[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @KyivIndependent The Kyiv Independent The Kyiv Independent posts on X about ukraine, russia, told, donald trump the most. They currently have XXXXXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1462548977367359490/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXXXX -XXXX% - X Month XXXXXXXXXX +70% - X Months XXXXXXXXXXX +24% - X Year XXXXXXXXXXX -XX% ### Mentions: XXX [#](/creator/twitter::1462548977367359490/posts_active)  - X Week XXX +12% - X Month XXX +71% - X Months XXXXX +21% - X Year XXXXX -XX% ### Followers: XXXXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1462548977367359490/followers)  - X Week XXXXXXXXX -XXXX% - X Month XXXXXXXXX -XXXX% - X Months XXXXXXXXX -XXXX% - X Year XXXXXXXXX -XXXX% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1462548977367359490/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::1462548977367359490/influence) --- **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) #932 [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) #1211 [finance](/list/finance) #3433 [currencies](/list/currencies) XXXX% [social networks](/list/social-networks) XXXX% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [ukraine](/topic/ukraine) #13, [russia](/topic/russia) #50, [told](/topic/told) #257, [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump) #1019, [moscow](/topic/moscow) #93, [prime minister](/topic/prime-minister) #41, [kremlin](/topic/kremlin) #5, [trumps](/topic/trumps) #150, [tariffs](/topic/tariffs) #361, [germany](/topic/germany) #998 **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@aad_llc](/creator/undefined) [@vwfypro_vwfypro](/creator/undefined) [@therevjoeblank](/creator/undefined) [@letsarmukr](/creator/undefined) [@manningben16722](/creator/undefined) [@startell3](/creator/undefined) [@milleroval](/creator/undefined) [@kanarifella](/creator/undefined) [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@kendalllllbaaby](/creator/undefined) [@fakt000mas](/creator/undefined) [@alettaha](/creator/undefined) [@dietheartnews](/creator/undefined) [@aniru4h](/creator/undefined) [@tylerdh1](/creator/undefined) [@dustyosberg](/creator/undefined) [@cazadordewulf](/creator/undefined) [@lomax_debby](/creator/undefined) [@stonecold7111](/creator/undefined) [@docshollar](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [New York Times Co. (NYT)](/topic/$nyt) [Frontline Ltd. (FRO)](/topic/$fro) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::1462548977367359490/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "⚡Missing Russian Mi-8 helicopter found crashed in Far East all X onboard dead. The aircraft operated by the airline Vzlyot disappeared on July XX during a flight from Okhotsk to the city of Magadan according to the state news agency TASS"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945401249408377177) 2025-07-16 08:32:56 UTC 1.9M followers, 30.2K engagements "⚡Zelensky shouldn't target Moscow Trump says"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945182506887569892) 2025-07-15 18:03:44 UTC 1.9M followers, 42.2K engagements "⚡At least X killed XX injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over past day. Ukraine endured the largest aerial attack since the start of Russia's full-scale war with at least X civilians killed and XX injured across multiple regions"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1942843009760125107) 2025-07-09 07:07:24 UTC 1.9M followers, 50.4K engagements "⚡ X killed XX injured in Ukraine as Russia strikes hospitals residential areas across country. Russia killed at least five people and injured at least XX including four children across Ukraine over the past day authorities reported on July 15"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945008330549739786) 2025-07-15 06:31:37 UTC 1.9M followers, 44.1K engagements "⚡ Russian Mi-8 helicopter goes missing in Far East with X aboard. A search operation is underway Russian pro-government media outlet Kommersant reported"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944697507436462344) 2025-07-14 09:56:31 UTC 1.9M followers, 40.7K engagements "As the country faces the return of hundreds of thousands of veterans and security challenges that need to be addressed private military companies may emerge as a potential answer"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945375797885227511) 2025-07-16 06:51:48 UTC 1.9M followers, 31.3K engagements "⚡Kim Jong Un pledges to 'unconditionally' support Russia's war against Ukraine. Kim said his country stands "ready to unconditionally support and encourage all the measures taken by the Russian leadership as regards.the Ukrainian crisis.""  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944239513317839337) 2025-07-13 03:36:36 UTC 1.9M followers, 58.8K engagements "⚡ EU transfers $XXX billion to Ukraine using profits from frozen Russian assets. Ukraine has received more than $XXXX billion from frozen Russian assets this year directing the money toward swift recovery projects Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943555496968941992) 2025-07-11 06:18:34 UTC 1.9M followers, 43.3K engagements "⚡ Russia vows to 'firmly defend' interests in Baltic after Estonia HIMARS test. "The Baltic region is tense due to the aggressive policies of European coastal states" Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944709713351868801) 2025-07-14 10:45:01 UTC 1.9M followers, 48.5K engagements "Overnight on July X hours after Trump spoke with his Russian counterpart Putin in the hope of bringing the war to an end Russia launched XXX Russian drones and ballistic missiles at the Ukrainian capital injuring at least XX people and killing one"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1941211933111353424) 2025-07-04 19:06:05 UTC 1.9M followers, 43.5K engagements "The European Union welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed push to bring Russia to the negotiating table EU Special Envoy Kaja Kallas told the Telegraph in an article published July XX adding that Washington's 50-day timeline is a "long time.""  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944910015417962630) 2025-07-15 00:00:57 UTC 1.9M followers, 41.7K engagements "⚡Slovakia hints it won't block 18th sanctions package following EU assurances. Slovakia is likely to approve the EU's 18th sanctions package against Russia following assurances provided by the bloc Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico hinted on July 14"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944891163221053783) 2025-07-14 22:46:02 UTC 1.9M followers, 45.9K engagements "⚡ BREAKING: US to hit Russia with tariffs if no Ukraine deal reached in XX days Trump says. "We're gonna be doing very severe tariffs if we don't have a deal in XX days. Tariffs that are about XXX% we call them secondary tariffs" Trump said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944779057964437581) 2025-07-14 15:20:34 UTC 1.9M followers, 107.3K engagements "⚡ Belgium-based holder of frozen Russian funds opposes expanding investment risk amid Ukraine aid push"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945099380572242247) 2025-07-15 12:33:25 UTC 1.9M followers, 38.1K engagements "After two days of talks and panel discussions in Rome at the fourth Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) there was one topic that stood out from the rest: critical minerals"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944743744273592425) 2025-07-14 13:00:14 UTC 1.9M followers, 33.8K engagements "The Kyiv Independent spoke with Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silia following Donald Trump's announcement of his deal with NATO to arm Ukraine and his threat to impose severe sanctions on Russia if it doesn't reach a deal with Ukraine within XX days"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945493298602205555) 2025-07-16 14:38:42 UTC 1.9M followers, 47.8K engagements "Teimuraz Janashia former head of the Special Guard Service was also convicted in the case and fined 300000 Georgian lari ($108000) for abuse of office. Both men denied the charges calling the trial politically motivated"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1899736298279063998) 2025-03-12 08:16:43 UTC 1.9M followers, 34.6K engagements "The Kyiv Independent staff documented what it feels like to live and sleep in Kyiv as Russia intensifies its attacks on the city. Filmed over several weeks our journalists take shelter in bathrooms and basements as explosions ring out overhead"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943337326295285837) 2025-07-10 15:51:38 UTC 1.9M followers, 59.3K engagements "⚡Zelensky describes phone call with Trump as 'best conversation in all this time.' President Volodymyr Zelensky described his recent phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump as "the best conversation in all this time" in an evening address on July 5"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1941582408639230083) 2025-07-05 19:38:13 UTC 1.9M followers, 116.2K engagements "⚡ Orban urges EU action over Ukraine's conscription practices. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban repeated accusations against Kyiv over the death of a Ukrainian conscript of Hungarian ethnicity"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945080825826959740) 2025-07-15 11:19:41 UTC 1.9M followers, 37.1K engagements "While fighting a war of survival against Russia Ukraine must not turn into its authoritarian neighbor. As Ukraines main independent English-language media outlet we have a duty to acknowledge and expose this threat"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944866349978734894) 2025-07-14 21:07:26 UTC 1.9M followers, 103.5K engagements "For several weeks there has been a U.S. proposal for an unconditional ceasefire. And almost every day in response to this proposal there are Russian drones bombs artillery shelling and ballistic strikes Volodymyr Zelensky said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1906505156650479803) 2025-03-31 00:33:45 UTC 1.9M followers, 60.9K engagements "⚡The Netherlands pledges over $XXX million for Ukraine's reconstruction economic strengthening. The Netherlands has pledged $XXX million for Ukraine's reconstruction Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp announced at the Ukraine Recovery Conference"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943537253764022493) 2025-07-11 05:06:05 UTC 1.9M followers, 38.4K engagements "⚡'50 days is a very long time' EU welcomes new US action on Ukraine hesitant on timeline Kallas says"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944909995939909657) 2025-07-15 00:00:52 UTC 1.9M followers, 50.2K engagements "⚡Trump to send weapons to Ukraine for first time via presidential power sources tell Reuters. Until now the Trump administration's military aid to Ukraine had only consisted of weapons authorized by former President Joe Biden"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943412762320998671) 2025-07-10 20:51:24 UTC 1.9M followers, 55.3K engagements "⚡Germany ready to buy US Patriot systems for Ukraine Merz says"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943309886747517203) 2025-07-10 14:02:36 UTC 1.9M followers, 40.6K engagements "⚡Update: Russian forces attack Kharkiv overnight targeting maternity hospital injuring patients. "Women in labor with children women after surgery. Fortunately there were no children among the victims" President Volodymyr Zelensky said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943597632045089259) 2025-07-11 09:06:00 UTC 1.9M followers, 34.7K engagements "⚡Smoke rising near Russian battery plant amid reported Ukrainian drone attack. The facility reportedly manufactures parts for the Iskander system and cruise missiles which Russia has been increasingly using to target Ukrainian cities"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945054774216343786) 2025-07-15 09:36:10 UTC 1.9M followers, 34.3K engagements "⚡ Ukraine passes bill to withdraw from anti-personnel mine ban treaty. The vote passed by XXX deputies with XX abstaining and none voting against"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945088326874050577) 2025-07-15 11:49:29 UTC 1.9M followers, 52.3K engagements "⚡ North Korea to send up to 30000 more troops to aid Russia's war against Ukraine CNN reports"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1940388232350568801) 2025-07-02 12:32:59 UTC 1.9M followers, 234K engagements "⚡Hegseth reportedly authorized Ukraine weapons shipment pause without informing White House. Sources told CNN that Hegseth who currently lacks a chief of staff or senior advisers believed the move aligned with Trump's "America First" priorities"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1942837207837872398) 2025-07-09 06:44:21 UTC 1.9M followers, 62.5K 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"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1785254195127345553) 2024-04-30 10:25:43 UTC 1.9M followers, 57.3K engagements "⚡ 'Torture was not just cruel it was inhuman' Ukrainian soldier dies weeks after release from Russian captivity"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1942558546568307082) 2025-07-08 12:17:03 UTC 1.9M followers, 45K engagements "The Ukrainian tryzub is instantly recognizable as the central element of Ukraine's modern coat of arms. But beyond its official role the tryzub has taken on profound symbolic meaning in recent years amid Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944339077177745630) 2025-07-13 10:12:14 UTC 1.9M followers, 44.7K engagements "⚡Denmark Sweden back funding US weapons for Ukraine"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945196643004920046) 2025-07-15 18:59:54 UTC 1.9M followers, 42.8K engagements "Minerals are the talk of the town ahead of Ukraines largest reconstruction and recovery conference hosted this year in Rome writes business reporter Dominic Culverwell"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943000267877703688) 2025-07-09 17:32:17 UTC 1.9M followers, 40.2K engagements "⚡Lukashenko regime designates exiled Belarusian opposition body as 'terrorist organization.' Dictator Alexander Lukashenko's regime often labels organizations that oppose its policies as terrorists or extremists in order to ban their activities"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943250390490747256) 2025-07-10 10:06:11 UTC 1.9M followers, 33K engagements "⚡Finland bans Russians Belarusians from buying property over security concerns. A new Finnish law barring real estate purchases by Russian & Belarusian citizens took effect July XX as part of efforts to strengthen Finlands national security"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945291609001595081) 2025-07-16 01:17:16 UTC 1.9M followers, 130.3K engagements "⚡Russia targets Kyiv western Ukraine with mass attack second night in a row. Fires blazed at residential buildings in Kyiv during a mass drone attack on July XX. The assault comes a day after Russia launched its largest aerial strike against Ukraine"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943090631791808562) 2025-07-09 23:31:22 UTC 1.9M followers, 45.3K engagements "⚡Slovakia seeks EU guarantees on Russian gas phase-out ahead of sanctions deal Reuters report"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944049227442851993) 2025-07-12 15:00:29 UTC 1.9M followers, 43.1K engagements "⚡PM Shmyhal considered for defense minister role amid upcoming cabinet reshuffle sources say"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944790264758861979) 2025-07-14 16:05:06 UTC 1.9M followers, 45.4K engagements "⚡SBU claims liquidation of Russian agents responsible for killing officer in Kyiv. The alleged Russian agents were killed during a shootout in an SBU special operation on July XX in Kyiv Oblast according to the agency"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944327495991582913) 2025-07-13 09:26:13 UTC 1.9M followers, 46.6K engagements "⚡'Coalition of the willing' moves to finalize command structure for future reassurance force in Ukraine"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943387429903221065) 2025-07-10 19:10:44 UTC 1.9M followers, 46.4K engagements "⚡Norway allocates $XXX million towards Ukraine's cyber defenses joins international cybersecurity mechanism"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943863665565819300) 2025-07-12 02:43:07 UTC 1.9M followers, 64.9K engagements "⚡Ukraine EU launch $XXX million military innovation partnership"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943688394652946868) 2025-07-11 15:06:39 UTC 1.9M followers, 33.4K engagements ""In these fraught times the New York Times has made a seemingly deliberate and very self-aware choice to paint a picture of this war without the understanding of who is in the right and who is in the wrong" writes Francis Farrell in this op-ed"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944857459316940908) 2025-07-14 20:32:06 UTC 1.9M followers, 54.1K engagements "These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of July XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943930821024387398) 2025-07-12 07:09:58 UTC 1.9M followers, 45.9K engagements "⚡ 'He wants to take all of it' Putin reportedly told Trump he'll intensify eastern Ukraine offensive over next two months"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944645995825914073) 2025-07-14 06:31:49 UTC 1.9M followers, 50.9K engagements "⚡EU considering tougher Russian oil price cap as bloc aims to pass 18th sanctions package Bloomberg reports. The EU is considering imposing a new Russian oil price cap as part of its 18th sanctions package against Moscow Bloomberg reported on July 11"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943793113480196416) 2025-07-11 22:02:46 UTC 1.9M followers, 41.2K engagements "These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of July XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945371189309804714) 2025-07-16 06:33:29 UTC 1.9M followers, 40.6K engagements "Shevchenko who has been in custody since November 2024 on treason charges now faces an additional charge of embezzling Hr XXXX million ($350000) from a Ukrainian company that was purchasing fertilizers in Belarus"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943623470455144891) 2025-07-11 10:48:40 UTC 1.9M followers, 33.8K engagements "⚡Patriot missiles bound for Ukraine already being shipped Trump says. "They're already being shipped" Donald Trump told reporters when asked about Patriot missiles and other weaponry. "And in all cases the United States gets paid back in full.""  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945366189183525197) 2025-07-16 06:13:37 UTC 1.9M followers, 35.3K engagements "While Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said the sanctions package itself is not objectionable his government has blocked the proposal over concerns about a separate EU plan to fully phase out Russian gas imports by 2028"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944049308711764408) 2025-07-12 15:00:48 UTC 1.9M followers, 38.6K engagements "⚡EU fails to approve new Russia sanctions as Slovakia holds up vote. "The government coalition rejects the imbecile proposal of the European Commission to stop the flow of Russian gas from 2028" Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945210697190654007) 2025-07-15 19:55:45 UTC 1.9M followers, 41.7K engagements "⚡ X killed XX injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over past day. Russian forces launched XXX drones against Ukraine overnight including up to XXX Shahed-type drones as well as one Iskander-M ballistic missile the Air Force said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945379789482647898) 2025-07-16 07:07:39 UTC 1.9M followers, 35.2K engagements "⚡ Ex-minister's home searched in connection with controversial lawmaker's fraud case. Former Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov has denied any involvement in lawmaker Yevhenii Shevchenko's fraud case"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943623437903126558) 2025-07-11 10:48:33 UTC 1.9M followers, 36.7K engagements "⚡ X killed XX injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day. Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched XX drones overnight including Iranian-designed Shahed-type attack drones and fired four S-300/400 guided missiles"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1942497660541546812) 2025-07-08 08:15:06 UTC 1.9M followers, 34.7K engagements "⚡ 'Unbearable' EU's Kallas raises alarm over Russia's escalating chemical warfare in Ukraine. "Again it shows that Russia wants to cause as much pain and suffering as possible so that Ukraine would surrender" Kaja Kallas said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945411823227769092) 2025-07-16 09:14:57 UTC 1.9M followers, 49.4K engagements "⚡ 'We are doubling the Ukraine Facility' EU proposes XXX billion euros for Ukraine aid fund in 20282034 budget"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945519716761579788) 2025-07-16 16:23:41 UTC 1.9M followers, 36K engagements "U.S. President Donald Trump said during a briefing on July XX that his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky should not strike the Russian capital"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945209286499373176) 2025-07-15 19:50:08 UTC 1.9M followers, 48.5K engagements "⚡Ukraine's 2026 budget could face $19B shortfall as Europe weighs how to fill the gap FT reports. The European Commission is discussing with EU member states various options to cover Ukraine's budget deficit for next year which could range from $X billion to $XX billion the Financial Times reported on July X. The financial hole in Ukraine's budget is linked to reduced U.S. support and the lack of prospects for a swift ceasefire with Russia that Europe had hoped for the Financial Times reported"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1942683166642430222) 2025-07-08 20:32:14 UTC 1.9M followers, 59.2K engagements "Estonia may veto the European Union's 18th sanctions package against Moscow if the Russian oil price cap is not lowered Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhna told Estonian outlet ERR in an article published July 9"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943163501930782862) 2025-07-10 04:20:55 UTC 1.9M followers, 41.8K engagements "⚡Germany won't supply Ukraine with Taurus missiles urges weapons makers to step up defense minister says"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944590963902677197) 2025-07-14 02:53:09 UTC 1.9M followers, 62.9K engagements "⚡Congressional sanctions on hold as Trump threatens Russia with 'severe' tariffs. Senate Majority Leader John Thune indicated on July XX that the Senate would likely delay advancing a significant package of sanctions targeting Russia's trading partners"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944964110032191581) 2025-07-15 03:35:54 UTC 1.9M followers, 143.6K engagements "⚡ Update: Zelensky unveils new cabinet nominees in major government reshuffle"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945552144049783014) 2025-07-16 18:32:32 UTC 1.9M followers, 38.3K engagements "President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Russia's intention to drastically escalate its drone attacks potentially launching up to 1000 drones per day but said that Ukraine already has effective countermeasures"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943463322214633590) 2025-07-11 00:12:18 UTC 1.9M followers, 36.9K engagements "⚡US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal sources tell Reuters. The U.S. first raised the prospect of shutting off Starlink service after Zelensky rejected the deal presented on Feb. 12"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1893175529995460774) 2025-02-22 05:46:34 UTC 1.9M followers, 31.5M engagements "⚡3.5 billion euros in new funds pledged for Ukraine's reconstruction after Recovery Conference ministry says"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944416127108415554) 2025-07-13 15:18:24 UTC 1.9M followers, 54.1K engagements "Trump's position on Ukraine and his support for the country's fight against Russia's full-scale invasion has been a rollercoaster ride yet there are signs that Kyiv is currently at an all-time high point of his presidency"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1942940519983640876) 2025-07-09 13:34:52 UTC 1.9M followers, 31.6K engagements "In this edition: thePrague-domiciled conglomerate Colt CZ has set up assembly of its Bren X assault rifles inside Ukraine with its head telling the Kyiv Independent that the companys goal is to get rid of Ukrainian dependence on Soviet weapons"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1899910004452307221) 2025-03-12 19:46:58 UTC 1.9M followers, 41.8K engagements "⚡Estonia may veto EU's 18th sanctions package if Russian oil price cap not lowered foreign minister says"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943163466149151020) 2025-07-10 04:20:47 UTC 1.9M followers, 49.6K engagements "⚡ OCCRP: Russian oligarch Abramovichs companies supply materials for Russian military. Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) investigation shows Roman Abramovichs steelmaker Evraz group supplied steel to the military that could have been used to make tanks"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1563840087363837953) 2022-08-28 10:45:06 UTC 1.9M followers, 2611 engagements "⚡Hungarian foreign fighter killed in Ukraine fighting against Russia media reports. Benjamin Aser originally from Hungary was previously a contracted soldier in the Hungarian Defense Forces"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943942517306618119) 2025-07-12 07:56:27 UTC 1.9M followers, 38K engagements "⚡Sweden to transfer air defense systems to Ukraine estimated at $XXX million. Sweden has announced a transfer of air defense systems worth XXX billion Swedish krona (approximately $XXX million) to Ukraine Svenska Dagbladet reported on Feb. 23"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1893872939423965627) 2025-02-24 03:57:49 UTC 1.9M followers, 70.1K engagements "President Volodymyr Zelensky has unveiled a new slate of cabinet nominees as part of a sweeping government shake-up that replaced the prime minister and dissolved the entire cabinet"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945552164841030129) 2025-07-16 18:32:37 UTC 1.9M followers, 34.2K engagements "The stakes for Ukraine are existential and the turbulence of Kyiv-Washington relations since Trump took office means the country and the rest of Europe has had to imagine and plan for a life without the U.S. but next door to Russia"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944038565781880958) 2025-07-12 14:18:07 UTC 1.9M followers, 40.8K engagements "These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of July X according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1942471404642828506) 2025-07-08 06:30:46 UTC 1.9M followers, 46.3K engagements "⚡Balkan countries release joint statement supporting Ukrainian NATO accession after summit. The joint summit declaration was released by Ukraine and the Croatian government on July 12"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944381532417790031) 2025-07-13 13:00:56 UTC 1.9M followers, 67.7K engagements "⚡ Russia's summer offensive becomes its costliest campaign during Ukraine invasion Economist reports. The Economist estimates roughly 31000 Russian soldiers were killed in the offensive so far"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943303128259997947) 2025-07-10 13:35:45 UTC 1.9M followers, 41.5K engagements "⚡ After rejecting ceasefire Russia calls on West to 'pressure' Ukraine toward negotiations. "Many statements have been made. but we want to hope that pressure is being exerted on the Ukrainian side" Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945491240578928728) 2025-07-16 14:30:31 UTC 1.9M followers, 31.5K engagements "⚡Update: 'I don't think XX days is very long' Trump defends timeline for Putin deal. Trump was asked why Russia needed XX more days to attack Ukraine before agreeing to a peace deal. "I don't think XX days is very long" he said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945218952847630752) 2025-07-15 20:28:33 UTC 1.9M followers, 59.9K engagements "Germany won't supply Ukraine with Taurus cruise missiles but will provide Kyiv with Patriot air defense systems purchased from the U.S. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in an interview with the Financial Times released on July 13"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944591007531548872) 2025-07-14 02:53:19 UTC 1.9M followers, 48.4K engagements "⚡ Putin signs decree allowing foreigners to serve in Russian army during mobilization. Russian President Vladimir Putin's partial mobilization decree from Sept. XX 2022 remains in force and has never been formally rescinded"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1942558868866752827) 2025-07-08 12:18:19 UTC 1.9M followers, 70.4K engagements "⚡ Update: Prime minister submits resignation amid cabinet reshuffle. "Thank you to the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky for the trust" Denys Shmyhal said on his Telegram channel"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945101533982474397) 2025-07-15 12:41:58 UTC 1.9M followers, 35.1K engagements "On July XX the New York Times published a field report from Russia's Kursk Oblast about the aftermath of Ukraine's seven-month-long incursion. The Kyiv Independent picked five times the author failed to provide due context and is filling in the gaps"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944872484248904062) 2025-07-14 21:31:48 UTC 1.9M followers, 43.2K engagements "⚡Denmark to provide European-produced satellite communication services to Ukraine's military. Denmark will provide Ukraine's military with European-made satellite services amid Russia's war the Danish Defense Ministry announced on July 14"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944873448863326714) 2025-07-14 21:35:38 UTC 1.9M followers, 46.7K engagements "⚡ Iran reportedly preparing to mine Strait of Hormuz a possible boon for Russia's Ukraine war coffers. If the Strait were mined Iran could block one-fifth of global oil demand and spike world energy prices a boon for Russia's oil-dependent economy"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1940466356287427073) 2025-07-02 17:43:26 UTC 1.9M followers, 50.9K engagements "⚡ Diplomatic means in Russia-Ukraine war 'exhausted' Germany's Merz warns as he pledges further aid"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1942891397159211172) 2025-07-09 10:19:40 UTC 1.9M followers, 81.1K engagements "⚡Trump promises 'major statement' on Russia reveals new NATO weapons deal for Ukraine. In a July XX interview w/ NBC News U.S. President Trump said he plans to make a "major statement" on Russia next week & revealed a new NATO weapons deal for Ukraine"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943507947671171361) 2025-07-11 03:09:38 UTC 1.9M followers, 54.8K engagements "These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of July XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943536116457705990) 2025-07-11 05:01:33 UTC 1.9M followers, 45.8K engagements "⚡EU mulls creating XXX billion euro fund for Ukraine in next budget Bloomberg reports"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1942776087857004749) 2025-07-09 02:41:29 UTC 1.9M followers, 48K engagements "⚡ Zelensky proposes former Prime Minister Shmyhal as Ukraine's new defense minister. "Today I have already signed documents to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine regarding Denys Shmyhal as the new defense minister" President Volodymyr Zelensky said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945531677461061981) 2025-07-16 17:11:12 UTC 1.9M followers, 33.6K engagements "⚡Germany-funded long-range weapons to arrive in Ukraine by late July general says. Christian Freuding confirmed that the weapons systems' initial deliveries are expected in July. The arms will be supplied in a "high triple-digit quantity" he said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943972035756990501) 2025-07-12 09:53:45 UTC 1.9M followers, 65.6K engagements "Explosions rocked Ukrainian cities overnight on July XX as Russia once again launched waves of drones and missiles across the country a day after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Russia has XX days to strike a peace deal or face stiff tariffs"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945562706402021686) 2025-07-16 19:14:30 UTC 1.9M followers, 34.7K engagements "⚡Kremlin calls Trump's tariff warnings 'quite serious.' "This statement from the U.S. president is quite serious. Some of what he said appears to be addressed personally to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin" Peskov told reporters"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945076043607343441) 2025-07-15 11:00:41 UTC 1.9M followers, 35.3K engagements "Trump threatens Russia with "severe" tariffs if no Ukraine deal reached in XX days; Some Patriot air defense systems and missiles may arrive in Ukraine "within days" Trump says; and more"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944847512323698890) 2025-07-14 19:52:35 UTC 1.9M followers, 43.1K engagements "Failure to do so by Sept. X when the official monitoring period begins could result in fines of 25000 Georgian lari ($9200)"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1818917143565541852) 2024-08-01 07:50:15 UTC 1.9M followers, 43.4K engagements "Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal is being considered for the role of Ukraines Defense Minister as part of an anticipated government reshuffle two sources close to the Defense Ministry told the Kyiv Independent on July 14"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944790308421607592) 2025-07-14 16:05:16 UTC 1.9M followers, 35K engagements "⚡Ukraine UK pen deal for Thales air defense missile supply. The U.K. committed to producing Thales-produced missiles for Western air defense systems used in Ukraine over the next XX years in a XXX billion ($3.1 billion) project"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943314121186763173) 2025-07-10 14:19:26 UTC 1.9M followers, 36.2K engagements "⚡Russia's crude exports fall to lowest level since February. Russia's crude oil shipments have dropped to their lowest level since February as refinery processing outpaces production growth and trims available export volumes Bloomberg reported on July X. Seaborne crude flows averaged XXXX million barrels a day over the four weeks to July X a X% decline from the previous period ending June XX according to tanker-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1942619535657353666) 2025-07-08 16:19:24 UTC 1.9M followers, 44K engagements "⚡At least XX killed XX injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over past day. Russia launched XXX aerial weapons overnight including XXX Shahed-type drones various decoy UAVs and XX Kh-101 cruise missiles the Air Force said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943960674071421257) 2025-07-12 09:08:36 UTC 1.9M followers, 57.2K engagements "These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of July XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944640435646878177) 2025-07-14 06:09:44 UTC 1.9M followers, 47.8K engagements "⚡'The game is about to change' Republican Senator Graham says he expects influx of US weapons shipments to Ukraine ahead of Trump's 'major' announcement"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944474164553023929) 2025-07-13 19:09:02 UTC 1.9M followers, 69K engagements "⚡French army chief says France faces Russia as 'main enemy in Europe' amid rising threats. The head of the French army attributed Russia's view of Paris as a primary adversary largely to France's support for Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944144072475914334) 2025-07-12 21:17:21 UTC 1.9M followers, 46.9K engagements "The Kremlin's grip on the Russian elite appears to be closing ever tighter as two major figures of Russian business and security structures were detained in the past few days"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1942990468876317003) 2025-07-09 16:53:21 UTC 1.9M followers, 44.7K engagements "⚡American who spied for Kremlin from inside Ukraine receives Russian citizenship. Daniel Martindale an American who provided intelligence to the Kremlin while living in Ukraine was granted Russian citizenship on July 15"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945330325497762205) 2025-07-16 03:51:06 UTC 1.9M followers, 53.7K engagements "⚡ Ukraine's parliament set to dismiss government on July XX amid cabinet reshuffle. The vote will formalize the reshuffle initiated by President Volodymyr Zelensky on July XX when he nominated Yuliia Svyrydenko to lead the government"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945091973150323101) 2025-07-15 12:03:59 UTC 1.9M followers, 33.3K engagements "Located in far-western Ukraine the city of Lutsk has largely avoided the mass Russian missile and drone attacks that regularly terrorize cities further east. That has all changed over the last few weeks"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943357569113657855) 2025-07-10 17:12:04 UTC 1.9M followers, 32.9K engagements "⚡Update: X killed XX injured as Kyiv slammed with drones ballistic missiles in Russian mass attack against Ukraine for 2nd night in row"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943152332721537294) 2025-07-10 03:36:32 UTC 1.9M followers, 49.9K engagements "⚡ Trump says US will 'take a look' at sending new Patriot system to Ukraine amid Russian attacks. "They're getting hit hard very hard. So we're looking at it" U.S. President Donald Trump said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943013723934708010) 2025-07-09 18:25:45 UTC 1.9M followers, 62.8K engagements "President Donald Trump on July XX announced the U.S. would impose "severe tariffs" on Russia unless Moscow agrees to a deal to end the war in Ukraine within XX days but experts who spoke to the Kyiv Independent say the plan is deeply flawed"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945184713913643108) 2025-07-15 18:12:30 UTC 1.9M followers, 35.6K engagements "⚡ Russia's VTB Bank has opened applications for preferential mortgages in the Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine's Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts Interfax reported on Oct. 30"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1851630416144318611) 2024-10-30 14:21:07 UTC 1.9M followers, 41.1K engagements "⚡ European partners reportedly caught off guard as US halts arms shipments to Ukraine. According to Bloomberg some European allies hope the Trump administration will soften or reverse the decision"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1940460468860309855) 2025-07-02 17:20:02 UTC 1.9M followers, 126.7K engagements ""Constructive dialogue between Russia and the U.S. will always achieve more than the tired destructive language of pressure" Kirill Dmitriev head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund wrote"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944692577824834019) 2025-07-14 09:36:55 UTC 1.9M followers, 39.4K engagements "⚡Russia launched over 1800 drones on Ukraine in one week Zelensky says. Over 1200 glide bombs and XX missiles of various types were also launched on Ukraine in the past week President Volodymyr Zelensky said on July 13"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944355679373869318) 2025-07-13 11:18:13 UTC 1.9M followers, 49.7K engagements "⚡BREAKING: Trump says US will send Patriot missiles to Ukraine. President Donald Trump announced on July XX that the U.S. will send additional Patriot air-defense batteries to Ukraine but added that the U.S. would be reimbursed for their cost"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944564916041699503) 2025-07-14 01:09:38 UTC 1.9M followers, 78.9K engagements "⚡Putin backs 'zero enrichment' in new Iran nuclear deal sources tell Axios. Russia's position conveyed to Donald Trump and Iranian officials marks a notable shift given Russia's historical public advocacy for Iran's right to enrich"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944084359419666654) 2025-07-12 17:20:05 UTC 1.9M followers, 47.1K engagements "After U.S. President Donald Trump on July XX threatened to impose severe tariffs on Russia in XX days if there is no peace deal with Ukraine the highly-anticipated statement was met largely with indifference and even relief among Russian commentators"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945135189199352161) 2025-07-15 14:55:42 UTC 1.9M followers, 35K engagements "⚡ Raiffeisen halts plans to sell Russian subsidiary FT reports. Raiffeisen Bank International has suspended efforts to sell its unit in Russia amid warming ties between Moscow and Washington the Financial Times reported"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1913162608590434665) 2025-04-18 09:28:05 UTC 1.9M followers, 32.7K engagements "⚡Congress ready to move forward on Russia sanctions bill but Trump wants changes Politico reports. "Senate Republicans are committed to working with the House and White House to get this legislation through Congress and on to the president's desk.""  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943091727008497744) 2025-07-09 23:35:43 UTC 1.9M followers, 46.8K engagements "These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of July XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943193040933294299) 2025-07-10 06:18:18 UTC 1.9M followers, 43K engagements "⚡ Ukraine's parliament dismisses prime minister and his cabinet. The move comes after President Volodymyr Zelensky tapped First Deputy Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko to replace Denys Shmyhal after he had held the office for more than five years"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945457557876740544) 2025-07-16 12:16:41 UTC 1.9M followers, 30.4K engagements "⚡ 'Cut off the head' Ukrainian intelligence accuses 'Putin's favorite' brigade of another war crime"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943948329471422921) 2025-07-12 08:19:33 UTC 1.9M followers, 42.5K engagements "⚡Poland's president-elect urges Ukraine to allow full exhumations of Volyn massacre victims despite resumed work. Karol Nawrocki said the victims "do not cry out for revenge but for a cross a grave and memory.""  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943984129798025567) 2025-07-12 10:41:48 UTC 1.9M followers, 47.2K engagements "The Ukraine-U.S. Reconstruction Investment Fund will provide opportunities not only for U.S. companies but also for other countries representatives of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943705779317481829) 2025-07-11 16:15:44 UTC 1.9M followers, 38.8K engagements "These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of July XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945007636295897321) 2025-07-15 06:28:51 UTC 1.9M followers, 44.3K engagements "⚡ Norway pledges $XXX million for Ukraine's emergency energy support green recovery. According to the Energy Ministry the initiative will restore heating and water services to millions of Ukrainians particularly in front-line communities"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943591749173068103) 2025-07-11 08:42:37 UTC 1.9M followers, 29.9K engagements "⚡BRICS summit statement condemns attacks on Russian railways avoids urging Russia to cease war efforts in Ukraine. BRICS summit participants condemned recent attacks on Russias railway infrastructure according to a joint declaration on July X from Rio de Janeiro. The declaration also called for a sustainable peace settlement between Russia and Ukraine"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1942056202944364802) 2025-07-07 03:00:55 UTC 1.9M followers, 73.9K engagements "⚡Zelensky urges US senators to 'increase sanctions pressure on Russia.' President Zelensky met with U.S. Senators Graham & Blumenthal on July XX urging stronger Russia sanctions & emphasizing the need for international pressure to end Moscow's war"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943508148179943917) 2025-07-11 03:10:25 UTC 1.9M followers, 41.1K engagements "⚡ Trump reportedly asked Zelensky if Ukraine could strike Moscow. Donald Trump encouraged the strategy so that Russia could "feel the pain" and agree to negotiations the Financial Times reported citing its sources"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945066047528202422) 2025-07-15 10:20:57 UTC 1.9M followers, 46K engagements "⚡Russia scales up propaganda operations across Africa Ukrainian intelligence says. By the end of the year Kremlin propaganda channel RT plans to launch broadcasting in Amharic for an audience in Ethiopia HUR said on July 13"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944403578241614328) 2025-07-13 14:28:32 UTC 1.9M followers, 44.5K engagements "⚡North Korea supplied Russia with XX million rounds of 152mm shells South Korean intelligence estimates. The report estimated that North Korea could have provided Russia with around 28000 containers containing weapons and artillery shells to date"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944327631207330155) 2025-07-13 09:26:45 UTC 1.9M followers, 52.7K engagements "⚡ Update: Russia launches record XXX missiles drones at Ukraine. Russian forces launched what seems to be the heaviest aerial assault against Ukraine during the war deploying XXX drones and XX missiles the Air Force reported on July 9"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1942832407201349882) 2025-07-09 06:25:16 UTC 1.9M followers, 45.7K engagements "⚡ US-founded extremist group claims killing of Ukrainian security service colonel in Kyiv. In a statement the local affiliate known as White Phoenix praised its "comrades" for the July XX killing of the colonel"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945502043185016854) 2025-07-16 15:13:27 UTC 1.9M followers, 35.7K engagements "Russian President Vladimir Putin told U.S. President Donald Trump that Moscow intended to continue offensive operations until it secured the full administrative borders of occupied Ukrainian regions"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944646030101717460) 2025-07-14 06:31:58 UTC 1.9M followers, 39.8K engagements "A recent mass layoff in the U.S. State Department included several senior analysts of the department's intelligence arm who were focusing on Russia and Ukraine the New York Times (NYT) reported on July XX citing former and current officials"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945427481789399367) 2025-07-16 10:17:10 UTC 1.9M followers, 34K engagements "⚡ EU aims to mobilize up to $XX billion for Ukraine's recovery under new agreements"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943271217584062473) 2025-07-10 11:28:57 UTC 1.9M followers, 35.7K engagements "⚡Norway to deploy F-35 fighter jets to Poland to protect Ukrainian aid hub. "We are helping ensure that support to Ukraine reaches its destination and that Ukraine can continue its fight for freedom" Norwegian Defense Minister Tore Sandvik said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1939781330364923962) 2025-06-30 20:21:23 UTC 1.9M followers, 94.5K engagements "⚡Former Wagner fighter seeks asylum in Finland after fleeing across Russian border media reports. The man identified only as Yevgeny reportedly served in a Wagner assault unit and fought in eastern Ukraine including in Bakhmut and around Selydove"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944015477073715609) 2025-07-12 12:46:22 UTC 1.9M followers, 40.7K engagements "⚡Explosions reported in Kyiv. Explosions occurred in Ukraine's capital around XX p.m. local time on July XX according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943772224366031167) 2025-07-11 20:39:46 UTC 1.9M followers, 48K engagements "⚡ Ukrainian robotics company Tencore raises $XXX million in one of the largest known investments. MITS Capital has invested $XXXX million in Tencore a Ukrainian company that manufactures military robots deployed on the front lines against Russia"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943634221878145496) 2025-07-11 11:31:24 UTC 1.9M followers, 42.8K 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"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1897840298413224198) 2025-03-07 02:42:41 UTC 1.9M followers, 50.3K engagements "⚡ X Ukrainians made Forbes' ranking of wealthiest immigrants in US. Three of them have built their wealth in technology through companies like WhatsApp OnlyFans PayPal and Affirm reflecting Ukraine's growing reputation as a technology powerhouse"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945445585974116529) 2025-07-16 11:29:06 UTC 1.9M followers, 29.6K engagements "⚡Russia blames Western sanctions for collapse of UN food deal. A day earlier the UN announced that the three-year agreement would end July XX. The deal "will not be renewed" because of disagreements a source close to the discussions told the AFP"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944182903472079078) 2025-07-12 23:51:40 UTC 1.9M followers, 47.5K engagements "⚡Putin unfazed by Trump's threats plans to fight on in Ukraine Reuters reports. Putin reportedly sees no reason to back down. Instead the undisclosed sources say Putin is confident Russia's military and economy can withstand additional pressure"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945391391183442035) 2025-07-16 07:53:45 UTC 1.9M followers, 36.3K engagements ""On the one hand Im happy about the wave of support from the U.S." Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. "But on the other hand I do not understand why Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is being given XX days.""  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945022039233904870) 2025-07-15 07:26:05 UTC 1.9M followers, 33.4K engagements "Trump considering sending new funds to Ukraine for first time since taking office CBS News reports. The funds could come from $XXXX billion in Presidential Drawdown Authority from the Biden administration or from frozen Russian assets officials said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944202903385714857) 2025-07-13 01:11:08 UTC 1.9M followers, 52K engagements "⚡5 EU members reportedly unhappy with new Ukraine trade deal. Five EU member states are unhappy with a new trade agreement between Ukraine and the bloc European Pravda reported on July XX citing several EU diplomats"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944857791778128128) 2025-07-14 20:33:25 UTC 1.9M followers, 42.9K engagements "⚡ Germany says EU discussing 'more than 3' Patriot air defense systems for Ukraine. "From the EU perspective the talks are about more than three Patriot systems for Ukraine" a German government spokesperson said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944763459993751795) 2025-07-14 14:18:35 UTC 1.9M followers, 36.3K engagements "⚡ Russia must pay at least XXX billion euros in compensation to Ukraine Germany's Merz says"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943599654098112654) 2025-07-11 09:14:02 UTC 1.9M followers, 53.6K engagements "Earlier Ukraine's Air Force warned of the threat of drone and missile strikes against several regions including Kyiv. Air defense has been active in the capital"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943772226328912248) 2025-07-11 20:39:46 UTC 1.9M followers, 43.3K engagements "Rubio discusses 'new approach' to ending Russian war in talks with Lavrov despite US 'frustration'; U.S. reportedly resumes some arms deliveries to Ukraine after pause; and more"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943403880957542833) 2025-07-10 20:16:06 UTC 1.9M followers, 39.2K engagements "⚡'Why such a delay' - Kyiv mayor questions Trump's 50-day deadline to Russia"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945021943989542994) 2025-07-15 07:25:42 UTC 1.9M followers, 37.9K engagements "⚡Trump envoy Steve Witkoff pushing to lift energy sanctions on Russia Politico reports. While Steve Witkoff is reportedly advocating for the easing of energy sanctions others in the administration disagree"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1941077440966901801) 2025-07-04 10:11:40 UTC 1.9M followers, 68.7K engagements "⚡ Trump claims he threatened Putin to 'bomb the sh*t out of Moscow' if Russia attacked Ukraine CNN reports. "With Putin I said 'If you go into Ukraine Im going to bomb the sh*t out of Moscow'" Trump told a group of donors in 2024 CNN reported"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1942827725632176390) 2025-07-09 06:06:40 UTC 1.9M followers, 53.5K engagements "The chief executive of Euroclear told the FT that the EU's proposal would amount to "expropriation" forced seizure because if Russia demands the assets back in the future they would not be available"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945099478488273269) 2025-07-15 12:33:48 UTC 1.9M followers, 34.2K engagements "The teasing of U.S. President Donald Trump's "big announcement" on Russia had raised hopes in Ukraine over the weekend that the White House was finally going to pressure Moscow to end its full-scale invasion. Those hopes would not be met"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945187250116911539) 2025-07-15 18:22:34 UTC 1.9M followers, 40.6K engagements "⚡Kremlin welcomes partial pause in US arms shipments to Ukraine says it brings war's end closer. "The fewer weapons that are supplied to Ukraine the closer the end of the. (Russia-Ukraine war)" Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1940360622358872513) 2025-07-02 10:43:17 UTC 1.9M followers, 138.6K engagements "⚡ Zelensky arrives in Italy to meet Pope Leo Kellogg. President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Rome on July X and is set to meet with Pope Leo XIV Suspilne broadcaster reported citing the presidential spokesperson"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1942882830570144099) 2025-07-09 09:45:38 UTC 1.9M followers, 39K engagements "⚡'Impeccable results' New Skynex video shows Ukrainian forces destroying Russian drones with German gun. Filmed in an undisclosed location the video shows Ukrainian soldiers shooting down multiple Russian targets with a Skynex air defense system"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944159943344476497) 2025-07-12 22:20:25 UTC 1.9M followers, 64.1K engagements ""With XXX billion euros in agreements signed we aim to unlock up to XX billion euros in investments to rebuild homes reopen hospitals revive businesses and secure energy" Ursula von der Leyen said at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome on July 10"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943271295359066396) 2025-07-10 11:29:15 UTC 1.9M followers, 32.7K engagements "⚡US-Ukraine minerals fund looks for manager as critical resources deal advances. The U.S. governments development finance agency has started looking for a company to manage a joint U.S.-Ukraine investment fund Ukraines Economy Ministry said July 15"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945227157585772753) 2025-07-15 21:01:09 UTC 1.9M followers, 65.3K engagements "⚡ Germany Norway ready to buy X Patriots for Ukraine Zelensky says. President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine needs a total of XX Patriots and voiced hope that other European partners will join the new financing scheme"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1943549638860247375) 2025-07-11 05:55:17 UTC 1.9M followers, 39.7K engagements "⚡Trump says he's 'disappointed but not done' with Putin. U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed a deal with Moscow had been close on four separate occasions"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945017715648844024) 2025-07-15 07:08:54 UTC 1.9M followers, 36.4K engagements "⚡'They have to be able to defend themselves' Trump confirms additional weapons shipments to Ukraine criticizes Putin"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1942393800195813867) 2025-07-08 01:22:24 UTC 1.9M followers, 54.1K engagements "⚡China pledges deeper support for Russia amid Trump tariff threats. Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that mutual trust between the two countries had "deepened" and called on both sides to "strengthen mutual support on multilateral forums.""  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945107903620194615) 2025-07-15 13:07:17 UTC 1.9M followers, 36.6K engagements "⚡Trump mulls sending Kyiv another Patriot air defense system WSJ reports. If approved it would mark the first time Trump has sent a major military aid package to Kyiv that wasn't previously greenlighted by Joe Biden"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1942725155794608163) 2025-07-08 23:19:05 UTC 1.9M followers, 42.8K engagements "⚡ Belarus shoots down Russian drone Ukraine's HUR claims. Russian Shahed-type drones regularly breach Belarusian airspace as they fly towards Ukrainian cities during mass attacks which have escalated significantly over recent weeks"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944648579194167513) 2025-07-14 06:42:05 UTC 1.9M followers, 43.5K engagements "⚡ US State Department fires Russia and Ukraine analysts in recent layoffs NYT reports"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945427454719328581) 2025-07-16 10:17:04 UTC 1.9M followers, 41.1K engagements "Russia's Foreign Ministry on July XX dismissed as "defamation" reports claiming that President Vladimir Putin had privately encouraged Iran to accept a "zero enrichment" agreement regarding its nuclear program"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944533044834259151) 2025-07-13 23:03:00 UTC 1.9M followers, 45.6K engagements "Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on July XX cautioned the United States South Korea and Japan against forming a security partnership specifically targeting North Korea"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944132994685710762) 2025-07-12 20:33:20 UTC 1.9M followers, 106.6K engagements "⚡France Italy reportedly opt out of US-NATO arms deal for Ukraine. France declined to join the plan because of Macron's push for European nations to strengthen their own defense industries by purchasing domestically produced arms Politico reported"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945408649221878139) 2025-07-16 09:02:20 UTC 1.9M followers, 100.9K engagements "U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks come after the Financial Times (FT) reported citing undisclosed sources that he asked President Volodymyr Zelensky whether Kyiv could strike Moscow or St Petersburg if provided with long-range U.S. weapons"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1945182549547810946) 2025-07-15 18:03:54 UTC 1.9M followers, 35.5K engagements "⚡ As Trump pledges more Patriot systems US envoy Kellogg arrives in Kyiv. "There are many topics to discuss" Ukraine's Presidential Office head Andriy Yermak said"  [@KyivIndependent](/creator/x/KyivIndependent) on [X](/post/tweet/1944655874355536168) 2025-07-14 07:11:05 UTC 1.9M followers, 38.8K engagements
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"⚡Missing Russian Mi-8 helicopter found crashed in Far East all X onboard dead. The aircraft operated by the airline Vzlyot disappeared on July XX during a flight from Okhotsk to the city of Magadan according to the state news agency TASS"
@KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 08:32:56 UTC 1.9M followers, 30.2K engagements
"⚡Zelensky shouldn't target Moscow Trump says" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 18:03:44 UTC 1.9M followers, 42.2K engagements
"⚡At least X killed XX injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over past day. Ukraine endured the largest aerial attack since the start of Russia's full-scale war with at least X civilians killed and XX injured across multiple regions" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-09 07:07:24 UTC 1.9M followers, 50.4K engagements
"⚡ X killed XX injured in Ukraine as Russia strikes hospitals residential areas across country. Russia killed at least five people and injured at least XX including four children across Ukraine over the past day authorities reported on July 15" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 06:31:37 UTC 1.9M followers, 44.1K engagements
"⚡ Russian Mi-8 helicopter goes missing in Far East with X aboard. A search operation is underway Russian pro-government media outlet Kommersant reported" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 09:56:31 UTC 1.9M followers, 40.7K engagements
"As the country faces the return of hundreds of thousands of veterans and security challenges that need to be addressed private military companies may emerge as a potential answer" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 06:51:48 UTC 1.9M followers, 31.3K engagements
"⚡Kim Jong Un pledges to 'unconditionally' support Russia's war against Ukraine. Kim said his country stands "ready to unconditionally support and encourage all the measures taken by the Russian leadership as regards.the Ukrainian crisis."" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-13 03:36:36 UTC 1.9M followers, 58.8K engagements
"⚡ EU transfers $XXX billion to Ukraine using profits from frozen Russian assets. Ukraine has received more than $XXXX billion from frozen Russian assets this year directing the money toward swift recovery projects Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-11 06:18:34 UTC 1.9M followers, 43.3K engagements
"⚡ Russia vows to 'firmly defend' interests in Baltic after Estonia HIMARS test. "The Baltic region is tense due to the aggressive policies of European coastal states" Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 10:45:01 UTC 1.9M followers, 48.5K engagements
"Overnight on July X hours after Trump spoke with his Russian counterpart Putin in the hope of bringing the war to an end Russia launched XXX Russian drones and ballistic missiles at the Ukrainian capital injuring at least XX people and killing one" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-04 19:06:05 UTC 1.9M followers, 43.5K engagements
"The European Union welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed push to bring Russia to the negotiating table EU Special Envoy Kaja Kallas told the Telegraph in an article published July XX adding that Washington's 50-day timeline is a "long time."" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 00:00:57 UTC 1.9M followers, 41.7K engagements
"⚡Slovakia hints it won't block 18th sanctions package following EU assurances. Slovakia is likely to approve the EU's 18th sanctions package against Russia following assurances provided by the bloc Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico hinted on July 14" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 22:46:02 UTC 1.9M followers, 45.9K engagements
"⚡ BREAKING: US to hit Russia with tariffs if no Ukraine deal reached in XX days Trump says. "We're gonna be doing very severe tariffs if we don't have a deal in XX days. Tariffs that are about XXX% we call them secondary tariffs" Trump said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 15:20:34 UTC 1.9M followers, 107.3K engagements
"⚡ Belgium-based holder of frozen Russian funds opposes expanding investment risk amid Ukraine aid push" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 12:33:25 UTC 1.9M followers, 38.1K engagements
"After two days of talks and panel discussions in Rome at the fourth Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) there was one topic that stood out from the rest: critical minerals" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 13:00:14 UTC 1.9M followers, 33.8K engagements
"The Kyiv Independent spoke with Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silia following Donald Trump's announcement of his deal with NATO to arm Ukraine and his threat to impose severe sanctions on Russia if it doesn't reach a deal with Ukraine within XX days" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 14:38:42 UTC 1.9M followers, 47.8K engagements
"Teimuraz Janashia former head of the Special Guard Service was also convicted in the case and fined 300000 Georgian lari ($108000) for abuse of office. Both men denied the charges calling the trial politically motivated" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-03-12 08:16:43 UTC 1.9M followers, 34.6K engagements
"The Kyiv Independent staff documented what it feels like to live and sleep in Kyiv as Russia intensifies its attacks on the city. Filmed over several weeks our journalists take shelter in bathrooms and basements as explosions ring out overhead" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-10 15:51:38 UTC 1.9M followers, 59.3K engagements
"⚡Zelensky describes phone call with Trump as 'best conversation in all this time.' President Volodymyr Zelensky described his recent phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump as "the best conversation in all this time" in an evening address on July 5" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-05 19:38:13 UTC 1.9M followers, 116.2K engagements
"⚡ Orban urges EU action over Ukraine's conscription practices. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban repeated accusations against Kyiv over the death of a Ukrainian conscript of Hungarian ethnicity" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 11:19:41 UTC 1.9M followers, 37.1K engagements
"While fighting a war of survival against Russia Ukraine must not turn into its authoritarian neighbor. As Ukraines main independent English-language media outlet we have a duty to acknowledge and expose this threat" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 21:07:26 UTC 1.9M followers, 103.5K engagements
"For several weeks there has been a U.S. proposal for an unconditional ceasefire. And almost every day in response to this proposal there are Russian drones bombs artillery shelling and ballistic strikes Volodymyr Zelensky said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-03-31 00:33:45 UTC 1.9M followers, 60.9K engagements
"⚡The Netherlands pledges over $XXX million for Ukraine's reconstruction economic strengthening. The Netherlands has pledged $XXX million for Ukraine's reconstruction Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp announced at the Ukraine Recovery Conference" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-11 05:06:05 UTC 1.9M followers, 38.4K engagements
"⚡'50 days is a very long time' EU welcomes new US action on Ukraine hesitant on timeline Kallas says" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 00:00:52 UTC 1.9M followers, 50.2K engagements
"⚡Trump to send weapons to Ukraine for first time via presidential power sources tell Reuters. Until now the Trump administration's military aid to Ukraine had only consisted of weapons authorized by former President Joe Biden" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-10 20:51:24 UTC 1.9M followers, 55.3K engagements
"⚡Germany ready to buy US Patriot systems for Ukraine Merz says" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-10 14:02:36 UTC 1.9M followers, 40.6K engagements
"⚡Update: Russian forces attack Kharkiv overnight targeting maternity hospital injuring patients. "Women in labor with children women after surgery. Fortunately there were no children among the victims" President Volodymyr Zelensky said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-11 09:06:00 UTC 1.9M followers, 34.7K engagements
"⚡Smoke rising near Russian battery plant amid reported Ukrainian drone attack. The facility reportedly manufactures parts for the Iskander system and cruise missiles which Russia has been increasingly using to target Ukrainian cities" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 09:36:10 UTC 1.9M followers, 34.3K engagements
"⚡ Ukraine passes bill to withdraw from anti-personnel mine ban treaty. The vote passed by XXX deputies with XX abstaining and none voting against" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 11:49:29 UTC 1.9M followers, 52.3K engagements
"⚡ North Korea to send up to 30000 more troops to aid Russia's war against Ukraine CNN reports" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-02 12:32:59 UTC 1.9M followers, 234K engagements
"⚡Hegseth reportedly authorized Ukraine weapons shipment pause without informing White House. Sources told CNN that Hegseth who currently lacks a chief of staff or senior advisers believed the move aligned with Trump's "America First" priorities" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-09 06:44:21 UTC 1.9M followers, 62.5K 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" @KyivIndependent on X 2024-04-30 10:25:43 UTC 1.9M followers, 57.3K engagements
"⚡ 'Torture was not just cruel it was inhuman' Ukrainian soldier dies weeks after release from Russian captivity" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-08 12:17:03 UTC 1.9M followers, 45K engagements
"The Ukrainian tryzub is instantly recognizable as the central element of Ukraine's modern coat of arms. But beyond its official role the tryzub has taken on profound symbolic meaning in recent years amid Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-13 10:12:14 UTC 1.9M followers, 44.7K engagements
"⚡Denmark Sweden back funding US weapons for Ukraine" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 18:59:54 UTC 1.9M followers, 42.8K engagements
"Minerals are the talk of the town ahead of Ukraines largest reconstruction and recovery conference hosted this year in Rome writes business reporter Dominic Culverwell" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-09 17:32:17 UTC 1.9M followers, 40.2K engagements
"⚡Lukashenko regime designates exiled Belarusian opposition body as 'terrorist organization.' Dictator Alexander Lukashenko's regime often labels organizations that oppose its policies as terrorists or extremists in order to ban their activities" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-10 10:06:11 UTC 1.9M followers, 33K engagements
"⚡Finland bans Russians Belarusians from buying property over security concerns. A new Finnish law barring real estate purchases by Russian & Belarusian citizens took effect July XX as part of efforts to strengthen Finlands national security" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 01:17:16 UTC 1.9M followers, 130.3K engagements
"⚡Russia targets Kyiv western Ukraine with mass attack second night in a row. Fires blazed at residential buildings in Kyiv during a mass drone attack on July XX. The assault comes a day after Russia launched its largest aerial strike against Ukraine" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-09 23:31:22 UTC 1.9M followers, 45.3K engagements
"⚡Slovakia seeks EU guarantees on Russian gas phase-out ahead of sanctions deal Reuters report" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-12 15:00:29 UTC 1.9M followers, 43.1K engagements
"⚡PM Shmyhal considered for defense minister role amid upcoming cabinet reshuffle sources say" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 16:05:06 UTC 1.9M followers, 45.4K engagements
"⚡SBU claims liquidation of Russian agents responsible for killing officer in Kyiv. The alleged Russian agents were killed during a shootout in an SBU special operation on July XX in Kyiv Oblast according to the agency" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-13 09:26:13 UTC 1.9M followers, 46.6K engagements
"⚡'Coalition of the willing' moves to finalize command structure for future reassurance force in Ukraine" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-10 19:10:44 UTC 1.9M followers, 46.4K engagements
"⚡Norway allocates $XXX million towards Ukraine's cyber defenses joins international cybersecurity mechanism" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-12 02:43:07 UTC 1.9M followers, 64.9K engagements
"⚡Ukraine EU launch $XXX million military innovation partnership" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-11 15:06:39 UTC 1.9M followers, 33.4K engagements
""In these fraught times the New York Times has made a seemingly deliberate and very self-aware choice to paint a picture of this war without the understanding of who is in the right and who is in the wrong" writes Francis Farrell in this op-ed" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 20:32:06 UTC 1.9M followers, 54.1K engagements
"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of July XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-12 07:09:58 UTC 1.9M followers, 45.9K engagements
"⚡ 'He wants to take all of it' Putin reportedly told Trump he'll intensify eastern Ukraine offensive over next two months" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 06:31:49 UTC 1.9M followers, 50.9K engagements
"⚡EU considering tougher Russian oil price cap as bloc aims to pass 18th sanctions package Bloomberg reports. The EU is considering imposing a new Russian oil price cap as part of its 18th sanctions package against Moscow Bloomberg reported on July 11" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-11 22:02:46 UTC 1.9M followers, 41.2K engagements
"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of July XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 06:33:29 UTC 1.9M followers, 40.6K engagements
"Shevchenko who has been in custody since November 2024 on treason charges now faces an additional charge of embezzling Hr XXXX million ($350000) from a Ukrainian company that was purchasing fertilizers in Belarus" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-11 10:48:40 UTC 1.9M followers, 33.8K engagements
"⚡Patriot missiles bound for Ukraine already being shipped Trump says. "They're already being shipped" Donald Trump told reporters when asked about Patriot missiles and other weaponry. "And in all cases the United States gets paid back in full."" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 06:13:37 UTC 1.9M followers, 35.3K engagements
"While Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said the sanctions package itself is not objectionable his government has blocked the proposal over concerns about a separate EU plan to fully phase out Russian gas imports by 2028" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-12 15:00:48 UTC 1.9M followers, 38.6K engagements
"⚡EU fails to approve new Russia sanctions as Slovakia holds up vote. "The government coalition rejects the imbecile proposal of the European Commission to stop the flow of Russian gas from 2028" Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 19:55:45 UTC 1.9M followers, 41.7K engagements
"⚡ X killed XX injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over past day. Russian forces launched XXX drones against Ukraine overnight including up to XXX Shahed-type drones as well as one Iskander-M ballistic missile the Air Force said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 07:07:39 UTC 1.9M followers, 35.2K engagements
"⚡ Ex-minister's home searched in connection with controversial lawmaker's fraud case. Former Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov has denied any involvement in lawmaker Yevhenii Shevchenko's fraud case" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-11 10:48:33 UTC 1.9M followers, 36.7K engagements
"⚡ X killed XX injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day. Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched XX drones overnight including Iranian-designed Shahed-type attack drones and fired four S-300/400 guided missiles" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-08 08:15:06 UTC 1.9M followers, 34.7K engagements
"⚡ 'Unbearable' EU's Kallas raises alarm over Russia's escalating chemical warfare in Ukraine. "Again it shows that Russia wants to cause as much pain and suffering as possible so that Ukraine would surrender" Kaja Kallas said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 09:14:57 UTC 1.9M followers, 49.4K engagements
"⚡ 'We are doubling the Ukraine Facility' EU proposes XXX billion euros for Ukraine aid fund in 20282034 budget" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 16:23:41 UTC 1.9M followers, 36K engagements
"U.S. President Donald Trump said during a briefing on July XX that his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky should not strike the Russian capital" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 19:50:08 UTC 1.9M followers, 48.5K engagements
"⚡Ukraine's 2026 budget could face $19B shortfall as Europe weighs how to fill the gap FT reports. The European Commission is discussing with EU member states various options to cover Ukraine's budget deficit for next year which could range from $X billion to $XX billion the Financial Times reported on July X. The financial hole in Ukraine's budget is linked to reduced U.S. support and the lack of prospects for a swift ceasefire with Russia that Europe had hoped for the Financial Times reported" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-08 20:32:14 UTC 1.9M followers, 59.2K engagements
"Estonia may veto the European Union's 18th sanctions package against Moscow if the Russian oil price cap is not lowered Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhna told Estonian outlet ERR in an article published July 9" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-10 04:20:55 UTC 1.9M followers, 41.8K engagements
"⚡Germany won't supply Ukraine with Taurus missiles urges weapons makers to step up defense minister says" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 02:53:09 UTC 1.9M followers, 62.9K engagements
"⚡Congressional sanctions on hold as Trump threatens Russia with 'severe' tariffs. Senate Majority Leader John Thune indicated on July XX that the Senate would likely delay advancing a significant package of sanctions targeting Russia's trading partners" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 03:35:54 UTC 1.9M followers, 143.6K engagements
"⚡ Update: Zelensky unveils new cabinet nominees in major government reshuffle" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 18:32:32 UTC 1.9M followers, 38.3K engagements
"President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Russia's intention to drastically escalate its drone attacks potentially launching up to 1000 drones per day but said that Ukraine already has effective countermeasures" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-11 00:12:18 UTC 1.9M followers, 36.9K engagements
"⚡US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal sources tell Reuters. The U.S. first raised the prospect of shutting off Starlink service after Zelensky rejected the deal presented on Feb. 12" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-02-22 05:46:34 UTC 1.9M followers, 31.5M engagements
"⚡3.5 billion euros in new funds pledged for Ukraine's reconstruction after Recovery Conference ministry says" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-13 15:18:24 UTC 1.9M followers, 54.1K engagements
"Trump's position on Ukraine and his support for the country's fight against Russia's full-scale invasion has been a rollercoaster ride yet there are signs that Kyiv is currently at an all-time high point of his presidency" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-09 13:34:52 UTC 1.9M followers, 31.6K engagements
"In this edition: thePrague-domiciled conglomerate Colt CZ has set up assembly of its Bren X assault rifles inside Ukraine with its head telling the Kyiv Independent that the companys goal is to get rid of Ukrainian dependence on Soviet weapons" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-03-12 19:46:58 UTC 1.9M followers, 41.8K engagements
"⚡Estonia may veto EU's 18th sanctions package if Russian oil price cap not lowered foreign minister says" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-10 04:20:47 UTC 1.9M followers, 49.6K engagements
"⚡ OCCRP: Russian oligarch Abramovichs companies supply materials for Russian military. Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) investigation shows Roman Abramovichs steelmaker Evraz group supplied steel to the military that could have been used to make tanks" @KyivIndependent on X 2022-08-28 10:45:06 UTC 1.9M followers, 2611 engagements
"⚡Hungarian foreign fighter killed in Ukraine fighting against Russia media reports. Benjamin Aser originally from Hungary was previously a contracted soldier in the Hungarian Defense Forces" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-12 07:56:27 UTC 1.9M followers, 38K engagements
"⚡Sweden to transfer air defense systems to Ukraine estimated at $XXX million. Sweden has announced a transfer of air defense systems worth XXX billion Swedish krona (approximately $XXX million) to Ukraine Svenska Dagbladet reported on Feb. 23" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-02-24 03:57:49 UTC 1.9M followers, 70.1K engagements
"President Volodymyr Zelensky has unveiled a new slate of cabinet nominees as part of a sweeping government shake-up that replaced the prime minister and dissolved the entire cabinet" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 18:32:37 UTC 1.9M followers, 34.2K engagements
"The stakes for Ukraine are existential and the turbulence of Kyiv-Washington relations since Trump took office means the country and the rest of Europe has had to imagine and plan for a life without the U.S. but next door to Russia" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-12 14:18:07 UTC 1.9M followers, 40.8K engagements
"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of July X according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-08 06:30:46 UTC 1.9M followers, 46.3K engagements
"⚡Balkan countries release joint statement supporting Ukrainian NATO accession after summit. The joint summit declaration was released by Ukraine and the Croatian government on July 12" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-13 13:00:56 UTC 1.9M followers, 67.7K engagements
"⚡ Russia's summer offensive becomes its costliest campaign during Ukraine invasion Economist reports. The Economist estimates roughly 31000 Russian soldiers were killed in the offensive so far" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-10 13:35:45 UTC 1.9M followers, 41.5K engagements
"⚡ After rejecting ceasefire Russia calls on West to 'pressure' Ukraine toward negotiations. "Many statements have been made. but we want to hope that pressure is being exerted on the Ukrainian side" Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 14:30:31 UTC 1.9M followers, 31.5K engagements
"⚡Update: 'I don't think XX days is very long' Trump defends timeline for Putin deal. Trump was asked why Russia needed XX more days to attack Ukraine before agreeing to a peace deal. "I don't think XX days is very long" he said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 20:28:33 UTC 1.9M followers, 59.9K engagements
"Germany won't supply Ukraine with Taurus cruise missiles but will provide Kyiv with Patriot air defense systems purchased from the U.S. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in an interview with the Financial Times released on July 13" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 02:53:19 UTC 1.9M followers, 48.4K engagements
"⚡ Putin signs decree allowing foreigners to serve in Russian army during mobilization. Russian President Vladimir Putin's partial mobilization decree from Sept. XX 2022 remains in force and has never been formally rescinded" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-08 12:18:19 UTC 1.9M followers, 70.4K engagements
"⚡ Update: Prime minister submits resignation amid cabinet reshuffle. "Thank you to the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky for the trust" Denys Shmyhal said on his Telegram channel" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 12:41:58 UTC 1.9M followers, 35.1K engagements
"On July XX the New York Times published a field report from Russia's Kursk Oblast about the aftermath of Ukraine's seven-month-long incursion. The Kyiv Independent picked five times the author failed to provide due context and is filling in the gaps" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 21:31:48 UTC 1.9M followers, 43.2K engagements
"⚡Denmark to provide European-produced satellite communication services to Ukraine's military. Denmark will provide Ukraine's military with European-made satellite services amid Russia's war the Danish Defense Ministry announced on July 14" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 21:35:38 UTC 1.9M followers, 46.7K engagements
"⚡ Iran reportedly preparing to mine Strait of Hormuz a possible boon for Russia's Ukraine war coffers. If the Strait were mined Iran could block one-fifth of global oil demand and spike world energy prices a boon for Russia's oil-dependent economy" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-02 17:43:26 UTC 1.9M followers, 50.9K engagements
"⚡ Diplomatic means in Russia-Ukraine war 'exhausted' Germany's Merz warns as he pledges further aid" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-09 10:19:40 UTC 1.9M followers, 81.1K engagements
"⚡Trump promises 'major statement' on Russia reveals new NATO weapons deal for Ukraine. In a July XX interview w/ NBC News U.S. President Trump said he plans to make a "major statement" on Russia next week & revealed a new NATO weapons deal for Ukraine" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-11 03:09:38 UTC 1.9M followers, 54.8K engagements
"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of July XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-11 05:01:33 UTC 1.9M followers, 45.8K engagements
"⚡EU mulls creating XXX billion euro fund for Ukraine in next budget Bloomberg reports" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-09 02:41:29 UTC 1.9M followers, 48K engagements
"⚡ Zelensky proposes former Prime Minister Shmyhal as Ukraine's new defense minister. "Today I have already signed documents to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine regarding Denys Shmyhal as the new defense minister" President Volodymyr Zelensky said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 17:11:12 UTC 1.9M followers, 33.6K engagements
"⚡Germany-funded long-range weapons to arrive in Ukraine by late July general says. Christian Freuding confirmed that the weapons systems' initial deliveries are expected in July. The arms will be supplied in a "high triple-digit quantity" he said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-12 09:53:45 UTC 1.9M followers, 65.6K engagements
"Explosions rocked Ukrainian cities overnight on July XX as Russia once again launched waves of drones and missiles across the country a day after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Russia has XX days to strike a peace deal or face stiff tariffs" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 19:14:30 UTC 1.9M followers, 34.7K engagements
"⚡Kremlin calls Trump's tariff warnings 'quite serious.' "This statement from the U.S. president is quite serious. Some of what he said appears to be addressed personally to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin" Peskov told reporters" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 11:00:41 UTC 1.9M followers, 35.3K engagements
"Trump threatens Russia with "severe" tariffs if no Ukraine deal reached in XX days; Some Patriot air defense systems and missiles may arrive in Ukraine "within days" Trump says; and more" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 19:52:35 UTC 1.9M followers, 43.1K engagements
"Failure to do so by Sept. X when the official monitoring period begins could result in fines of 25000 Georgian lari ($9200)" @KyivIndependent on X 2024-08-01 07:50:15 UTC 1.9M followers, 43.4K engagements
"Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal is being considered for the role of Ukraines Defense Minister as part of an anticipated government reshuffle two sources close to the Defense Ministry told the Kyiv Independent on July 14" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 16:05:16 UTC 1.9M followers, 35K engagements
"⚡Ukraine UK pen deal for Thales air defense missile supply. The U.K. committed to producing Thales-produced missiles for Western air defense systems used in Ukraine over the next XX years in a XXX billion ($3.1 billion) project" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-10 14:19:26 UTC 1.9M followers, 36.2K engagements
"⚡Russia's crude exports fall to lowest level since February. Russia's crude oil shipments have dropped to their lowest level since February as refinery processing outpaces production growth and trims available export volumes Bloomberg reported on July X. Seaborne crude flows averaged XXXX million barrels a day over the four weeks to July X a X% decline from the previous period ending June XX according to tanker-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-08 16:19:24 UTC 1.9M followers, 44K engagements
"⚡At least XX killed XX injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over past day. Russia launched XXX aerial weapons overnight including XXX Shahed-type drones various decoy UAVs and XX Kh-101 cruise missiles the Air Force said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-12 09:08:36 UTC 1.9M followers, 57.2K engagements
"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of July XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 06:09:44 UTC 1.9M followers, 47.8K engagements
"⚡'The game is about to change' Republican Senator Graham says he expects influx of US weapons shipments to Ukraine ahead of Trump's 'major' announcement" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-13 19:09:02 UTC 1.9M followers, 69K engagements
"⚡French army chief says France faces Russia as 'main enemy in Europe' amid rising threats. The head of the French army attributed Russia's view of Paris as a primary adversary largely to France's support for Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-12 21:17:21 UTC 1.9M followers, 46.9K engagements
"The Kremlin's grip on the Russian elite appears to be closing ever tighter as two major figures of Russian business and security structures were detained in the past few days" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-09 16:53:21 UTC 1.9M followers, 44.7K engagements
"⚡American who spied for Kremlin from inside Ukraine receives Russian citizenship. Daniel Martindale an American who provided intelligence to the Kremlin while living in Ukraine was granted Russian citizenship on July 15" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 03:51:06 UTC 1.9M followers, 53.7K engagements
"⚡ Ukraine's parliament set to dismiss government on July XX amid cabinet reshuffle. The vote will formalize the reshuffle initiated by President Volodymyr Zelensky on July XX when he nominated Yuliia Svyrydenko to lead the government" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 12:03:59 UTC 1.9M followers, 33.3K engagements
"Located in far-western Ukraine the city of Lutsk has largely avoided the mass Russian missile and drone attacks that regularly terrorize cities further east. That has all changed over the last few weeks" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-10 17:12:04 UTC 1.9M followers, 32.9K engagements
"⚡Update: X killed XX injured as Kyiv slammed with drones ballistic missiles in Russian mass attack against Ukraine for 2nd night in row" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-10 03:36:32 UTC 1.9M followers, 49.9K engagements
"⚡ Trump says US will 'take a look' at sending new Patriot system to Ukraine amid Russian attacks. "They're getting hit hard very hard. So we're looking at it" U.S. President Donald Trump said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-09 18:25:45 UTC 1.9M followers, 62.8K engagements
"President Donald Trump on July XX announced the U.S. would impose "severe tariffs" on Russia unless Moscow agrees to a deal to end the war in Ukraine within XX days but experts who spoke to the Kyiv Independent say the plan is deeply flawed" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 18:12:30 UTC 1.9M followers, 35.6K engagements
"⚡ Russia's VTB Bank has opened applications for preferential mortgages in the Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine's Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts Interfax reported on Oct. 30" @KyivIndependent on X 2024-10-30 14:21:07 UTC 1.9M followers, 41.1K engagements
"⚡ European partners reportedly caught off guard as US halts arms shipments to Ukraine. According to Bloomberg some European allies hope the Trump administration will soften or reverse the decision" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-02 17:20:02 UTC 1.9M followers, 126.7K engagements
""Constructive dialogue between Russia and the U.S. will always achieve more than the tired destructive language of pressure" Kirill Dmitriev head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund wrote" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 09:36:55 UTC 1.9M followers, 39.4K engagements
"⚡Russia launched over 1800 drones on Ukraine in one week Zelensky says. Over 1200 glide bombs and XX missiles of various types were also launched on Ukraine in the past week President Volodymyr Zelensky said on July 13" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-13 11:18:13 UTC 1.9M followers, 49.7K engagements
"⚡BREAKING: Trump says US will send Patriot missiles to Ukraine. President Donald Trump announced on July XX that the U.S. will send additional Patriot air-defense batteries to Ukraine but added that the U.S. would be reimbursed for their cost" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 01:09:38 UTC 1.9M followers, 78.9K engagements
"⚡Putin backs 'zero enrichment' in new Iran nuclear deal sources tell Axios. Russia's position conveyed to Donald Trump and Iranian officials marks a notable shift given Russia's historical public advocacy for Iran's right to enrich" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-12 17:20:05 UTC 1.9M followers, 47.1K engagements
"After U.S. President Donald Trump on July XX threatened to impose severe tariffs on Russia in XX days if there is no peace deal with Ukraine the highly-anticipated statement was met largely with indifference and even relief among Russian commentators" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 14:55:42 UTC 1.9M followers, 35K engagements
"⚡ Raiffeisen halts plans to sell Russian subsidiary FT reports. Raiffeisen Bank International has suspended efforts to sell its unit in Russia amid warming ties between Moscow and Washington the Financial Times reported" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-04-18 09:28:05 UTC 1.9M followers, 32.7K engagements
"⚡Congress ready to move forward on Russia sanctions bill but Trump wants changes Politico reports. "Senate Republicans are committed to working with the House and White House to get this legislation through Congress and on to the president's desk."" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-09 23:35:43 UTC 1.9M followers, 46.8K engagements
"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of July XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-10 06:18:18 UTC 1.9M followers, 43K engagements
"⚡ Ukraine's parliament dismisses prime minister and his cabinet. The move comes after President Volodymyr Zelensky tapped First Deputy Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko to replace Denys Shmyhal after he had held the office for more than five years" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 12:16:41 UTC 1.9M followers, 30.4K engagements
"⚡ 'Cut off the head' Ukrainian intelligence accuses 'Putin's favorite' brigade of another war crime" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-12 08:19:33 UTC 1.9M followers, 42.5K engagements
"⚡Poland's president-elect urges Ukraine to allow full exhumations of Volyn massacre victims despite resumed work. Karol Nawrocki said the victims "do not cry out for revenge but for a cross a grave and memory."" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-12 10:41:48 UTC 1.9M followers, 47.2K engagements
"The Ukraine-U.S. Reconstruction Investment Fund will provide opportunities not only for U.S. companies but also for other countries representatives of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-11 16:15:44 UTC 1.9M followers, 38.8K engagements
"These are the indicative estimates of Russias combat losses as of July XX according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 06:28:51 UTC 1.9M followers, 44.3K engagements
"⚡ Norway pledges $XXX million for Ukraine's emergency energy support green recovery. According to the Energy Ministry the initiative will restore heating and water services to millions of Ukrainians particularly in front-line communities" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-11 08:42:37 UTC 1.9M followers, 29.9K engagements
"⚡BRICS summit statement condemns attacks on Russian railways avoids urging Russia to cease war efforts in Ukraine. BRICS summit participants condemned recent attacks on Russias railway infrastructure according to a joint declaration on July X from Rio de Janeiro. The declaration also called for a sustainable peace settlement between Russia and Ukraine" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-07 03:00:55 UTC 1.9M followers, 73.9K engagements
"⚡Zelensky urges US senators to 'increase sanctions pressure on Russia.' President Zelensky met with U.S. Senators Graham & Blumenthal on July XX urging stronger Russia sanctions & emphasizing the need for international pressure to end Moscow's war" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-11 03:10:25 UTC 1.9M followers, 41.1K engagements
"⚡ Trump reportedly asked Zelensky if Ukraine could strike Moscow. Donald Trump encouraged the strategy so that Russia could "feel the pain" and agree to negotiations the Financial Times reported citing its sources" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 10:20:57 UTC 1.9M followers, 46K engagements
"⚡Russia scales up propaganda operations across Africa Ukrainian intelligence says. By the end of the year Kremlin propaganda channel RT plans to launch broadcasting in Amharic for an audience in Ethiopia HUR said on July 13" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-13 14:28:32 UTC 1.9M followers, 44.5K engagements
"⚡North Korea supplied Russia with XX million rounds of 152mm shells South Korean intelligence estimates. The report estimated that North Korea could have provided Russia with around 28000 containers containing weapons and artillery shells to date" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-13 09:26:45 UTC 1.9M followers, 52.7K engagements
"⚡ Update: Russia launches record XXX missiles drones at Ukraine. Russian forces launched what seems to be the heaviest aerial assault against Ukraine during the war deploying XXX drones and XX missiles the Air Force reported on July 9" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-09 06:25:16 UTC 1.9M followers, 45.7K engagements
"⚡ US-founded extremist group claims killing of Ukrainian security service colonel in Kyiv. In a statement the local affiliate known as White Phoenix praised its "comrades" for the July XX killing of the colonel" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 15:13:27 UTC 1.9M followers, 35.7K engagements
"Russian President Vladimir Putin told U.S. President Donald Trump that Moscow intended to continue offensive operations until it secured the full administrative borders of occupied Ukrainian regions" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 06:31:58 UTC 1.9M followers, 39.8K engagements
"A recent mass layoff in the U.S. State Department included several senior analysts of the department's intelligence arm who were focusing on Russia and Ukraine the New York Times (NYT) reported on July XX citing former and current officials" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 10:17:10 UTC 1.9M followers, 34K engagements
"⚡ EU aims to mobilize up to $XX billion for Ukraine's recovery under new agreements" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-10 11:28:57 UTC 1.9M followers, 35.7K engagements
"⚡Norway to deploy F-35 fighter jets to Poland to protect Ukrainian aid hub. "We are helping ensure that support to Ukraine reaches its destination and that Ukraine can continue its fight for freedom" Norwegian Defense Minister Tore Sandvik said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-06-30 20:21:23 UTC 1.9M followers, 94.5K engagements
"⚡Former Wagner fighter seeks asylum in Finland after fleeing across Russian border media reports. The man identified only as Yevgeny reportedly served in a Wagner assault unit and fought in eastern Ukraine including in Bakhmut and around Selydove" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-12 12:46:22 UTC 1.9M followers, 40.7K engagements
"⚡Explosions reported in Kyiv. Explosions occurred in Ukraine's capital around XX p.m. local time on July XX according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-11 20:39:46 UTC 1.9M followers, 48K engagements
"⚡ Ukrainian robotics company Tencore raises $XXX million in one of the largest known investments. MITS Capital has invested $XXXX million in Tencore a Ukrainian company that manufactures military robots deployed on the front lines against Russia" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-11 11:31:24 UTC 1.9M followers, 42.8K 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" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-03-07 02:42:41 UTC 1.9M followers, 50.3K engagements
"⚡ X Ukrainians made Forbes' ranking of wealthiest immigrants in US. Three of them have built their wealth in technology through companies like WhatsApp OnlyFans PayPal and Affirm reflecting Ukraine's growing reputation as a technology powerhouse" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 11:29:06 UTC 1.9M followers, 29.6K engagements
"⚡Russia blames Western sanctions for collapse of UN food deal. A day earlier the UN announced that the three-year agreement would end July XX. The deal "will not be renewed" because of disagreements a source close to the discussions told the AFP" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-12 23:51:40 UTC 1.9M followers, 47.5K engagements
"⚡Putin unfazed by Trump's threats plans to fight on in Ukraine Reuters reports. Putin reportedly sees no reason to back down. Instead the undisclosed sources say Putin is confident Russia's military and economy can withstand additional pressure" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 07:53:45 UTC 1.9M followers, 36.3K engagements
""On the one hand Im happy about the wave of support from the U.S." Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. "But on the other hand I do not understand why Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is being given XX days."" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 07:26:05 UTC 1.9M followers, 33.4K engagements
"Trump considering sending new funds to Ukraine for first time since taking office CBS News reports. The funds could come from $XXXX billion in Presidential Drawdown Authority from the Biden administration or from frozen Russian assets officials said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-13 01:11:08 UTC 1.9M followers, 52K engagements
"⚡5 EU members reportedly unhappy with new Ukraine trade deal. Five EU member states are unhappy with a new trade agreement between Ukraine and the bloc European Pravda reported on July XX citing several EU diplomats" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 20:33:25 UTC 1.9M followers, 42.9K engagements
"⚡ Germany says EU discussing 'more than 3' Patriot air defense systems for Ukraine. "From the EU perspective the talks are about more than three Patriot systems for Ukraine" a German government spokesperson said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 14:18:35 UTC 1.9M followers, 36.3K engagements
"⚡ Russia must pay at least XXX billion euros in compensation to Ukraine Germany's Merz says" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-11 09:14:02 UTC 1.9M followers, 53.6K engagements
"Earlier Ukraine's Air Force warned of the threat of drone and missile strikes against several regions including Kyiv. Air defense has been active in the capital" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-11 20:39:46 UTC 1.9M followers, 43.3K engagements
"Rubio discusses 'new approach' to ending Russian war in talks with Lavrov despite US 'frustration'; U.S. reportedly resumes some arms deliveries to Ukraine after pause; and more" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-10 20:16:06 UTC 1.9M followers, 39.2K engagements
"⚡'Why such a delay' - Kyiv mayor questions Trump's 50-day deadline to Russia" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 07:25:42 UTC 1.9M followers, 37.9K engagements
"⚡Trump envoy Steve Witkoff pushing to lift energy sanctions on Russia Politico reports. While Steve Witkoff is reportedly advocating for the easing of energy sanctions others in the administration disagree" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-04 10:11:40 UTC 1.9M followers, 68.7K engagements
"⚡ Trump claims he threatened Putin to 'bomb the sht out of Moscow' if Russia attacked Ukraine CNN reports. "With Putin I said 'If you go into Ukraine Im going to bomb the sht out of Moscow'" Trump told a group of donors in 2024 CNN reported" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-09 06:06:40 UTC 1.9M followers, 53.5K engagements
"The chief executive of Euroclear told the FT that the EU's proposal would amount to "expropriation" forced seizure because if Russia demands the assets back in the future they would not be available" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 12:33:48 UTC 1.9M followers, 34.2K engagements
"The teasing of U.S. President Donald Trump's "big announcement" on Russia had raised hopes in Ukraine over the weekend that the White House was finally going to pressure Moscow to end its full-scale invasion. Those hopes would not be met" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 18:22:34 UTC 1.9M followers, 40.6K engagements
"⚡Kremlin welcomes partial pause in US arms shipments to Ukraine says it brings war's end closer. "The fewer weapons that are supplied to Ukraine the closer the end of the. (Russia-Ukraine war)" Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-02 10:43:17 UTC 1.9M followers, 138.6K engagements
"⚡ Zelensky arrives in Italy to meet Pope Leo Kellogg. President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Rome on July X and is set to meet with Pope Leo XIV Suspilne broadcaster reported citing the presidential spokesperson" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-09 09:45:38 UTC 1.9M followers, 39K engagements
"⚡'Impeccable results' New Skynex video shows Ukrainian forces destroying Russian drones with German gun. Filmed in an undisclosed location the video shows Ukrainian soldiers shooting down multiple Russian targets with a Skynex air defense system" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-12 22:20:25 UTC 1.9M followers, 64.1K engagements
""With XXX billion euros in agreements signed we aim to unlock up to XX billion euros in investments to rebuild homes reopen hospitals revive businesses and secure energy" Ursula von der Leyen said at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome on July 10" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-10 11:29:15 UTC 1.9M followers, 32.7K engagements
"⚡US-Ukraine minerals fund looks for manager as critical resources deal advances. The U.S. governments development finance agency has started looking for a company to manage a joint U.S.-Ukraine investment fund Ukraines Economy Ministry said July 15" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 21:01:09 UTC 1.9M followers, 65.3K engagements
"⚡ Germany Norway ready to buy X Patriots for Ukraine Zelensky says. President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine needs a total of XX Patriots and voiced hope that other European partners will join the new financing scheme" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-11 05:55:17 UTC 1.9M followers, 39.7K engagements
"⚡Trump says he's 'disappointed but not done' with Putin. U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed a deal with Moscow had been close on four separate occasions" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 07:08:54 UTC 1.9M followers, 36.4K engagements
"⚡'They have to be able to defend themselves' Trump confirms additional weapons shipments to Ukraine criticizes Putin" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-08 01:22:24 UTC 1.9M followers, 54.1K engagements
"⚡China pledges deeper support for Russia amid Trump tariff threats. Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that mutual trust between the two countries had "deepened" and called on both sides to "strengthen mutual support on multilateral forums."" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 13:07:17 UTC 1.9M followers, 36.6K engagements
"⚡Trump mulls sending Kyiv another Patriot air defense system WSJ reports. If approved it would mark the first time Trump has sent a major military aid package to Kyiv that wasn't previously greenlighted by Joe Biden" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-08 23:19:05 UTC 1.9M followers, 42.8K engagements
"⚡ Belarus shoots down Russian drone Ukraine's HUR claims. Russian Shahed-type drones regularly breach Belarusian airspace as they fly towards Ukrainian cities during mass attacks which have escalated significantly over recent weeks" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 06:42:05 UTC 1.9M followers, 43.5K engagements
"⚡ US State Department fires Russia and Ukraine analysts in recent layoffs NYT reports" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 10:17:04 UTC 1.9M followers, 41.1K engagements
"Russia's Foreign Ministry on July XX dismissed as "defamation" reports claiming that President Vladimir Putin had privately encouraged Iran to accept a "zero enrichment" agreement regarding its nuclear program" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-13 23:03:00 UTC 1.9M followers, 45.6K engagements
"Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on July XX cautioned the United States South Korea and Japan against forming a security partnership specifically targeting North Korea" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-12 20:33:20 UTC 1.9M followers, 106.6K engagements
"⚡France Italy reportedly opt out of US-NATO arms deal for Ukraine. France declined to join the plan because of Macron's push for European nations to strengthen their own defense industries by purchasing domestically produced arms Politico reported" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-16 09:02:20 UTC 1.9M followers, 100.9K engagements
"U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks come after the Financial Times (FT) reported citing undisclosed sources that he asked President Volodymyr Zelensky whether Kyiv could strike Moscow or St Petersburg if provided with long-range U.S. weapons" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-15 18:03:54 UTC 1.9M followers, 35.5K engagements
"⚡ As Trump pledges more Patriot systems US envoy Kellogg arrives in Kyiv. "There are many topics to discuss" Ukraine's Presidential Office head Andriy Yermak said" @KyivIndependent on X 2025-07-14 07:11:05 UTC 1.9M followers, 38.8K engagements