensky and Putin unfathomable' Trump says. "I think I'm going to have to do all the talking. they hate each other so much they almost can't talk" U.S. President Donald Trump said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-09-15T08:14Z 1.9M followers, 67.5K engagements
"⚡Estonia closes border crossing with Russia over unusual military activity. Estonia has temporarily closed the Saatse border crossing following heightened Russian military activity near the area the Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported on Oct. 10"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-11T14:18Z 1.9M followers, 42K engagements
"⚡ Update: Zelensky Trump discuss Tomahawk missiles Axios reports. Trump and Zelensky discussed the possibility of supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles during their phone call on Oct. XX Axios reported citing undisclosed sources"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-11T14:24Z 1.9M followers, 40.5K engagements
"⚡Russian stock market plummets to 3-year low after Kremlin statement on 'collapsing' US-Moscow relations. The XXXX% drop brings the MOEX Russia Index the primary benchmark of the Russian stock market to its lowest levels since September 2022"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-08T20:25Z 1.9M followers, 44.3K engagements
"⚡'I want to find out what they're doing with them' Trump mulls sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. X that he has "sort of made a decision" on whether to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk long-range missiles"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-06T21:36Z 1.9M followers, 47.9K engagements
"⚡Seven EU states increase Russian energy imports in 2025 Reuters reports"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T17:06Z 1.9M followers, 59K engagements
"⚡Potential water power shortages reported in Kyiv amid massive drone strikes. Russia launched a large-scale drone attack on Kyiv overnight on Oct. XX potentially disrupting the city's water and power supplies. "All emergency teams are monitoring the situation and ready to respond" Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T22:00Z 1.9M followers, 55.7K engagements
"Despite high-profile meetings and Trump's flamboyant rhetoric progress in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine has been scarce"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T16:53Z 1.9M followers, 27.8K engagements
"⚡UPDATE: Deputy head of Belarus' exiled opposition voices support for Georgia protests"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-04T22:22Z 1.9M followers, 49.1K engagements
"⚡Russia cuts Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant from Ukrainian grid to test Russian link as blackout nears X weeks Kyiv says"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-12T13:42Z 1.9M followers, 51.5K engagements
"⚡ Czechia's populist party tones down criticism of Ukraine ammunition initiative after election win. ANO leader Andrej Babis said the initiative was a "good idea in principle" but requires "greater transparency and a reassessment.""
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-08T10:53Z 1.9M followers, 40.4K engagements
"⚡Ukrainian delegation to offer purchase of air defense HIMARS systems during upcoming US visit Zelensky says"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T20:29Z 1.9M followers, 49K engagements
"⚡Update: 'Missiles one after another' Child killed XX injured amid mass Russian attack on Ukrainian cities energy infrastructure"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T04:04Z 1.9M followers, 44.8K engagements
"⚡Kremlin issues veiled threats towards Moldova cites Ukraine as warning"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T22:10Z 1.9M followers, 54.9K engagements
"Russian troops launched more than 3100 drones around 1360 glide bombs and XX missiles on Ukraine in the past week Zelensky said; Ukrainian troops have liberated the village of Mali Shcherbaky in Zaporizhzhia Oblast; and more"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-12T17:39Z 1.9M followers, 44.6K engagements
"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. X according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-08T06:06Z 1.9M followers, 44.6K engagements
"⚡ Oleksa Shalayskyi renowned Ukrainian investigative journalist dies aged XX. Over the decades Shalayskyi became one of Ukraines leading investigative journalists and is described by his colleagues as a pioneer of anti-corruption investigations"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-04T12:05Z 1.9M followers, 39.6K engagements
"⚡ Hamas releases X Israeli hostages as Trump declares Gaza war 'over.' Hamas handed over the hostages to the Red Cross and the Israeli forces are now escorting the group to Israel"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T06:34Z 1.9M followers, 34K engagements
"⚡ Italian Supreme Court overturns extradition of Ukrainian in Nord Stream sabotage case. The ruling sends the case back to a new panel of judges at the Bologna Court of Appeal for review"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T17:32Z 1.9M followers, 30.4K engagements
"⚡Around XX% of Ukrainians want Zelensky to stay president after war poll shows"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T12:38Z 1.9M followers, 60K engagements
"Estonian officials say Moscow is intensifying its provocations after an unusual movement by Russian troops near the border forced Tallinn to shut down a border crossing point on Oct. 10"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T19:21Z 1.9M followers, 61.7K engagements
"⚡German airlines call to shoot down drones threatening airports. Germany's airlines are calling for drones that threaten airport operations to be shot down amid a recent surge of drone sightings across Europe Der Spiegel reported on Oct. 11"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-11T20:50Z 1.9M followers, 59.8K engagements
"⚡ Lithuania scaling down exiled Belarusian oppositon leader's protection her office suspends work"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-08T08:36Z 1.9M followers, 82.4K engagements
"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-14T05:22Z 1.9M followers, 51.4K engagements
"⚡ UK France Germany to move forward with using Russian assets to aid Ukraine. "We agree to develop further bold and innovative mechanisms to increase the cost of Russia's war and ramp up pressure" the British government said in a statement"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-11T08:09Z 1.9M followers, 139.4K engagements
"Zelensky also highlighted that Ukraine's drone strikes on Russian oil refineries have created a gasoline deficit approaching XX% contributing to shortages in parts of Russia and Russian-held areas"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T09:43Z 1.9M followers, 30.4K engagements
"⚡ US defense manufacturer reveals new Tomahawk launcher just what Ukraine would need to hit Russia. The Tomahawk's range would open up great swathes of Russia to Ukrainian long-range missile strikes most notably Moscow and St. Petersburg"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-14T08:58Z 1.9M followers, 72.8K engagements
"Ballet dancer Sergei Polunin was stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship by a presidential decree on Oct. XX according to law enforcment"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-14T18:00Z 1.9M followers, 95.8K engagements
"⚡ Ukraine to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize if he secures ceasefire with Russia. Trump who has boasted about ending "seven wars" since returning to office has actively campaigned for receiving the prestigious award"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T08:06Z 1.9M followers, 33.3K engagements
"⚡Trump says he will urge Putin to end the war or face the US sending Tomahawks to Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. XX that he is prepared to send long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine but said he plans to first discuss the matter with Russian President Vladimir Putin"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T00:21Z 1.9M followers, 123.2K engagements
"Since September talk has been growing about whether the U.S. might finally supply Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles. Experts say these long-range weapons if approved would allow Ukraine to strike military targets deep inside Russia. Read here:"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-08T17:52Z 1.9M followers, 43.1K engagements
"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T05:25Z 1.9M followers, 40.9K engagements
"⚡Hungary bans XX Ukrainian media outlets"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-09-29T15:33Z 1.9M followers, 72.9K engagements
"⚡ Zelensky calls with Trump day after Russian strike caused blackouts in Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky is holding a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump presidential aide Andriy Yermak said on Oct. 11"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-11T12:27Z 1.9M followers, 40.5K engagements
"President Volodymyr Zelensky told Fox News that he sees hope that U.S. President Donald Trump can use the same pressure tactics he applied in brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas to push Russia toward peace in Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-12T20:20Z 1.9M followers, 51.7K engagements
"⚡ Russian attacks kill X injure XX in Ukraine over past day hit energy grid. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted XX out of the XX Shahed-type attack drones and other drones launched by Russia overnight the Air Force reported"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-11T06:44Z 1.9M followers, 47.3K engagements
"Having Ukraine separate Hungary from Russia is in Budapest's interest Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in an interview with Hetek published Oct. 4"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-05T02:11Z 1.9M followers, 43.6K engagements
"⚡ Poland's foreign minister visits western Ukraine amid mass Russian attack on Kyiv other cities. Radoslaw Sikorski visited the site of a Russian attack against the village of Lapaivka on Oct. X which killed four family members"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T08:43Z 1.9M followers, 29K engagements
"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-12T07:50Z 1.9M followers, 49.8K engagements
"The European Council has agreed to reduce and eliminate duties on a range of Ukrainian agricultural products paving the way for the first significant update to tariffs under an EU-Ukraine trade agreement since it was adopted in 2016"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T19:38Z 1.9M followers, 43K engagements
"⚡ Update: X injured in Russian strike on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The injured victims include men aged XX XX XX and XX Governor Serhii Lysak said. Two of them have been hospitalized"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T06:47Z 1.9M followers, 30.2K engagements
"⚡18 year-old Russian singer detained by St. Petersburg police for performing anti-Putin song. The band Stoptime has previously performed songs by other artists labeled as "foreign agents" by the Russian government"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T17:42Z 1.9M followers, 32.4K engagements
"⚡EU ambassadors approve plan to phase out Russian gas oil by 2028 Reuters reports. The plan to phase out Russian oil and gas by January 2028 has received broad backing from most member states though Hungary and Slovakia continue to oppose it"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-08T17:24Z 1.9M followers, 36K engagements
"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. X according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-07T06:30Z 1.9M followers, 45.2K engagements
"⚡ NATO starts annual nuclear drills amid heightened tensions with Moscow"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T09:53Z 1.9M followers, 44.9K engagements
"⚡Over XXX Belarusian nationals killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine. The "I Want to Live" project estimated that roughly one in four Belarusian citizens fighting for Russia has died"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T10:23Z 1.9M followers, 38.8K engagements
"⚡NATO aircraft carry out 12-hour flight near Russian border amid rising tensions. The joint U.K.-U.S. operation was conducted on Oct. X following recent airspace violations by Russia targeting several NATO countries"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-11T14:59Z 1.9M followers, 48.2K engagements
"The Kyiv Independent is seeking a Video Creator to join our team. This role blends technical capabilities with artistic vision to create visual stories that inform our YouTube audience about all things Ukraine its current events its culture its history and more. Our primary content includes Youtube explainers news summaries and field reports as well as documentaries. Learn more and apply here:"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T12:17Z 1.9M followers, 39.9K engagements
"In Episode X of Dare to Ukraine: Village Mashas journey reaches its final chapter. Before leaving she brings everyone together for a shared meal stories and moments that reflect her month-long experience. Watch here:"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-09-27T13:01Z 1.9M followers, 413.4K engagements
"A defining novel of 20th-century Ukrainian literature "The City" has now been brought to English-language readers by Harvards Ukrainian Research Institute in a fresh translation by Maxim Tarnawsky"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T19:19Z 1.9M followers, 36K engagements
"⚡Ukraine slaps new sanctions on Russian oil industry drone production. One of the sanctioned firms is Hardberry-Rusfactor which produces drones and counter-UAV systems as well as neural network systems for target designation"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-04T19:14Z 1.9M followers, 49.8K engagements
"Since 2022 there have been calls to establish an international court to prosecute Kremlin leaders for the war against Ukraine. In 2025 a version of such a court exists on paper but it's unclear when or even if Vladimir Putin might be in the dock"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T13:09Z 1.9M followers, 29.8K engagements
"⚡Lavrov tells UN Russia has no plans to attack Europe warns of 'decisive response' to aggression. His remarks come amid rising concern in Europe over unauthorized flights into NATO airspace"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-09-27T18:23Z 1.9M followers, 446.1K engagements
"⚡Ukraine Denmark sign memorandum on joint drone manufacturing. Ukraine and Denmark signed a memorandum of understanding to enable Ukrainian defense companies to set up joint manufacturing in the Nordic country Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-07T05:09Z 1.9M followers, 51.6K engagements
"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T04:48Z 1.9M followers, 55.6K engagements
"⚡ Zelensky to meet Trump in Washington on Oct. XX FT reports. President Volodymyr Zelensky will reportedly travel to Washington on Oct. XX to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T14:36Z 1.9M followers, 38K engagements
"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-11T07:09Z 1.9M followers, 46.7K engagements
"⚡'New record of Russian meanness' Russia waited for bad weather Middle East developments to launch large-scale attack on energy infrastructure Zelensky says"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T21:46Z 1.9M followers, 46.3K engagements
"⚡Latvia orders over XXX Russian citizens to leave by mid-October"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-11T08:21Z 1.9M followers, 46.4K engagements
"The military monitoring group Belarusian Hajun was an open-source intelligence project that tracked Russian and Belarusian troop movements and other military activity in Belarus"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-14T17:26Z 1.9M followers, 31.5K engagements
"Right-wing figures across the U.S. and Europe are now exploiting Ukrainian refugees tragic stories not to promote wartime aid for Ukraine but to stoke fear and push racist xenophobic policies at home"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-09-09T18:49Z 1.9M followers, 1.7M engagements
"Ukrainian air defenses intercepted XXX out of the XXX Russian drones as well as XX of the XX cruise and ballistic missiles launched overnight on Oct. XX according to Ukraines Air Force"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T07:33Z 1.9M followers, 29K engagements
"A Ukrainian delegation is set to visit Washington next week to negotiate the purchase of additional air defense systems as well as HIMARS rocket systems as part of a "Mega Deal" President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a press briefing on Oct. 10"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T20:29Z 1.9M followers, 36.9K engagements
"⚡Putin blasts Nobel Peace Prize decision wins thanks from Trump. Putin praised Trump's peacekeeping efforts and said the Nobel committee's decisions to award the honor to "people who have done nothing for peace" damaged the prize's reputation"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-11T00:41Z 1.9M followers, 77.2K engagements
"⚡ Update: Zelensky discusses air defense with Trump after Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy grid. "I informed President Trump about Russia's attacks on our energy system and I appreciate his willingness to support us" Zelensky said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-11T13:21Z 1.9M followers, 40.8K engagements
"The Kyiv Independent is pleased to announce its first ever live event in New York City where the team will share stories from the life of a newsroom in times of war. Date: Tuesday Dec. X 2025 Time: 6:00 PM 9:00 PM Location: Ukrainian Institute of America"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T15:11Z 1.9M followers, 71.1K engagements
"South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said Pyongyang has received "various technologies" but it remains unclear whether it was able to test launch a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T08:31Z 1.9M followers, 29.5K engagements
"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. X according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T06:00Z 1.9M followers, 46.3K engagements
"⚡Latvia extends nighttime airspace restrictions near borders with Russia and Belarus"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-07T14:29Z 1.9M followers, 31.9K engagements
"⚡ Ukraine confirms drone strike on one of Russia's biggest most modern oil refineries near St. Petersburg. Drones struck the Kirishi oil refinery in Russia's Leningrad oblast overnight on Oct. 4"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-04T09:10Z 1.9M followers, 59.5K engagements
"⚡US Treasury Secretary meets Ukraines prime minister pledges stronger pressure on Russia. The meeting comes as a Ukrainian delegation holds high-level talks with U.S. officials on defense energy resilience and sanctions"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-14T20:49Z 1.9M followers, 41.4K engagements
"⚡Azerbaijan releases Russian propagandist as tensions with Moscow ease. Igor Kartavykh editor-in-chief of Sputnik Azerbaijan was moved from police detention to house arrest in Baku according to Kiselyov who oversees Sputnik's parent organization"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T14:21Z 1.9M followers, 29.8K engagements
"The Kyiv Independent is proud to announce the U.S. premiere of its full-length documentary Can You Hear Me The Invisible Battles of Ukrainian Military Medics hosted in collaboration with the Embassies of Sweden and Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T13:21Z 1.9M followers, 31K engagements
"⚡Oil prices dip modestly amid Gaza ceasefire stalled Ukraine peace talks. Oil prices dropped slightly Oct. X after Israel & Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza. Prices had risen just a day earlier in response to stalled peace talks in Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T20:35Z 1.9M followers, 38.9K engagements
"⚡Odesa mayor is a Russian citizen but passport published by Ukrainian intelligence is fake journalists claim. Databases confirm that Odesa Mayor Hennady Trukhanov is a Russian citizen but his alleged Russian passport published by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) is fake the Insider a Russian investigative journalism outlet claimed on Oct. XX. Based on Trukhanov's Russian citizenship President Volodymyr Zelensky stripped him of his Ukrainian citizenship on Oct. 14"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T17:53Z 1.9M followers, 43K engagements
"⚡Czechia's right-wing anti-Ukraine party wins parliamentary elections. The populist Ano party is opposed to Ukraine's membership in the European Union and does not support aid to Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-04T16:12Z 1.9M followers, 85.9K engagements
"⚡Trump meets with Stubb vows to defend Finland in case of Russian attack. During a White House meeting on Oct. X U.S. President Donald Trump said he would vigorously defend Finland if Russia attacked it"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T23:55Z 1.9M followers, 35.8K engagements
"⚡ Tomahawk deliveries could force Russia to 'sober up' and negotiate Zelensky says. "Right now it is important to send a signal that Ukraine will be strengthened by all means possible" President Volodymyr Zelensky said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T08:28Z 1.9M followers, 68.7K engagements
"⚡Belarus fuel exports to Russia surge as Moscow faces domestic shortages. Belarus rail-transported exports of gasoline to Russia surged fourfold in September as Russia has dealt with fuel shortages Reuters reported on Oct. 7"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-08T03:25Z 1.9M followers, 45.9K engagements
"⚡ Russia likely helping North Korea with submarine development Seoul says"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T08:31Z 1.9M followers, 43.6K engagements
"⚡Fire breaks out at Russian gas plant after reported drone strike. A fire allegedly broke out at the Lukoil Korobkovsky gas processing plant in Kotovo Russia following a reported drone attack overnight on Oct. 9"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T04:07Z 1.9M followers, 48.3K engagements
"⚡'Very dramatic moment' Moscow concerned over possible Tomahawk missiles supplies to Ukraine. "The topic of Tomahawks is of extreme concern" Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Oct. 12"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-12T18:31Z 1.9M followers, 97.5K engagements
"The Kyiv Independents Francis Farrell spent several days with one of the International Battalion of Ukraines Azov Corps' drone crews to document how these foreign fighters have integrated into Ukraines ranks and adapted to modern drone warfare. Watch the full video here:"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-14T10:13Z 1.9M followers, 431.5K engagements
"The European Commissions plan of creating a drone wall on the unions eastern border has met a tough reality in Copenhagen opposition from EU member states without a border with Russia"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-02T19:29Z 1.9M followers, 46.1K engagements
"Following Europe's inability to handle Russia's now recurring drone incursions the mostly-Russian-speaking city of Narv in Estonia is once again a sticking point in NATO's eastern flank's defense"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-08T19:58Z 1.9M followers, 36.2K engagements
"⚡ Trump says Turkey's Erdogan could mediate Russia-Ukraine war. "He's respected by Russia. Ukraine I can't tell you about but he is respected by (Russian President Vladimir) Putin" Trump told journalists"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-14T08:19Z 1.9M followers, 36.4K engagements
"⚡ Bavaria moves to let police shoot down drones amid rising European sightings. The Bavarian cabinet approved the law which grants local police the authority to destroy drones if deemed necessary to ensure public safety"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-08T06:04Z 1.9M followers, 34.9K engagements
"⚡ Zelensky holds first phone call with Czechia's populist leader since election win"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T12:57Z 1.9M followers, 33K engagements
"Ukraine's move to a corps-based command structure aimed to boost military efficiency. Almost a year later the promised improvements remain out of reach"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T15:31Z 1.9M followers, 42.5K engagements
"⚡ Aliyev congratulates Putin on birthday in rare call amid strained Russia-Azerbaijan ties"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-07T12:13Z 1.9M followers, 36.3K engagements
"⚡Trump says Putin should 'do something' to end war in Ukraine cites 'a million and a half' Russian losses. "I mean I had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin but he just doesnt want to end that war" Trump said on Oct. 14"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-14T22:14Z 1.9M followers, 45.6K engagements
"Lithuania plans to contribute $XX million toward procuring weapons for Ukraine. Finland meanwhile has announced a new military aid package with full details expected to be released later this week"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T12:21Z 1.9M followers, 26K engagements
"⚡ Putin admits Russian air defense opened fire at Azerbaijani airliner in 2024. Putin claimed that the missiles exploded a few meters away from the plane which was then hit by fragments"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T12:27Z 1.9M followers, 157.8K engagements
"⚡ X Russian colonels charged in absentia over 2023 missile attack that killed XX people. Russia hit a 9-story apartment building in Uman in the early hours of April XX 2023 during a mass missile strike against Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T11:45Z 1.9M followers, 39.2K engagements
"⚡Military aid to Ukraine declines sharply in recent months report says. Military aid to Ukraine has fallen dramatically in recent months a report by the Kiel Institute published on Oct. XX has found"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-14T04:11Z 1.9M followers, 111.5K engagements
"⚡ Moldova's pro-Russian party rejects election results threatens protests"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-08T08:10Z 1.9M followers, 36.6K engagements
"⚡Ukrainian government delegation meets with Tomahawk missile manufacturer in US"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T12:51Z 1.9M followers, 81.2K engagements
"Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov issued a new round of veiled threats towards Moldova on Oct. XX warning Chisinau not to suffer from the same fate as Ukraine just weeks after an election that saw the pro-European Action and Solidarity Party secure a parliamentary majority"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T22:10Z 1.9M followers, 41.2K engagements
"⚡ Hungary's Orban accuses Zelensky of 'moral blackmail' over Ukraine's EU bid. "Hungary has no moral obligation to support Ukraine's EU accession" Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-07T07:25Z 1.9M followers, 45K engagements
"⚡ Russian MiG-31 fighter jet crashed in western region during landing Moscow says. The MiG-31 a twin-seat supersonic aircraft capable of carrying Kinzhal hypersonic missiles has been widely used by Russia to strike targets deep inside Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T06:25Z 1.9M followers, 34.1K engagements
""Ukraine is fighting not only for its own survival but for the stability and security of Europe: Russia's recent incursion into Poland's airspace shows that Russia will not stop until it is stopped" writes Natalka Cmoc Canada's ambassador to Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-09-20T11:54Z 1.9M followers, 38.6K engagements
"The call comes as Kyiv worries that a Babis-led government could undermine Czechia's pro-Ukraine stance as he has questioned continued military aid and Ukraine's path toward EU membership"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T12:57Z 1.9M followers, 27.4K engagements
"⚡ Trump admin reportedly proposes banning Chinese airlines from flying over Russia on US routes"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T07:10Z 1.9M followers, 43.2K engagements
"Russia has earned XXX billion euros from exports of fossil fuels since the intensification of its war against Ukraine in 2022 XXX billion euros of which came from the EU"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-14T13:25Z 1.9M followers, 37.1K engagements
"⚡Norway to increase aid for Ukraine to $XXX billion in 2025. Norway's parliamentary leaders agreed on March X to increase aid for Ukraine by XX billion Norwegian krone ($4.6 billion) to a total of XX billion Norwegian krone ($7.8 billion) in 2025"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-03-07T02:42Z 1.9M followers, 50.3K engagements
"⚡'They want to go offensive' Trump to discuss Ukraine returning war to Russia during meeting with Zelensky"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T01:40Z 1.9M followers, 24.8K engagements
"⚡Trump calls on Congress to investigate 2019 hoax impeachment over Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Oct. XX calling for the reinstatement of the investigation into the 2019 impeachment proceedings against him. The Ukraine impeachment (of me) Scam was a far bigger illegal Hoax than Watergate Trump said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-12T22:57Z 1.9M followers, 78.6K engagements
"⚡ Trump says he'll focus on Ukraine war after brokering Israel-Hamas deal. Speaking about past negotiations with Moscow Trump said U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff "had no idea about Russia had no idea about Putin too much" at the time"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T13:39Z 1.9M followers, 45.8K engagements
"⚡ Controversial ex-adviser to Zelensky's office hit with Russian international arrest warrant. Russian authorities have accused Oleksiy Arestovych of terrorism and spreading "fake news about the Russian army.""
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-07T12:55Z 1.9M followers, 40.2K engagements
"⚡ Indian refiners asked to pay for Russian oil with Chinese yuan Reuters reports. Indian Oil Corp the country's leading state-owned refiner has recently purchased two to three cargoes of Russian oil using Chinese yuan sources told Reuters"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-08T06:27Z 1.9M followers, 41.1K engagements
"⚡ Blackouts in Russia fair response if Moscow targets Ukraine's grid Zelensky says"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T09:43Z 1.9M followers, 35K engagements
"⚡ Trump suggests 'throwing out' Spain from NATO over defense spending. "They have no excuse not to do this. Maybe you should throw them out of NATO frankly" U.S. President Donald Trump said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T08:57Z 1.9M followers, 31.4K engagements
"⚡Russian-owned oil company in Serbia loses U.S. sanctions exemption. Serbia's largest Russian-owned oil company Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) announced on Oct. X that it had not received an extension of its U.S. sanctions waiver Reuters reported"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T19:10Z 1.9M followers, 45.9K engagements
"⚡Drone incidents reported in Moscow St.Petersburg. In response to drone threats Russias aviation agency temporarily suspended operations at multiple airports in major cities of the Volga and Central regions of European Russia"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-08-23T22:12Z 1.9M followers, 48.6K engagements
"⚡Russian missiles pound Ukrainian cities in massive morning attack. Explosions have been reported in Kharkiv Ilium Kropyvnytskyi and Poltava. Earlier the Air Force issued a nationwide missile warning after Russia launched MiG-31 bombers"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T03:09Z 1.9M followers, 11.7K engagements
"We are happy to introduce a long-requested feature Kyiv Independent members can now pay for monthly or annual memberships using PayPal. Weve also expanded our payment features and now there is no need to pay for conversion fees when paying in EUR GBP CAD or AUD"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T13:46Z 1.9M followers, 32.6K engagements
"⚡Serbia sends humanitarian aid to Russia's Kursk Oblast worth around $X million Moscow claims"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T17:20Z 1.9M followers, 40K engagements
"The move follows growing frustration among American airlines which have been barred from flying over Russia since 2022 while Chinese carriers continue to use the route"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T07:11Z 1.9M followers, 28.5K engagements
"⚡ Ukraine accuses China of providing Russia with satellite data for missile strike targeting. China officially claims neutrality in Russia's war against Ukraine but has indirectly supported Moscow in several ways"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-04T14:02Z 1.9M followers, 48.7K engagements
"⚡ Ukraine claims strike on 'one of Russia's largest' explosives plants far from the front lines"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-06T12:03Z 1.9M followers, 38.5K engagements
"⚡ Update: Ukraine confirms strikes against oil and gas facilities in Russias Volgograd Oblast"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T08:55Z 1.9M followers, 31.8K engagements
"⚡ Russia ready for 'hot confrontation' with Europe at any moment German intelligence head warns. "We cant simply wait and assume that a potential Russian attack won't come before 2029" German intelligence chief Martin Jaeger said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T13:23Z 1.9M followers, 54.9K engagements
"In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week The Kyiv Independents Anna Belokur breaks down renewed U.S. discussions about supplying Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles and Russia's reaction"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-12T15:15Z 1.9M followers, 73.4K engagements
"Our new T-shirt asks a question the world needs to answer. When you wear it you're refusing to let the world forget. You're turning conferences streets and casual encounters into spaces where Ukraine's voice cannot be ignored. Order here:"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T09:09Z 1.9M followers, 29.7K engagements
"⚡Denmark allocates over $XXX million for Ukraine's military support; Sweden weighs new aircraft supply"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T17:18Z 1.9M followers, 28.3K engagements
"⚡'Not in Poland's interest' to hand over Ukrainian in Nord Stream probe Tusk says. "From our point of view the only people who should be ashamed and should remain silent on the issue of Nord Stream X are those who decided to build it" Tusk said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-07T17:25Z 1.9M followers, 134.8K engagements
"A new film by the Kyiv Independent's War Crimes Investigation Unit exposes a vast system that turns education and leisure for Ukrainian children in occupied territories into tools for building Russia's next army"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T14:20Z 1.9M followers, 34.5K engagements
"⚡Estonian court sentences soldier for spying for Russia. Estonia's State Prosecutor Triinu Olev-Aas said Ivan Dmitriev an active member of the Estonian Defense Forces who handled drone operations posed a significant threat to Estonia's security"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-07T18:40Z 1.9M followers, 39.4K engagements
"⚡Unidentified drone spotted over Norwegian gas field police investigating. An unidentified drone was observed flying over the Equinor-operated Sleipner gas field in the North Sea on the evening of Sept. XX local media outlet VG reported"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-09-30T06:34Z 1.9M followers, 39.9K engagements
"DTEK Ukraine's largest energy company partnered with U.S.-based Fluence Energy Inc. to build and connect six new battery storage systems to the grid in the Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-09-11T06:40Z 1.9M followers, 45.9K engagements
"Trump threatens China with additional XXX% tariffs amid trade tensions. "The United States of America will impose a tariff of XXX% on China over and above any tariff that they are currently paying" Donald Trump said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-11T07:36Z 1.9M followers, 44.4K engagements
"⚡Update: Zelensky Trump confirm plans to meet in Washington this week. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on Oct. XX that he plans to meet his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in Washington later this week with Trump later confirming the meeting"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-14T02:31Z 1.9M followers, 48.1K engagements
"⚡ US Supreme Court won't review Russian bank's appeal over MH17 downing. The move enables the family of Quinn Schansman an 18-year-old American passenger killed in the crash to sue Sberbank under the U.S. anti-terrorism law"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-07T11:40Z 1.9M followers, 53K engagements
"Three and a half years into all-out war against Ukraine Russian authorities are tightening their digital grip and rolling out sweeping new measures to keep people online in check"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-06T19:49Z 1.9M followers, 43.7K engagements
"⚡ Belarus detains at least XX over alleged ties to military monitoring group rights watchdog says"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-14T17:26Z 1.9M followers, 36.4K engagements
"⚡US helps Ukraine target Russian energy infrastructure FT reports"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-12T09:02Z 1.9M followers, 58.8K engagements
"⚡India assures White House it will stop buying Russian oil Trump says. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured U.S. President Donald Trump that India will no longer buy Russian oil the U.S. leader said on Oct. 15"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T21:50Z 1.9M followers, 34.4K engagements
"⚡ Rheinmetall to supply Ukraine with additional Skyranger air defense systems. The announcement addresses Ukraine's urgent need for cost-effective air defense solutions as Russia intensifies drone attacks"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T10:50Z 1.9M followers, 34.6K engagements
"⚡New military training center for Ukrainian NATO troops opens in Poland. Capable of accommodating up to 1200 military personnel at a time Camp Jomsborg is the largest training center for Ukrainian troops"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-03T04:03Z 1.9M followers, 240.9K engagements
"The Kyiv Independents Francis Farrell spent several days with one of the International Battalion of Ukraines Azov Corps's drone crews to document how these foreign fighters have integrated into Ukraines ranks and adapted to modern drone warfare"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-11T18:26Z 1.9M followers, 71.6K engagements
"⚡Lukashenko warns Ukraine could 'cease to exist' blames Zelensky for stalled negotiations. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview on Oct. XX that he thinks Ukraine could "cease to exist as a state" unless President Volodymyr Zelensky "sits down negotiates and acts urgently.""
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T03:11Z 1.9M followers, 75K engagements
"⚡ 'How well they burn' Ukraine destroys X Russian An-26 transport aircraft radar stations in occupied Crimea HUR says. The strike was part of ongoing efforts to destroy high-value Russian assets on the peninsula HUR said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-09-25T06:56Z 1.9M followers, 35.1K engagements
"⚡Update: 'Missiles one after another' X injured outages in Kyiv amid mass Russian attack on energy infrastructure. Photos: State Emergency Service"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T01:59Z 1.9M followers, 51K engagements
"Ukrainian drones struck the largest Russian oil depot in the city of Feodosia in occupied Crimea overnight on Oct. XX sparking a massive blaze a source in Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) told the Kyiv Independent"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T19:43Z 1.9M followers, 45.7K engagements
"⚡Lithuania's Vilnius airport closed in response to airspace violation media reports. Lithuania's main airport was closed late on Oct. X following a sighting of XX "contraband" balloons flying towards the site Lithuanian outlet LRT reported"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-05T01:15Z 1.9M followers, 57.5K engagements
"⚡Putin eases fuel subsidy rules as Ukrainian strikes hit Russian refineries. The changes published on Oct. XX allow refineries to keep receiving government payments even if prices for gasoline and diesel exceed the thresholds set under existing rules"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-12T21:10Z 1.9M followers, 55K engagements
"Just imagine: a long-range missile is launched and is flying and we know that it could be nuclear Peskov said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-12T18:31Z 1.9M followers, 44.9K engagements
"⚡Ukraine's existence is in Hungary's national interest Orban says as he continues to oppose EU aid to Kyiv"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-05T02:11Z 1.9M followers, 51.1K engagements
"U.S. President Donald Trump's success in brokering a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has been praised worldwide. What seems to be diplomatic victory in the Middle East contrasts with Trump's failure to negotiate a ceasefire in Eastern Europe"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T05:27Z 1.9M followers, 37.7K engagements
"⚡Finland Lithuania join PURL initiative to arm Ukraine; new aid announced"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T12:20Z 1.9M followers, 31.7K engagements
"⚡ Europe faces 'significant risk' of major war if Russia starts mobilization Zelensky says. "There is a significant risk that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin will actually go to a world war" President Volodymyr Zelensky said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-09T12:04Z 1.9M followers, 54.1K engagements