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# ![@KyivIndependent Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1462548977367359490.png) @KyivIndependent The Kyiv Independent

The Kyiv Independent posts on X about ukraine, russia, zelensky, donald trump the most. They currently have XXXXXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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[ukraine](/topic/ukraine) #72, [russia](/topic/russia) #103, [zelensky](/topic/zelensky) #32, [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump) #1699, [putin](/topic/putin) #219, [white house](/topic/white-house) #296, [kremlin](/topic/kremlin) #137, [moscow](/topic/moscow) #394, [belarus](/topic/belarus) #139, [president donald](/topic/president-donald) #516

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### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::1462548977367359490/posts)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"The Estonian Defense Ministry the Estonian Defense League and the non-profit organization HK Unicorn Squad MTU signed on Oct. XX a memorandum of cooperation to enhance drone piloting skills among Estonian citizens"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978470336242073876) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-15T14:37Z 1.9M followers, 26.5K engagements


"Russian President Vladimir Putin's renewed overtures to U.S. President Donald Trump have raised concerns that once again the Kremlin is attempting to derail Western support for Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979129085616886042) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T10:15Z 1.9M followers, 38.6K engagements


"⚡ Polish court refuses extradition of Ukrainian suspect to Germany in Nord Stream case. Poland's refusal follows a similar move by Italy's Supreme Court which on Oct. XX overturned the extradition of another Ukrainian national on related charges"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979160159503954392) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T12:18Z 1.9M followers, 57.2K engagements


"⚡ Update: Putin not under EU travel ban spox says ahead of planned Budapest summit. "We have Putin and Lavrov under asset freeze but not specifically under travel ban" European Commission spokesperson Anitta Hipper said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979162747125329976) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T12:29Z 1.9M followers, 47.1K engagements


"The Kyiv Independents Kollen Post investigates Ukraines newest cruise missile the Flamingo its manufacturer and the politics of Ukraines defense industry to find out if the Flamingo is really as powerful as claimed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979241611188957454) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T17:42Z 1.9M followers, 50.2K engagements


"⚡Update: Trump not sure if Tomahawk threat brought Putin back to negotiating table. "I don't know what's bringing him I think he wants to make a deal that's all" Trump told reporters on Oct. 17"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979264385559179709) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T19:12Z 1.9M followers, 38.5K engagements


"A Russian missile strike this week on a Ukrainian training ground the latest in a series of deadly strikes on training centers has heightened scrutiny and sparked criticism of the Ukrainian military commands ability to protect recruits"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979490325899923863) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-18T10:10Z 1.9M followers, 43.5K engagements


"⚡Repairs underway at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as ceasefire zones established IAEA says. International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said "both sides engaged constructively" with the agency to enable the repair plan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979525372493680778) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-18T12:30Z 1.9M followers, 43.5K engagements


"⚡Ukraine peace deal should give no unoccupied lands to 'terrorist' Putin Zelensky tells NBC. Soldiers should "stay where they stay" and not offer new territory to Putin who has reportedly demanded full control of Donetsk Oblast as a peace condition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979948520561070477) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-19T16:31Z 1.9M followers, 57.2K engagements


"U.S. President Donald Trump mused about offering both Kyiv and Moscow security guarantees during his White House meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Oct. XX leaving the Ukrainian delegation taken aback Reuters reported on Oct. XX citing its sources"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980067999513264187) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T00:26Z 1.9M followers, 39.9K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1976653995616911639) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-10T14:20Z 1.9M followers, 34.6K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1976923029914722517) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-11T08:09Z 1.9M followers, 139.9K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977754054802526701) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-13T15:11Z 1.9M followers, 94K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978041418850423032) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-14T10:13Z 1.9M followers, 464.6K engagements


"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979052629519929499) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T05:11Z 1.9M followers, 41.5K engagements


"⚡BREAKING: No answer on long-range Tomahawks Zelensky says after Trump meeting. Zelensky told reporters that he and Trump discussed the provision of long-range weapons to Ukraine but agreed not to present any decisions publicly at this time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979288093208514971) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T20:47Z 1.9M followers, 44.7K engagements


"Seeking to curb Moscow's influence Latvia and Estonia are phasing out the Russian language in education tightening immigration rules and targeting Russian-linked organizations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979886914259030482) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-19T12:26Z 1.9M followers, 42.8K engagements


"⚡Belarus seeks talks with Kyiv amid efforts to break Western isolation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980061142098604280) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-19T23:58Z 1.9M followers, 50.3K engagements


"⚡Major Russian gas plant forced to suspend gas intake following Ukrainian drone attack"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980108811529777152) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T03:08Z 1.9M followers, 50.3K engagements


"⚡ Ukraine war latest live: Europe weighs cut-off of Kremlin oil and gas. European officials are considering new means of reining in the Kremlin's fossil fuel exports"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980278918306230343) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T14:24Z 1.9M followers, 28.9K engagements


"⚡ Zelensky to join 'Coalition of the Willing' meeting in UK this week. President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to attend an upcoming meeting of the "Coalition of the Willing" in London on Oct. XX French President Emmanuel Macron said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980325598875750469) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T17:29Z 1.9M followers, 49.3K engagements


"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980545776758714712) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T08:04Z 1.9M followers, 36.6K engagements


"Officers are conducting searches at the home of the former head of Ukraines state-owned grid operator Ukrenergo over allegations of misappropriating funds Ukrainska Pravda reported on Oct. XX citing sources in law enforcement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980622446714855674) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T13:09Z 1.9M followers, 27K engagements


"Russia shot down its own Su-30SM fighter jet over Crimea while its air defense was trying to intercept Ukrainian drones; Ukraine confirmed that a drone strike targeted an oil depot and industrial facility in occupied Crimea; and more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979251748586881383) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T18:22Z 1.9M followers, 34.5K engagements


"⚡Update: Zelensky speaks to European leaders after Trump meeting. Zelensky and Trump spoke in a closed-door meeting for over two hours. Zelensky then held a conference call with European leaders a source in the Ukrainian delegation told Suspilne"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979286190332494288) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T20:39Z 1.9M followers, 36.9K engagements


"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979807068808004076) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-19T07:09Z 1.9M followers, 50K engagements


"⚡ Ukraine Europe back Trump's call to cease hostilities along current front line"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980636135144714434) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T14:03Z 1.9M followers, 35.8K engagements


"The Kyiv Independent is excited to introduce its 2025 Holiday Gift Guide a handpicked selection of over XX meaningful gift ideas from more than XX Ukrainian brands. Shop here:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980658958017937492) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T15:34Z 1.9M followers, 29.4K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1897840298413224198) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-03-07T02:42Z 1.9M followers, 50.3K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1959378261290766437) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-08-23T22:12Z 1.9M followers, 48.6K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1967502304959148184) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-09-15T08:14Z 1.9M followers, 67.5K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1969369507413082529) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-09-20T11:54Z 1.9M followers, 38.6K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1976137454936522809) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-09T04:07Z 1.9M followers, 48.4K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1976263357947629577) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-09T12:27Z 1.9M followers, 158.3K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1976276754454163723) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-09T13:21Z 1.9M followers, 31.1K engagements


"⚡Serbia sends humanitarian aid to Russia's Kursk Oblast worth around $X million Moscow claims"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1976336881475322117) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-09T17:20Z 1.9M followers, 40K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1976364765531324768) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-09T19:10Z 1.9M followers, 46K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1976436507771797809) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-09T23:55Z 1.9M followers, 35.8K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1976569232231186843) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-10T08:43Z 1.9M followers, 29.1K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1976572731815800984) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-10T08:57Z 1.9M followers, 31.4K engagements


"⚡ Venezuelan opposition leader awarded Nobel Peace Prize Trump loses out. The committee described Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado as "a brave and committed champion of peace.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1976596120525742256) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-10T10:30Z 1.9M followers, 36.3K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1976654317596950795) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-10T14:21Z 1.9M followers, 29.9K engagements


"Among the seven nations increasing their purchases France saw a XX% jump importing XXX billion euros ($2.5 billion) while the Netherlands imports surged XX% to XXX million euros ($579 million). Belgium Croatia Romania Hungary and Portugal also raised their imports"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1976695983686951334) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-10T17:07Z 1.9M followers, 38.1K engagements


"⚡Ukraine Netherlands sign memorandum on joint drone production. Zelensky met with Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans to finalize the agreement describing drone production as "one of the most promising areas of our bilateral cooperation.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1976728552981848539) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-10T19:16Z 1.9M followers, 40.8K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1976914865576198487) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-11T07:36Z 1.9M followers, 44.5K engagements


"⚡Belarus launches military readiness check as security concerns grow. The Belarusian military is implementing a "set of measures" to bring select units to their "highest level of combat readiness" under Alexander Lukashenko's direct orders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1976941048531501364) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-11T09:20Z 1.9M followers, 49.2K engagements


"⚡Bomb threats force Ukrainian Railways to halt X trains including international line. The affected trains included routes between Dnipro and Kyiv Ternopil and Kyiv and the international KyivWarsaw route"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1976975612662497634) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-11T11:38Z 1.9M followers, 39K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977015991571038336) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-11T14:18Z 1.9M followers, 42.1K engagements


"⚡Russia launched over 3100 drones XX missiles nearly 1360 aerial bombs against Ukraine in a week Zelensky says"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977319986310881411) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-12T10:26Z 1.9M followers, 43K engagements


"Just imagine: a long-range missile is launched and is flying and we know that it could be nuclear Peskov said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977441944487043380) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-12T18:31Z 1.9M followers, 45K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977469558735696381) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-12T20:20Z 1.9M followers, 51.9K engagements


"⚡ Russia likely helping North Korea with submarine development Seoul says"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977653441418903883) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-13T08:31Z 1.9M followers, 43.8K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977653503763059061) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-13T08:31Z 1.9M followers, 29.6K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977702260915175917) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-13T11:45Z 1.9M followers, 39.3K engagements


"⚡Around XX% of Ukrainians want Zelensky to stay president after war poll shows"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977715649762804064) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-13T12:38Z 1.9M followers, 60.2K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977817005035282870) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-13T19:21Z 1.9M followers, 62K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977822431009190036) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-13T19:43Z 1.9M followers, 45.9K engagements


"Sign up for the New York screening of the Kyiv Independent's documentary "Can You Hear Me The Invisible Battles of Ukrainian Military Medics." The films screening will take place on Oct. XX at 6:30 PM at XX Park Ave New York. Sign up here:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977825474190639129) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-13T19:55Z 1.9M followers, 56K engagements


"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977968253730254861) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-14T05:22Z 1.9M followers, 52K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978012786610360800) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-14T08:19Z 1.9M followers, 36.7K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978033671417315782) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-14T09:42Z 1.9M followers, 45.9K engagements


"⚡ Update: Kremlin calls Witkoff effective negotiator after Trump admitted envoy had no idea about Russia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978065439461638443) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-14T11:48Z 1.9M followers, 45.4K engagements


"⚡ Belarus detains at least XX over alleged ties to military monitoring group rights watchdog says"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978150452752425259) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-14T17:26Z 1.9M followers, 36.8K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978150473325535624) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-14T17:26Z 1.9M followers, 31.8K engagements


"Ballet dancer Sergei Polunin was stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship by a presidential decree on Oct. XX according to law enforcment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978158922990051360) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-14T18:00Z 1.9M followers, 97K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978223015520244148) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-14T22:14Z 1.9M followers, 46.3K engagements


"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978331323962974474) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-15T05:25Z 1.9M followers, 42.3K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978431842597400621) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-15T12:04Z 1.9M followers, 30.8K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978443768735977769) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-15T12:52Z 1.9M followers, 28.1K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978448122297606611) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-15T13:09Z 1.9M followers, 31.5K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978516784647995774) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-15T17:42Z 1.9M followers, 40.2K engagements


"At least 1076 Cuban nationals have fought or are fighting for Russia in Ukraine Ukraine's military intelligence said; Denmark has pledged $XXX million in military aid to Ukraine; and more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978533074414580071) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-15T18:46Z 1.9M followers, 36.5K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978579192036950121) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-15T21:50Z 1.9M followers, 50.7K engagements


"⚡'They want to go offensive' Trump to discuss Ukraine returning war to Russia during meeting with Zelensky"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978637227623059645) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T01:40Z 1.9M followers, 50.8K engagements


"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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978637295868608985) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T01:41Z 1.9M followers, 38.3K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978659551655178428) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T03:09Z 1.9M followers, 50.2K engagements


"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978691236358672613) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T05:15Z 1.9M followers, 45.3K engagements


"⚡ Update: Indian refiners reportedly brace for Russian oil cuts; New Delhi remains evasive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978742051391914053) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T08:37Z 1.9M followers, 35.1K engagements


"After Trump claimed Modi assured him India would stop buying Russian oil the Indian Foreign Ministry said its import policies are guided by the "interests of the Indian consumer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978742076545077453) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T08:37Z 1.9M followers, 26.2K engagements


"⚡ Ukraine war latest live: Russian missiles drones target energy infrastructure once again. Russia launched a large-scale missile attack at Ukraine in the early hours of Oct. XX targeting cities in several oblasts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978755943526449514) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T09:32Z 1.9M followers, 30.2K engagements


"⚡ Trump ready to slap 'Ukrainian victory tariff' on China if Europe follows suit treasury secretary says"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978770252033884509) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T10:29Z 1.9M followers, 39.1K engagements


""President Trump has instructed the ambassador and myself to tell our European allies that we would be in favor of whether you would call it a 'Russian oil tariff' on China or a 'Ukrainian victory tariff' on China" U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978770378710302866) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T10:29Z 1.9M followers, 30K engagements


"⚡ Russia says 'will do everything' to ensure its safety if US sends Tomahawks to Ukraine. "Our military knows what to do; they have the military potential and all the necessary capabilities" Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978799358725202298) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T12:25Z 1.9M followers, 44K engagements


"Despite no elections on the horizon political advertising is gradually ramping up in wartime Ukraine. Under martial law political advertising is not banned. But its appearance is viewed by some as inappropriate in a country grappling with a brutal war"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978808352655224974) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T13:00Z 1.9M followers, 27.9K engagements


"⚡ Update: Indian Foreign Ministry says 'not aware' of Trump-Modi call on stopping Russian oil purchases"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978823390405271761) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T14:00Z 1.9M followers, 28.7K engagements


""To the best of our knowledge I am not aware of any conversation between Prime Minister Modi and President Trump yesterday" Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978823422055502286) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T14:00Z 1.9M followers, 23.8K engagements


"Ukraines Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko called on Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers to make Russias immobilized bank reserves available for Ukraine from the beginning of 2026 in a meeting held on Oct. XX in Washington D.C"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978829170810511756) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T14:23Z 1.9M followers, 28.3K engagements


"⚡ Trump Putin hold phone call ahead of Zelensky visit to Washington. The call marks the first direct contact between the two leaders in nearly two months and comes amid heightened tensions over the stalled peace talks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978844910313701513) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T15:26Z 1.9M followers, 33.5K engagements


"⚡Ukraine has liberated over XXX square kilometers in Pokrovsk sector of Donetsk Oblast since August General Staff says"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978851972452114521) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T15:54Z 1.9M followers, 45.4K engagements


"⚡ Update: Trump Putin to meet in Budapest for new Ukraine peace push. The announcement followed a phone call between the two leaders during which they also agreed to hold a high-level U.S.-Russia meeting next week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978875348591726949) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T17:27Z 1.9M followers, 36.3K engagements


"⚡ Update: Orban hails Trump-Putin planned meeting as 'great news' says Hungary 'ready' to host. In April Hungary's parliament voted to approve the country's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court potentially allowing Putin to visit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978881086600999336) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T17:49Z 1.9M followers, 33.4K engagements


"The Kyiv Independents War Crimes Investigation Unit has completed a new investigation into the treatment of Ukrainian children in the Russian-occupied territories. The film uncovers a systematic indoctrination of children to serve as future soldiers in Putins regime"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978903995906216039) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T19:20Z 1.9M followers, 38K engagements


"North Korean soldiers are now helping Moscow direct attacks into Ukraine Ukraine's General Staff said; Another Ukrainian military training ground was hit by a Russian missile strike on Oct. 16; and more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978906984104476943) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T19:32Z 1.9M followers, 42.6K engagements


"Olli Ruohomaki a Middle East expert at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs told the Kyiv Independent that Putin's meeting with al-Sharaa "looks like a desperate attempt to keep hold of something that they are losing.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978913839551828326) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T20:00Z 1.9M followers, 34.2K engagements


"⚡'We need them too' Trump hesitant on providing Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine following call with Putin ahead of talks with Zelensky"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978936916054561099) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T21:31Z 1.9M followers, 46.4K engagements


"According to Vance there is "fundamental misalignment of expectations where the Russians tend to think that they're doing better on the battlefield than they actually are.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979113360508543416) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T09:12Z 1.9M followers, 29.1K engagements


"⚡ Orban calls with Putin ahead of Trump summit in Budapest. The phone call follows an announcement that in the coming weeks Budapest will host a meeting between Putin and Trump as part of efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979130256318513401) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T10:19Z 1.9M followers, 31.9K engagements


"⚡ Putin lectured Trump on Kyivan Rus during Alaska summit FT reports"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979144181546094631) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T11:15Z 1.9M followers, 40.4K engagements


"Putin reportedly gave a lengthy lecture on medieval Rus princes such as Rurik or Yaroslav the Wise as well as the 17th-century Cossack leader Bohdan Khmelnytskyi taking Trump aback"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979144205407523155) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T11:15Z 1.9M followers, 33.7K engagements


"A general sense of skepticism prevails among European officials and diplomats over U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of planned Ukraine peace talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Hungary"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979161363864764837) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T12:23Z 1.9M followers, 29K engagements


""Trump has an opportunity today to do something that could genuinely make sure that a quiet night is as quiet as those we knew before the war." "All he has to do is not fall for Putin's bullsh*t.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979181021460365474) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T13:41Z 1.9M followers, 31.5K engagements


"⚡ Ukrainian-American author Yurii Tarnawsky dies at 91"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979181384565506253) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T13:43Z 1.9M followers, 30.4K engagements


"A co-founder of the New York Group a collective of Ukrainian emigre writers Tarnawsky helped to expand and redefine contemporary Ukrainian literature through his embrace of narrative structure experimentation and linguistic innovation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979181413111906509) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T13:43Z 1.9M followers, 27.3K engagements


"⚡Around XX% of Ukrainians believe government should be criticized even during war poll shows. Of those respondents XX% said that criticism should be balanced and constructive in order "to not destabilize the situation in the country.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979208848910045306) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T15:32Z 1.9M followers, 28.7K engagements


"⚡ Zelensky meets Trump in Washington as Ukraine hopes for Tomahawk deliveries. The U.S. leader greeted Zelensky near the White House where the two leaders are expected to speak to reporters before closed-door discussions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979239181655089458) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T17:32Z 1.9M followers, 28.8K engagements


"⚡ Update: Trump says he hopes Tomahawk missiles won't be needed to end Russia's war in Ukraine. "Hopefully we'll be able to get the war over without thinking about Tomahawks" Trump said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979250188142227923) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T18:16Z 1.9M followers, 34.3K engagements


"⚡Ukrainian government delegation meets with Tomahawk missile manufacturer in US"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978443634853740681) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-15T12:51Z 1.9M followers, 94.9K engagements


"⚡European leaders push for Ukraine peace plan after disappointing Washington meetings. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that the meeting had not gone as Zelensky had hoped"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979575607798231397) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-18T15:49Z 1.9M followers, 54.3K engagements


"⚡Europe is increasingly becoming dependent on Russian fertilizer as it previously did with Russian energy said Svein Tore Holsether the chief executive of fertilizer producer Yara International in an interview with FT published on April 30"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1785254195127345553) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2024-04-30T10:25Z 1.9M followers, 57.3K engagements


"⚡Trump may offer Putin minerals access in exchange for peace Telegraph reports. U.S. President Trump is preparing to offer Russia access to Ukrainian minerals and Alaskan natural resources to secure a ceasefire The Telegraph reported on Aug. 13"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1955751131931406553) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-08-13T21:59Z 1.9M followers, 87.3K engagements


"⚡'He let me down' Trump again expresses frustration over Putin's refusal to end war in Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1968712957744857373) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-09-18T16:25Z 1.9M followers, 36.3K engagements


"⚡Kremlin issues veiled threats towards Moldova cites Ukraine as warning"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977859481477296320) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-13T22:10Z 1.9M followers, 55.2K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978089747659563517) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-14T13:25Z 1.9M followers, 37.5K engagements


"⚡ Washington ready to 'impose costs' on Russia as 'only US can' Pentagon chief warns. The U.S. and its allies will "impose costs on Russia for its continued aggression" unless the war in Ukraine ends U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978713165090148763) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T06:42Z 1.9M followers, 36.2K engagements


"⚡Reuters: Chinese smartphones comprise more than XX% of Russian market. Chinese sales comprised XX% of the Russian smartphone market according to the Reuters article citing consumer electronics retailer M.Video-Eldorado"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1648194231394263042) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2023-04-18T05:18Z 1.9M followers, 151.8K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1761283160363683874) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2024-02-24T06:53Z 1.9M followers, 92.1K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1965487636786909271) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-09-09T18:49Z 1.9M followers, 1.7M engagements


""The one (war) that I thought would be the easiest (to end) was because of my relationship with President (Vladimir) Putin" Donald Trump said. "But hes let me down. Hes really let me down.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1968712989109862749) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-09-18T16:25Z 1.9M followers, 31.8K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1975810142412403006) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-08T06:27Z 1.9M followers, 41.2K engagements


"⚡ US falling behind Russia and China in hypersonic weapons race study says. The assessment shows a critical gap in U.S. military capabilities as Russia deploys hypersonic missiles against Ukraine and China rapidly advances its own arsenal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1976557803386044777) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-10T07:57Z 1.9M followers, 30.7K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977429045903061017) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-12T17:39Z 1.9M followers, 44.7K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977441941450113496) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-12T18:31Z 1.9M followers, 97.9K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977530185143509409) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-13T00:21Z 1.9M followers, 124.1K engagements


"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977597210952118691) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-13T04:48Z 1.9M followers, 56K engagements


"⚡Russia's largest oil depot in occupied Crimea on fire again second Ukrainian drone strike in a week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977631204896874965) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-13T07:03Z 1.9M followers, 41.7K engagements


"Ukrainian air defenses face a new threat: rain and cloud cover cloaking Russian Shahed-type drones"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977792145139388593) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-13T17:42Z 1.9M followers, 40.5K 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](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1977950274317697388) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-14T04:11Z 1.9M followers, 114.5K engagements


"⚡Finland Lithuania join PURL initiative to arm Ukraine; new aid announced"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978435880768426364) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-15T12:20Z 1.9M followers, 33K engagements


"⚡Estonian citizens to receive drone training under new state initiative"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978470279975145544) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-15T14:37Z 1.9M followers, 30.7K engagements


"The three vessels originally named the Finikia the Laodicea and the Souria were once owned by the Syrian government a key ally to Russia under the rule of former dictator Bashar Al-Assad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978790180229107949) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T11:48Z 1.9M followers, 32.7K engagements


"As the European Commission unveils its new Defense Readiness Roadmap on Oct. XX one key of cornerstone proposals the European Drone Defense Initiative is likely to turn into a political battleground of its own"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978823767418679732) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T14:02Z 1.9M followers, 25.1K engagements


"⚡North Korean troops helping to direct Russian strikes into Ukraine General Staff says. Ukraine's General Staff has released a recording of what it says are North Korean soldiers guiding strikes into Ukraine's Sumy Oblast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978824864430485747) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T14:06Z 1.9M followers, 27.9K engagements


"U.S. President Donald Trump appeared noncommittal on providing Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine on Oct. XX just hours before he is set to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978936918726332476) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T21:31Z 1.9M followers, 33.4K engagements


""We need Tomahawks for the United States of America too. We have a lot of them but we need them. I mean we can't deplete for our country" Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "I don't know what we can do about that.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1978936921284821352) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-16T21:31Z 1.9M followers, 32.8K engagements


"⚡ Update: Zelensky holds talks with US energy secretary defense companies. Zelensky on Oct. XX met with U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright as well as representatives of energy companies and the Raytheon and Lockheed Martin arms manufacturers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979088418857513181) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T07:33Z 1.9M followers, 31.4K engagements


"⚡ Russia Ukraine not ready for peace deal Vance says ahead of Zelensky-Trump meeting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979113332251492577) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T09:12Z 1.9M followers, 38.3K engagements


"⚡ Belarus seeks to engage EU countries to break isolation Reuters reports"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979126239454474371) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T10:04Z 1.9M followers, 32.4K engagements


"A senior Belarusian diplomat told a European official that Belarus could be involved in the Russia-Ukraine peace efforts and play a role in discussions on European security Reuters reported"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979126270173536279) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T10:04Z 1.9M followers, 28.8K engagements


"When you support The Kyiv Independent you help us bring independent locally sourced news about Ukraine to the world including our front-line reporting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979200394778595605) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T14:58Z 1.9M followers, 28.4K engagements


"⚡ Update: Trump says Budapest meeting with Putin will be 'a double meeting.' "It'll be a double meeting but we will have the president Zelensky in touch. There's a lot of bad blood between the two presidents" U.S. President Donald Trump said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979252393985314980) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T18:25Z 1.9M followers, 37.4K engagements


"⚡Update: 'They make a very good drone' Trump hints at openness to weapons deal with Ukraine. Zelensky suggested Tomahawks for Ukraine could be part of a mutually beneficial exchange with Kyiv helping the U.S. gain an edge in drone technology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979259862124020161) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T18:54Z 1.9M followers, 37.9K engagements


"⚡Update: Zelensky counting on pressure from Trump to secure ceasefire. Following a 2-hour conversation with Trump Zelensky said he was "realistic" about the prospects of Ukraine getting Tomahawks and that the current priority was securing a ceasefire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979300880282222947) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-17T21:37Z 1.9M followers, 41.9K engagements


"⚡Updated: 'Stop right now at the battle line' Trump calls on Russia Ukraine to end war immediately along current front line. "You go by the battle line wherever it is otherwise it's too complicated you'll never be able to figure it out.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979347389048852908) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-18T00:42Z 1.9M followers, 54.2K engagements


"⚡Foreigner fatally stabbed in western Ukrainian city of Ternopil police report A Latin American citizen was fatally stabbed after a dispute in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil local police said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979506841051656369) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-18T11:16Z 1.9M followers, 39.3K engagements


"Lithuania's new government quietly reduced the state-provided security for exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya a move that has been attributed to financial concerns and a perceived lower threat level"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979544686210458100) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-18T13:46Z 1.9M followers, 40.3K engagements


"At least 1076 Cuban nationals have fought or are fighting for Russia in Ukraine Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. XX. Ninety-six are known to have died or gone missing in action"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979583722853666961) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-18T16:21Z 1.9M followers, 44.1K engagements


"⚡Austria drops objections paves way for EUs 19th Russia sanctions package. Vienna had previously held up the sanctions over a demand that the EU compensate Austrias Raiffeisen Bank International for losses inflicted by Russian penalties"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979616109583372489) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-18T18:30Z 1.9M followers, 45.6K engagements


"⚡Putin reemphasized full Donetsk control as key to any deal while signaling possible compromises on Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts in Trump call WP reports. Some White House officials described the proposal as progress while a senior European diplomat cautioned that Ukraine would likely view it in a very different light. Its like selling them their own leg in exchange for nothing the unnamed diplomat said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979729091478589456) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-19T01:59Z 1.9M followers, 98.7K engagements


"Many think that the Russians are forced to fight. In fact the Kremlin is afraid of mobilizing its people Kateryna Stepanenko Russia research fellow at the Institute for the Study of War told the Kyiv Independent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979881337436971138) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-19T12:04Z 1.9M followers, 52K engagements


"In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week Anna Belokur reports on another TrumpZelensky meeting in Washington following Russian President Vladimir Putins intervention to dissuade the U.S. from supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979883516205900207) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-19T12:13Z 1.9M followers, 72.6K engagements


"⚡Russian mass attack traps nearly XXX miners underground evacuation underway. Russia launched a large-scale attack against a coal mine in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Oct. XX trapping XXX employees underground the Ukrainian energy company DTEK reported"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979968524731703413) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-19T17:50Z 1.9M followers, 55.8K engagements


"⚡'He's going to take something' Trump says Putin has 'won' territory in Ukraine. "He's won certain property" Trump told Fox News indicating that Putin would lay claim to Ukrainian lands as part of a U.S.-brokered peace deal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1979992567874781280) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-19T19:26Z 1.9M followers, 65.2K engagements


"⚡Updated: Zelensky should not be pressured to give up territory Poland's Tusk says. "We should all put pressure on Russia to stop its aggression. Appeasement never was a road to a just and lasting peace.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980004067947520400) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-19T20:12Z 1.9M followers, 83.7K engagements


"The head of Belarus' State Security Committee Ivan Tertel claimed on Oct. XX that his agency is prepared to engage in dialogue with Kyiv to "find a consensus" to end Ukraine's war with Russia Belarusian state media reported"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980061144191574033) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-19T23:58Z 1.9M followers, 36.1K engagements


"⚡Updated: Trump suggested offering both Kyiv Moscow security guarantees during White House meeting Reuters reports"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980067997025771679) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T00:26Z 1.9M followers, 52.5K engagements


"⚡Major Russian gas plant forced to suspend gas intake following Ukrainian drone attack"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980108684320518635) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T03:07Z 1.9M followers, 52K engagements


"Russia's Orenburg gas processing plant was forced to halt gas intake from Kazakhstan on Oct. XX following a Ukrainian drone attack on the facility Kazakhstan's Energy Ministry announced"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980108817540268387) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T03:08Z 1.9M followers, 42.7K engagements


"⚡ Update: Trump denies asking Zelensky to cede all of Donbas to Russia. "We never discussed that. We think that what they should do is just stop at the lines where they are the battle line. the rest is very tough to negotiate" Trump said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980155073054351422) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T06:12Z 1.9M followers, 42.3K engagements


"The call between the U.S. and Russian presidents effectively derailed the Washington meeting between Trump and Zelensky and the expectations that came with it according to two sources with direct knowledge of the situation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980177020089946355) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T07:39Z 1.9M followers, 44K engagements


"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980189684849402057) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T08:29Z 1.9M followers, 37K engagements


"In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week The Kyiv Independents Anna Belokur reports on the reappearance of unmarked little green men on Estonias border a chilling reminder of Russias hybrid warfare tactics from 2014"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980213004575875207) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T10:02Z 1.9M followers, 58.4K engagements


"⚡ 'Russia's stance doesn't change' Kremlin responds to Trump's proposal to freeze Ukraine front line"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980236142328074333) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T11:34Z 1.9M followers, 45K engagements


"⚡ Russia faces nearly $XXX billion deficit in 2026 Zelensky says. "We think already today that next year Russia will have a significant deficit nearly $XXX billion" Zelensky said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980256455845392572) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T12:55Z 1.9M followers, 134.5K engagements


"Ukraine has presented potential gas nuclear and oil projects to the White House and American companies as Washington pushes Europe to rid itself of Russian energy and fuel Zelensky told reporters during a press briefing on Oct. 19"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980278434157732044) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T14:22Z 1.9M followers, 32.9K engagements


"⚡ Spanish airport temporarily halts flights over suspicious drone sighting. The news follows a string of similar cases across Europe in recent weeks which have already caused air traffic disruptions in Germany Norway and Denmark"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980278924400902613) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T14:24Z 1.9M followers, 31.6K engagements


"⚡ Lavrov Rubio hold phone call ahead of planned Trump-Putin meeting. Lavrov and Rubio are also scheduled to meet in person on Oct. XX according to Reuters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980283600982700267) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T14:42Z 1.9M followers, 37.9K engagements


"⚡ Ukraine war latest live: HUR strikes next-gen Russian radar system in Crimea with long-range drones. "The demilitarization of Crimea continues" HUR wrote"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980287376179028095) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T14:57Z 1.9M followers, 37.5K engagements


"Moscow's covert network of tankers which operate under false flags obscure ownership and often nonexistent insurance deliberately sail in legal grey zones of international waters and have become a key source of income for Russia's oil export strategy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980312013093105948) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T16:35Z 1.9M followers, 36.5K engagements


"As Russian attacks financed in part by massive energy and fuel revenues drive Ukraine into blackouts European nations have welcomed the bill which will slash billions from Russias budget"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980320098733945192) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T17:07Z 1.9M followers, 38.1K engagements


"⚡ Gen. Drapatyi to head new task force amid Ukraines military controversial corps reorganization. The announcement comes amid long-documented tension between Syrksyi and the 42-year-old Drapatyi one of Ukraine's most highly-regarded generals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980325098277183975) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T17:27Z 1.9M followers, 44.2K engagements


"Russian President Vladimir Putin is once again trying to seize through political backchanneling what he has failed to capture by force. So what is Donbas And why is Russia so obsessed with it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980357831254766060) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-20T19:37Z 1.9M followers, 43.1K engagements


"⚡Blaze reignites at oil depot in Russian-occupied Crimea media reports Ukrainian drones spotted in area"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980569827749003626) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T09:40Z 1.9M followers, 36.2K engagements


"⚡ Ukraine war latest live: Russia's Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery ceases operations following drone attack. The refinery halted primary crude processing on Oct. XX following the second drone attack in a month"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980591172289720359) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T11:05Z 1.9M followers, 34.9K engagements


""In Chernihiv and Sumy oblasts restoration work is underway across all affected areas following Russian strikes on our energy infrastructure. In Zaporizhzhia Oblast (Russian forces) even used FPV drones to target transformers" Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Telegram"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980612712846532639) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T12:30Z 1.9M followers, 28.3K engagements


"⚡Son of ex-Belarusian presidential candidate killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine media reports. Ivan Uss reportedly signed a contract with the Russian army on Jan. XX but died just weeks into his service"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980632578206937356) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T13:49Z 1.9M followers, 44K engagements


""We strongly support President Trump's position that the fighting should stop immediately and that the current line of contact should be the starting point of negotiations" a joint statement read"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980636154467950759) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T14:03Z 1.9M followers, 27K engagements


"⚡ For the first time Russia reportedly sends oil shipment to Georgia's new refinery. The Kulevi facility Georgia's first full-cycle oil refinery launched operations earlier this month as part of efforts to reduce dependency on fuel imports"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980663073074770326) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T15:50Z 1.9M followers, 30K engagements


"⚡ No plans for Putin-Trump meeting in 'immediate future' media reports. Lavrov and Rubio also do not plan to meet in person in the near future though they held a "productive" call on Oct. XX Reuters reported citing a White House source"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980668147595121108) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T16:11Z 1.9M followers, 33.1K engagements


"⚡ Ukraine war latest live: SBU destroys X Russian drone-hunting aircraft releases video. "This work to 'clear the way' for our long-range drones ensures uninterrupted strikes on Russian rear areas" the SBU said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980674729678922103) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T16:37Z 1.9M followers, 32.8K engagements


"⚡ Blasts hit Romanian Hungarian oil refineries tied to Russia. Explosions took place at the Petrotel-Lukoil refinery in Ploieti southern Romania as well as at Hungarys largest oil refinery in Szazhalombatta"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980683865103691998) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T17:13Z 1.9M followers, 31.8K engagements


"⚡ Romania Poland detain Ukrainian citizens over alleged Russian-backed sabotage plot. The perpetrators were allegedly planning to set fire to the Bucharest headquarters of Nova Post Ukraine's largest private courier service"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980687931338838139) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T17:29Z 1.9M followers, 30.7K engagements


"Ukraine's central bank has held the country's exchange rate relatively stable in the last year after the initial volatility caused by Russias full-scale invasion. But that might be about to change"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980702169931120905) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T18:26Z 1.9M followers, 33.1K engagements


"⚡Update: Russia not interested in diplomacy unless threatened by Tomahawks Zelensky says. As soon as Tomahawks for Ukraine "became less immediate Russia's interest in diplomacy faded almost automatically" President Volodymyr Zelensky said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980719119591788919) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T19:33Z 1.9M followers, 43.2K engagements


"⚡BREAKING: Ukraine strikes Russian chemical plant with long-range Storm Shadow missiles military says. The Bryansk Chemical Plant produces gunpowder explosives and rocket fuel components which Russia uses in attacks against Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980729716001923376) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T20:15Z 1.9M followers, 84.1K engagements


"⚡Update: Trump says 'no determination' yet on Putin summit. "I don't want to have a wasted meeting" Trump told reporters at the White House on Oct. XX. He said there would be an update on next steps in "the next two days.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980745230648242641) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T21:17Z 1.9M followers, 40.6K engagements


"⚡Russia targets Ukrainian cities with ballistic missiles in mass overnight attack. Explosions have been reported in Kyiv Dnipro Zaporizhzhia Oblast and the southern port city of Izmail"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980762287431389277) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-21T22:25Z 1.9M followers, 36.5K engagements


"⚡ Zelensky arrives in Sweden to make 'defense export' announcement. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Zelensky are meeting in the city of Linkoping home to the defense company Saab which produces Gripen fighter jets and other arms"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1980900897363218826) [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) 2025-10-22T07:35Z 1.9M followers, 16.1K engagements

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"The Estonian Defense Ministry the Estonian Defense League and the non-profit organization HK Unicorn Squad MTU signed on Oct. XX a memorandum of cooperation to enhance drone piloting skills among Estonian citizens"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T14:37Z 1.9M followers, 26.5K engagements

"Russian President Vladimir Putin's renewed overtures to U.S. President Donald Trump have raised concerns that once again the Kremlin is attempting to derail Western support for Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T10:15Z 1.9M followers, 38.6K engagements

"⚡ Polish court refuses extradition of Ukrainian suspect to Germany in Nord Stream case. Poland's refusal follows a similar move by Italy's Supreme Court which on Oct. XX overturned the extradition of another Ukrainian national on related charges"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T12:18Z 1.9M followers, 57.2K engagements

"⚡ Update: Putin not under EU travel ban spox says ahead of planned Budapest summit. "We have Putin and Lavrov under asset freeze but not specifically under travel ban" European Commission spokesperson Anitta Hipper said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T12:29Z 1.9M followers, 47.1K engagements

"The Kyiv Independents Kollen Post investigates Ukraines newest cruise missile the Flamingo its manufacturer and the politics of Ukraines defense industry to find out if the Flamingo is really as powerful as claimed"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T17:42Z 1.9M followers, 50.2K engagements

"⚡Update: Trump not sure if Tomahawk threat brought Putin back to negotiating table. "I don't know what's bringing him I think he wants to make a deal that's all" Trump told reporters on Oct. 17"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T19:12Z 1.9M followers, 38.5K engagements

"A Russian missile strike this week on a Ukrainian training ground the latest in a series of deadly strikes on training centers has heightened scrutiny and sparked criticism of the Ukrainian military commands ability to protect recruits"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-18T10:10Z 1.9M followers, 43.5K engagements

"⚡Repairs underway at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as ceasefire zones established IAEA says. International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said "both sides engaged constructively" with the agency to enable the repair plan"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-18T12:30Z 1.9M followers, 43.5K engagements

"⚡Ukraine peace deal should give no unoccupied lands to 'terrorist' Putin Zelensky tells NBC. Soldiers should "stay where they stay" and not offer new territory to Putin who has reportedly demanded full control of Donetsk Oblast as a peace condition"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-19T16:31Z 1.9M followers, 57.2K engagements

"U.S. President Donald Trump mused about offering both Kyiv and Moscow security guarantees during his White House meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Oct. XX leaving the Ukrainian delegation taken aback Reuters reported on Oct. XX citing its sources"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T00:26Z 1.9M followers, 39.9K 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, 34.6K 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, 139.9K 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, 94K 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, 464.6K engagements

"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T05:11Z 1.9M followers, 41.5K engagements

"⚡BREAKING: No answer on long-range Tomahawks Zelensky says after Trump meeting. Zelensky told reporters that he and Trump discussed the provision of long-range weapons to Ukraine but agreed not to present any decisions publicly at this time"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T20:47Z 1.9M followers, 44.7K engagements

"Seeking to curb Moscow's influence Latvia and Estonia are phasing out the Russian language in education tightening immigration rules and targeting Russian-linked organizations"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-19T12:26Z 1.9M followers, 42.8K engagements

"⚡Belarus seeks talks with Kyiv amid efforts to break Western isolation"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-19T23:58Z 1.9M followers, 50.3K engagements

"⚡Major Russian gas plant forced to suspend gas intake following Ukrainian drone attack"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T03:08Z 1.9M followers, 50.3K engagements

"⚡ Ukraine war latest live: Europe weighs cut-off of Kremlin oil and gas. European officials are considering new means of reining in the Kremlin's fossil fuel exports"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T14:24Z 1.9M followers, 28.9K engagements

"⚡ Zelensky to join 'Coalition of the Willing' meeting in UK this week. President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to attend an upcoming meeting of the "Coalition of the Willing" in London on Oct. XX French President Emmanuel Macron said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T17:29Z 1.9M followers, 49.3K engagements

"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T08:04Z 1.9M followers, 36.6K engagements

"Officers are conducting searches at the home of the former head of Ukraines state-owned grid operator Ukrenergo over allegations of misappropriating funds Ukrainska Pravda reported on Oct. XX citing sources in law enforcement"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T13:09Z 1.9M followers, 27K engagements

"Russia shot down its own Su-30SM fighter jet over Crimea while its air defense was trying to intercept Ukrainian drones; Ukraine confirmed that a drone strike targeted an oil depot and industrial facility in occupied Crimea; and more"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T18:22Z 1.9M followers, 34.5K engagements

"⚡Update: Zelensky speaks to European leaders after Trump meeting. Zelensky and Trump spoke in a closed-door meeting for over two hours. Zelensky then held a conference call with European leaders a source in the Ukrainian delegation told Suspilne"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T20:39Z 1.9M followers, 36.9K engagements

"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-19T07:09Z 1.9M followers, 50K engagements

"⚡ Ukraine Europe back Trump's call to cease hostilities along current front line"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T14:03Z 1.9M followers, 35.8K engagements

"The Kyiv Independent is excited to introduce its 2025 Holiday Gift Guide a handpicked selection of over XX meaningful gift ideas from more than XX Ukrainian brands. Shop here:"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T15:34Z 1.9M followers, 29.4K 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

"⚡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

"⚡ '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

""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

"⚡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, 48.4K 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, 158.3K 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, 31.1K 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

"⚡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, 46K 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

"⚡ 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, 29.1K 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

"⚡ Venezuelan opposition leader awarded Nobel Peace Prize Trump loses out. The committee described Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado as "a brave and committed champion of peace.""
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T10:30Z 1.9M followers, 36.3K 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, 29.9K engagements

"Among the seven nations increasing their purchases France saw a XX% jump importing XXX billion euros ($2.5 billion) while the Netherlands imports surged XX% to XXX million euros ($579 million). Belgium Croatia Romania Hungary and Portugal also raised their imports"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T17:07Z 1.9M followers, 38.1K engagements

"⚡Ukraine Netherlands sign memorandum on joint drone production. Zelensky met with Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans to finalize the agreement describing drone production as "one of the most promising areas of our bilateral cooperation.""
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T19:16Z 1.9M followers, 40.8K 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, 44.5K engagements

"⚡Belarus launches military readiness check as security concerns grow. The Belarusian military is implementing a "set of measures" to bring select units to their "highest level of combat readiness" under Alexander Lukashenko's direct orders"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-11T09:20Z 1.9M followers, 49.2K engagements

"⚡Bomb threats force Ukrainian Railways to halt X trains including international line. The affected trains included routes between Dnipro and Kyiv Ternopil and Kyiv and the international KyivWarsaw route"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-11T11:38Z 1.9M followers, 39K 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, 42.1K engagements

"⚡Russia launched over 3100 drones XX missiles nearly 1360 aerial bombs against Ukraine in a week Zelensky says"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-12T10:26Z 1.9M followers, 43K 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, 45K 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, 51.9K engagements

"⚡ Russia likely helping North Korea with submarine development Seoul says"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T08:31Z 1.9M followers, 43.8K 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, 29.6K 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, 39.3K engagements

"⚡Around XX% of Ukrainians want Zelensky to stay president after war poll shows"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T12:38Z 1.9M followers, 60.2K 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, 62K 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, 45.9K engagements

"Sign up for the New York screening of the Kyiv Independent's documentary "Can You Hear Me The Invisible Battles of Ukrainian Military Medics." The films screening will take place on Oct. XX at 6:30 PM at XX Park Ave New York. Sign up here:"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T19:55Z 1.9M followers, 56K 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, 52K 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, 36.7K 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, 45.9K engagements

"⚡ Update: Kremlin calls Witkoff effective negotiator after Trump admitted envoy had no idea about Russia"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-14T11:48Z 1.9M followers, 45.4K 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, 36.8K 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, 31.8K 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, 97K 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, 46.3K 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, 42.3K 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, 30.8K 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, 28.1K 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, 31.5K 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, 40.2K engagements

"At least 1076 Cuban nationals have fought or are fighting for Russia in Ukraine Ukraine's military intelligence said; Denmark has pledged $XXX million in military aid to Ukraine; and more"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T18:46Z 1.9M followers, 36.5K 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, 50.7K 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, 50.8K engagements

"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, 38.3K 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, 50.2K engagements

"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T05:15Z 1.9M followers, 45.3K engagements

"⚡ Update: Indian refiners reportedly brace for Russian oil cuts; New Delhi remains evasive"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T08:37Z 1.9M followers, 35.1K engagements

"After Trump claimed Modi assured him India would stop buying Russian oil the Indian Foreign Ministry said its import policies are guided by the "interests of the Indian consumer"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T08:37Z 1.9M followers, 26.2K engagements

"⚡ Ukraine war latest live: Russian missiles drones target energy infrastructure once again. Russia launched a large-scale missile attack at Ukraine in the early hours of Oct. XX targeting cities in several oblasts"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T09:32Z 1.9M followers, 30.2K engagements

"⚡ Trump ready to slap 'Ukrainian victory tariff' on China if Europe follows suit treasury secretary says"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T10:29Z 1.9M followers, 39.1K engagements

""President Trump has instructed the ambassador and myself to tell our European allies that we would be in favor of whether you would call it a 'Russian oil tariff' on China or a 'Ukrainian victory tariff' on China" U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T10:29Z 1.9M followers, 30K engagements

"⚡ Russia says 'will do everything' to ensure its safety if US sends Tomahawks to Ukraine. "Our military knows what to do; they have the military potential and all the necessary capabilities" Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T12:25Z 1.9M followers, 44K engagements

"Despite no elections on the horizon political advertising is gradually ramping up in wartime Ukraine. Under martial law political advertising is not banned. But its appearance is viewed by some as inappropriate in a country grappling with a brutal war"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T13:00Z 1.9M followers, 27.9K engagements

"⚡ Update: Indian Foreign Ministry says 'not aware' of Trump-Modi call on stopping Russian oil purchases"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T14:00Z 1.9M followers, 28.7K engagements

""To the best of our knowledge I am not aware of any conversation between Prime Minister Modi and President Trump yesterday" Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T14:00Z 1.9M followers, 23.8K engagements

"Ukraines Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko called on Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers to make Russias immobilized bank reserves available for Ukraine from the beginning of 2026 in a meeting held on Oct. XX in Washington D.C"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T14:23Z 1.9M followers, 28.3K engagements

"⚡ Trump Putin hold phone call ahead of Zelensky visit to Washington. The call marks the first direct contact between the two leaders in nearly two months and comes amid heightened tensions over the stalled peace talks"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T15:26Z 1.9M followers, 33.5K engagements

"⚡Ukraine has liberated over XXX square kilometers in Pokrovsk sector of Donetsk Oblast since August General Staff says"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T15:54Z 1.9M followers, 45.4K engagements

"⚡ Update: Trump Putin to meet in Budapest for new Ukraine peace push. The announcement followed a phone call between the two leaders during which they also agreed to hold a high-level U.S.-Russia meeting next week"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T17:27Z 1.9M followers, 36.3K engagements

"⚡ Update: Orban hails Trump-Putin planned meeting as 'great news' says Hungary 'ready' to host. In April Hungary's parliament voted to approve the country's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court potentially allowing Putin to visit"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T17:49Z 1.9M followers, 33.4K engagements

"The Kyiv Independents War Crimes Investigation Unit has completed a new investigation into the treatment of Ukrainian children in the Russian-occupied territories. The film uncovers a systematic indoctrination of children to serve as future soldiers in Putins regime"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T19:20Z 1.9M followers, 38K engagements

"North Korean soldiers are now helping Moscow direct attacks into Ukraine Ukraine's General Staff said; Another Ukrainian military training ground was hit by a Russian missile strike on Oct. 16; and more"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T19:32Z 1.9M followers, 42.6K engagements

"Olli Ruohomaki a Middle East expert at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs told the Kyiv Independent that Putin's meeting with al-Sharaa "looks like a desperate attempt to keep hold of something that they are losing.""
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T20:00Z 1.9M followers, 34.2K engagements

"⚡'We need them too' Trump hesitant on providing Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine following call with Putin ahead of talks with Zelensky"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T21:31Z 1.9M followers, 46.4K engagements

"According to Vance there is "fundamental misalignment of expectations where the Russians tend to think that they're doing better on the battlefield than they actually are.""
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T09:12Z 1.9M followers, 29.1K engagements

"⚡ Orban calls with Putin ahead of Trump summit in Budapest. The phone call follows an announcement that in the coming weeks Budapest will host a meeting between Putin and Trump as part of efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T10:19Z 1.9M followers, 31.9K engagements

"⚡ Putin lectured Trump on Kyivan Rus during Alaska summit FT reports"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T11:15Z 1.9M followers, 40.4K engagements

"Putin reportedly gave a lengthy lecture on medieval Rus princes such as Rurik or Yaroslav the Wise as well as the 17th-century Cossack leader Bohdan Khmelnytskyi taking Trump aback"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T11:15Z 1.9M followers, 33.7K engagements

"A general sense of skepticism prevails among European officials and diplomats over U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of planned Ukraine peace talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Hungary"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T12:23Z 1.9M followers, 29K engagements

""Trump has an opportunity today to do something that could genuinely make sure that a quiet night is as quiet as those we knew before the war." "All he has to do is not fall for Putin's bullsh*t.""
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T13:41Z 1.9M followers, 31.5K engagements

"⚡ Ukrainian-American author Yurii Tarnawsky dies at 91"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T13:43Z 1.9M followers, 30.4K engagements

"A co-founder of the New York Group a collective of Ukrainian emigre writers Tarnawsky helped to expand and redefine contemporary Ukrainian literature through his embrace of narrative structure experimentation and linguistic innovation"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T13:43Z 1.9M followers, 27.3K engagements

"⚡Around XX% of Ukrainians believe government should be criticized even during war poll shows. Of those respondents XX% said that criticism should be balanced and constructive in order "to not destabilize the situation in the country.""
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T15:32Z 1.9M followers, 28.7K engagements

"⚡ Zelensky meets Trump in Washington as Ukraine hopes for Tomahawk deliveries. The U.S. leader greeted Zelensky near the White House where the two leaders are expected to speak to reporters before closed-door discussions"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T17:32Z 1.9M followers, 28.8K engagements

"⚡ Update: Trump says he hopes Tomahawk missiles won't be needed to end Russia's war in Ukraine. "Hopefully we'll be able to get the war over without thinking about Tomahawks" Trump said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T18:16Z 1.9M followers, 34.3K engagements

"⚡Ukrainian government delegation meets with Tomahawk missile manufacturer in US"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T12:51Z 1.9M followers, 94.9K engagements

"⚡European leaders push for Ukraine peace plan after disappointing Washington meetings. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that the meeting had not gone as Zelensky had hoped"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-18T15:49Z 1.9M followers, 54.3K engagements

"⚡Europe is increasingly becoming dependent on Russian fertilizer as it previously did with Russian energy said Svein Tore Holsether the chief executive of fertilizer producer Yara International in an interview with FT published on April 30"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2024-04-30T10:25Z 1.9M followers, 57.3K engagements

"⚡Trump may offer Putin minerals access in exchange for peace Telegraph reports. U.S. President Trump is preparing to offer Russia access to Ukrainian minerals and Alaskan natural resources to secure a ceasefire The Telegraph reported on Aug. 13"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-08-13T21:59Z 1.9M followers, 87.3K engagements

"⚡'He let me down' Trump again expresses frustration over Putin's refusal to end war in Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-09-18T16:25Z 1.9M followers, 36.3K engagements

"⚡Kremlin issues veiled threats towards Moldova cites Ukraine as warning"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T22:10Z 1.9M followers, 55.2K 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, 37.5K engagements

"⚡ Washington ready to 'impose costs' on Russia as 'only US can' Pentagon chief warns. The U.S. and its allies will "impose costs on Russia for its continued aggression" unless the war in Ukraine ends U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T06:42Z 1.9M followers, 36.2K engagements

"⚡Reuters: Chinese smartphones comprise more than XX% of Russian market. Chinese sales comprised XX% of the Russian smartphone market according to the Reuters article citing consumer electronics retailer M.Video-Eldorado"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2023-04-18T05:18Z 1.9M followers, 151.8K 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

"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

""The one (war) that I thought would be the easiest (to end) was because of my relationship with President (Vladimir) Putin" Donald Trump said. "But hes let me down. Hes really let me down.""
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-09-18T16:25Z 1.9M followers, 31.8K 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, 41.2K engagements

"⚡ US falling behind Russia and China in hypersonic weapons race study says. The assessment shows a critical gap in U.S. military capabilities as Russia deploys hypersonic missiles against Ukraine and China rapidly advances its own arsenal"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-10T07:57Z 1.9M followers, 30.7K 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, 44.7K 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, 97.9K 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, 124.1K engagements

"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T04:48Z 1.9M followers, 56K engagements

"⚡Russia's largest oil depot in occupied Crimea on fire again second Ukrainian drone strike in a week"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T07:03Z 1.9M followers, 41.7K engagements

"Ukrainian air defenses face a new threat: rain and cloud cover cloaking Russian Shahed-type drones"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-13T17:42Z 1.9M followers, 40.5K 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, 114.5K engagements

"⚡Finland Lithuania join PURL initiative to arm Ukraine; new aid announced"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T12:20Z 1.9M followers, 33K engagements

"⚡Estonian citizens to receive drone training under new state initiative"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-15T14:37Z 1.9M followers, 30.7K engagements

"The three vessels originally named the Finikia the Laodicea and the Souria were once owned by the Syrian government a key ally to Russia under the rule of former dictator Bashar Al-Assad"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T11:48Z 1.9M followers, 32.7K engagements

"As the European Commission unveils its new Defense Readiness Roadmap on Oct. XX one key of cornerstone proposals the European Drone Defense Initiative is likely to turn into a political battleground of its own"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T14:02Z 1.9M followers, 25.1K engagements

"⚡North Korean troops helping to direct Russian strikes into Ukraine General Staff says. Ukraine's General Staff has released a recording of what it says are North Korean soldiers guiding strikes into Ukraine's Sumy Oblast"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T14:06Z 1.9M followers, 27.9K engagements

"U.S. President Donald Trump appeared noncommittal on providing Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine on Oct. XX just hours before he is set to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T21:31Z 1.9M followers, 33.4K engagements

""We need Tomahawks for the United States of America too. We have a lot of them but we need them. I mean we can't deplete for our country" Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "I don't know what we can do about that.""
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-16T21:31Z 1.9M followers, 32.8K engagements

"⚡ Update: Zelensky holds talks with US energy secretary defense companies. Zelensky on Oct. XX met with U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright as well as representatives of energy companies and the Raytheon and Lockheed Martin arms manufacturers"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T07:33Z 1.9M followers, 31.4K engagements

"⚡ Russia Ukraine not ready for peace deal Vance says ahead of Zelensky-Trump meeting"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T09:12Z 1.9M followers, 38.3K engagements

"⚡ Belarus seeks to engage EU countries to break isolation Reuters reports"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T10:04Z 1.9M followers, 32.4K engagements

"A senior Belarusian diplomat told a European official that Belarus could be involved in the Russia-Ukraine peace efforts and play a role in discussions on European security Reuters reported"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T10:04Z 1.9M followers, 28.8K engagements

"When you support The Kyiv Independent you help us bring independent locally sourced news about Ukraine to the world including our front-line reporting"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T14:58Z 1.9M followers, 28.4K engagements

"⚡ Update: Trump says Budapest meeting with Putin will be 'a double meeting.' "It'll be a double meeting but we will have the president Zelensky in touch. There's a lot of bad blood between the two presidents" U.S. President Donald Trump said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T18:25Z 1.9M followers, 37.4K engagements

"⚡Update: 'They make a very good drone' Trump hints at openness to weapons deal with Ukraine. Zelensky suggested Tomahawks for Ukraine could be part of a mutually beneficial exchange with Kyiv helping the U.S. gain an edge in drone technology"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T18:54Z 1.9M followers, 37.9K engagements

"⚡Update: Zelensky counting on pressure from Trump to secure ceasefire. Following a 2-hour conversation with Trump Zelensky said he was "realistic" about the prospects of Ukraine getting Tomahawks and that the current priority was securing a ceasefire"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-17T21:37Z 1.9M followers, 41.9K engagements

"⚡Updated: 'Stop right now at the battle line' Trump calls on Russia Ukraine to end war immediately along current front line. "You go by the battle line wherever it is otherwise it's too complicated you'll never be able to figure it out.""
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-18T00:42Z 1.9M followers, 54.2K engagements

"⚡Foreigner fatally stabbed in western Ukrainian city of Ternopil police report A Latin American citizen was fatally stabbed after a dispute in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil local police said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-18T11:16Z 1.9M followers, 39.3K engagements

"Lithuania's new government quietly reduced the state-provided security for exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya a move that has been attributed to financial concerns and a perceived lower threat level"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-18T13:46Z 1.9M followers, 40.3K engagements

"At least 1076 Cuban nationals have fought or are fighting for Russia in Ukraine Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. XX. Ninety-six are known to have died or gone missing in action"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-18T16:21Z 1.9M followers, 44.1K engagements

"⚡Austria drops objections paves way for EUs 19th Russia sanctions package. Vienna had previously held up the sanctions over a demand that the EU compensate Austrias Raiffeisen Bank International for losses inflicted by Russian penalties"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-18T18:30Z 1.9M followers, 45.6K engagements

"⚡Putin reemphasized full Donetsk control as key to any deal while signaling possible compromises on Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts in Trump call WP reports. Some White House officials described the proposal as progress while a senior European diplomat cautioned that Ukraine would likely view it in a very different light. Its like selling them their own leg in exchange for nothing the unnamed diplomat said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-19T01:59Z 1.9M followers, 98.7K engagements

"Many think that the Russians are forced to fight. In fact the Kremlin is afraid of mobilizing its people Kateryna Stepanenko Russia research fellow at the Institute for the Study of War told the Kyiv Independent"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-19T12:04Z 1.9M followers, 52K engagements

"In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week Anna Belokur reports on another TrumpZelensky meeting in Washington following Russian President Vladimir Putins intervention to dissuade the U.S. from supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-19T12:13Z 1.9M followers, 72.6K engagements

"⚡Russian mass attack traps nearly XXX miners underground evacuation underway. Russia launched a large-scale attack against a coal mine in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Oct. XX trapping XXX employees underground the Ukrainian energy company DTEK reported"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-19T17:50Z 1.9M followers, 55.8K engagements

"⚡'He's going to take something' Trump says Putin has 'won' territory in Ukraine. "He's won certain property" Trump told Fox News indicating that Putin would lay claim to Ukrainian lands as part of a U.S.-brokered peace deal"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-19T19:26Z 1.9M followers, 65.2K engagements

"⚡Updated: Zelensky should not be pressured to give up territory Poland's Tusk says. "We should all put pressure on Russia to stop its aggression. Appeasement never was a road to a just and lasting peace.""
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-19T20:12Z 1.9M followers, 83.7K engagements

"The head of Belarus' State Security Committee Ivan Tertel claimed on Oct. XX that his agency is prepared to engage in dialogue with Kyiv to "find a consensus" to end Ukraine's war with Russia Belarusian state media reported"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-19T23:58Z 1.9M followers, 36.1K engagements

"⚡Updated: Trump suggested offering both Kyiv Moscow security guarantees during White House meeting Reuters reports"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T00:26Z 1.9M followers, 52.5K engagements

"⚡Major Russian gas plant forced to suspend gas intake following Ukrainian drone attack"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T03:07Z 1.9M followers, 52K engagements

"Russia's Orenburg gas processing plant was forced to halt gas intake from Kazakhstan on Oct. XX following a Ukrainian drone attack on the facility Kazakhstan's Energy Ministry announced"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T03:08Z 1.9M followers, 42.7K engagements

"⚡ Update: Trump denies asking Zelensky to cede all of Donbas to Russia. "We never discussed that. We think that what they should do is just stop at the lines where they are the battle line. the rest is very tough to negotiate" Trump said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T06:12Z 1.9M followers, 42.3K engagements

"The call between the U.S. and Russian presidents effectively derailed the Washington meeting between Trump and Zelensky and the expectations that came with it according to two sources with direct knowledge of the situation"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T07:39Z 1.9M followers, 44K engagements

"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of Oct. XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T08:29Z 1.9M followers, 37K engagements

"In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week The Kyiv Independents Anna Belokur reports on the reappearance of unmarked little green men on Estonias border a chilling reminder of Russias hybrid warfare tactics from 2014"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T10:02Z 1.9M followers, 58.4K engagements

"⚡ 'Russia's stance doesn't change' Kremlin responds to Trump's proposal to freeze Ukraine front line"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T11:34Z 1.9M followers, 45K engagements

"⚡ Russia faces nearly $XXX billion deficit in 2026 Zelensky says. "We think already today that next year Russia will have a significant deficit nearly $XXX billion" Zelensky said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T12:55Z 1.9M followers, 134.5K engagements

"Ukraine has presented potential gas nuclear and oil projects to the White House and American companies as Washington pushes Europe to rid itself of Russian energy and fuel Zelensky told reporters during a press briefing on Oct. 19"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T14:22Z 1.9M followers, 32.9K engagements

"⚡ Spanish airport temporarily halts flights over suspicious drone sighting. The news follows a string of similar cases across Europe in recent weeks which have already caused air traffic disruptions in Germany Norway and Denmark"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T14:24Z 1.9M followers, 31.6K engagements

"⚡ Lavrov Rubio hold phone call ahead of planned Trump-Putin meeting. Lavrov and Rubio are also scheduled to meet in person on Oct. XX according to Reuters"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T14:42Z 1.9M followers, 37.9K engagements

"⚡ Ukraine war latest live: HUR strikes next-gen Russian radar system in Crimea with long-range drones. "The demilitarization of Crimea continues" HUR wrote"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T14:57Z 1.9M followers, 37.5K engagements

"Moscow's covert network of tankers which operate under false flags obscure ownership and often nonexistent insurance deliberately sail in legal grey zones of international waters and have become a key source of income for Russia's oil export strategy"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T16:35Z 1.9M followers, 36.5K engagements

"As Russian attacks financed in part by massive energy and fuel revenues drive Ukraine into blackouts European nations have welcomed the bill which will slash billions from Russias budget"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T17:07Z 1.9M followers, 38.1K engagements

"⚡ Gen. Drapatyi to head new task force amid Ukraines military controversial corps reorganization. The announcement comes amid long-documented tension between Syrksyi and the 42-year-old Drapatyi one of Ukraine's most highly-regarded generals"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T17:27Z 1.9M followers, 44.2K engagements

"Russian President Vladimir Putin is once again trying to seize through political backchanneling what he has failed to capture by force. So what is Donbas And why is Russia so obsessed with it"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-20T19:37Z 1.9M followers, 43.1K engagements

"⚡Blaze reignites at oil depot in Russian-occupied Crimea media reports Ukrainian drones spotted in area"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T09:40Z 1.9M followers, 36.2K engagements

"⚡ Ukraine war latest live: Russia's Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery ceases operations following drone attack. The refinery halted primary crude processing on Oct. XX following the second drone attack in a month"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T11:05Z 1.9M followers, 34.9K engagements

""In Chernihiv and Sumy oblasts restoration work is underway across all affected areas following Russian strikes on our energy infrastructure. In Zaporizhzhia Oblast (Russian forces) even used FPV drones to target transformers" Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Telegram"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T12:30Z 1.9M followers, 28.3K engagements

"⚡Son of ex-Belarusian presidential candidate killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine media reports. Ivan Uss reportedly signed a contract with the Russian army on Jan. XX but died just weeks into his service"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T13:49Z 1.9M followers, 44K engagements

""We strongly support President Trump's position that the fighting should stop immediately and that the current line of contact should be the starting point of negotiations" a joint statement read"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T14:03Z 1.9M followers, 27K engagements

"⚡ For the first time Russia reportedly sends oil shipment to Georgia's new refinery. The Kulevi facility Georgia's first full-cycle oil refinery launched operations earlier this month as part of efforts to reduce dependency on fuel imports"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T15:50Z 1.9M followers, 30K engagements

"⚡ No plans for Putin-Trump meeting in 'immediate future' media reports. Lavrov and Rubio also do not plan to meet in person in the near future though they held a "productive" call on Oct. XX Reuters reported citing a White House source"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T16:11Z 1.9M followers, 33.1K engagements

"⚡ Ukraine war latest live: SBU destroys X Russian drone-hunting aircraft releases video. "This work to 'clear the way' for our long-range drones ensures uninterrupted strikes on Russian rear areas" the SBU said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T16:37Z 1.9M followers, 32.8K engagements

"⚡ Blasts hit Romanian Hungarian oil refineries tied to Russia. Explosions took place at the Petrotel-Lukoil refinery in Ploieti southern Romania as well as at Hungarys largest oil refinery in Szazhalombatta"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T17:13Z 1.9M followers, 31.8K engagements

"⚡ Romania Poland detain Ukrainian citizens over alleged Russian-backed sabotage plot. The perpetrators were allegedly planning to set fire to the Bucharest headquarters of Nova Post Ukraine's largest private courier service"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T17:29Z 1.9M followers, 30.7K engagements

"Ukraine's central bank has held the country's exchange rate relatively stable in the last year after the initial volatility caused by Russias full-scale invasion. But that might be about to change"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T18:26Z 1.9M followers, 33.1K engagements

"⚡Update: Russia not interested in diplomacy unless threatened by Tomahawks Zelensky says. As soon as Tomahawks for Ukraine "became less immediate Russia's interest in diplomacy faded almost automatically" President Volodymyr Zelensky said"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T19:33Z 1.9M followers, 43.2K engagements

"⚡BREAKING: Ukraine strikes Russian chemical plant with long-range Storm Shadow missiles military says. The Bryansk Chemical Plant produces gunpowder explosives and rocket fuel components which Russia uses in attacks against Ukraine"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T20:15Z 1.9M followers, 84.1K engagements

"⚡Update: Trump says 'no determination' yet on Putin summit. "I don't want to have a wasted meeting" Trump told reporters at the White House on Oct. XX. He said there would be an update on next steps in "the next two days.""
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T21:17Z 1.9M followers, 40.6K engagements

"⚡Russia targets Ukrainian cities with ballistic missiles in mass overnight attack. Explosions have been reported in Kyiv Dnipro Zaporizhzhia Oblast and the southern port city of Izmail"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-21T22:25Z 1.9M followers, 36.5K engagements

"⚡ Zelensky arrives in Sweden to make 'defense export' announcement. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Zelensky are meeting in the city of Linkoping home to the defense company Saab which produces Gripen fighter jets and other arms"
X Link @KyivIndependent 2025-10-22T07:35Z 1.9M followers, 16.1K engagements

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