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Ukraine’s infamously corrupt former president ousted following the culmination of the EuroMaidan Revolution in 2014 — making an ugly return? Hopefully not, but that’s what some in the business community in Ukraine are saying after recent news made headlines that investment banker and head of Kyiv-based Concorde Capital Ihor Mazepa was detained at the border with Poland on Jan. 18 while allegedly heading to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Mazepa, a vocal cri...

As Russia launched more than 70 drones at Kyiv on Nov. 25, European leaders were gathering in the capital to participate in the second international “Grain From Ukraine” summit. The timing was no coincidence, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky who likened Russia’s Vladimir Putin to the Soviet dictator Stalin, saying that “if he could arrange another Holodomor for Ukraine, he would do it.” Ukraine created the summit as a way to bring leaders together to...

Ukraine seems to be running circles around Russia in the Black Sea these days. Frequent Ukrainian attacks on Crimea have dealt a blow to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, while vessels are coming and going from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports in defiance of Russia exiting the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Despite exporting significantly lower volumes than the grain initiative brokered by Turkey and the UN last year, experts say Ukraine’s new trade route may be picking up steam, the Kyiv I...

The war in Ukraine has been one of duality — trench warfare and artillery battles alongside revolutionary drone tactics; cities destroyed and occupied by Russia, and calm(er) ones where life has tried its best to carry forward; references to light and darkness, good and evil. IT Arena, Ukraine’s largest annual tech event, breathed the same dualism, with events, presentations, and panels about topics such as generative AI (ChatGPT is an example) and the role of titanium in revoluti...

Zelensky thanked Stoltenberg for a "meaningful conversation" during a press briefing following their talks. The president said that both Kyiv and NATO are doing everything they can to ensure Ukraine becomes a member of the alliance as soon as possible.

Last Friday and Saturday, Ukrainian and foreign political and business leaders, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, got together in the basement of Kyiv’s Intercontinental Hotel for the Yalta European Strategy (YES) Conference. Side panel screens had Twitter posts of war updates from Ukrainian media. The message Ukraine’s officials wanted to convey?

President Volodymyr Zelensky and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron held a phone call on Sept. 3, Zelensky said on his official Telegram channel.

Episode #17 of our weekly video podcast “This Week in Ukraine” is dedicated to the Black Sea grain deal, how Russia weaponized it, and ultimately killed it. Host Anastasiia Lapatina is joined by the Kyiv Independent's reporter Alexander Query. "This Week in Ukraine" is released on YouTube and audio platforms every Friday.

The young reporters at the Kyiv Independent – Ukraine’s fledgling online English-language newspaper – have produced courageous journalism of frightening urgency

Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky told the UN General Assembly that Ukraine wants peace and justice, in his speech on Wednesday. H