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Audience Development Manager @ the Kyiv Independent

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“I just hope that Putin is as confused as we are.”

19.02.2025 21:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Who started the war in Ukraine? U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on Feb. 18 that Ukraine "should have never started" the war.

U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on Feb. 18 that Ukraine "should have never started" the war.

19.02.2025 10:45 — 👍 251    🔁 55    💬 64    📌 32
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Ukrainian publishing house Osnovy wants to 'fill gap caused by 70 years of Soviet rule' Editor’s note: This article is part of a series of profiles highlighting successful Ukrainian startups and businesses. The series is funded by the regional investment fund Ukraine-Moldova American Ent...

The publishing house Osnovy is as old as independent Ukraine. Founded in 1992 by Canadian citizen Bohdan Kravchenko and Ukrainian citizen Solomiya Pavlychko, it was the first publishing house in the country to translate world classics into Ukrainian and has since published over 400 titles.

05.12.2024 20:41 — 👍 152    🔁 24    💬 2    📌 1
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Belarusian soldiers fighting for Ukraine say time is running out for their brother-in-arms extradited to Belarus In Alexander Lukashenko's Belarus, helping to defend Ukraine against Russia gets you labeled as a terrorist. Vasil Verameichyk, a Belarusian who enlisted in Ukraine's Armed Forces just four days afte...


Belarusian-born Vasil Verameichyk enlisted in Ukraine’s Armed Forces to help fight off Russia. Now, he's on trial in Belarus, where death penalty is legal and fair courts are not.

05.12.2024 20:58 — 👍 164    🔁 40    💬 1    📌 0
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Ukrainian teenager illegally taken from Mariupol to Russia returns to Ukraine Bohdan Yermokhin, a Ukrainian teenager who was illegally deported by Russia from occupied Mariupol, has successfully left Russia and returned to Ukraine after trying to do so for months. He arrived ba...

Bohdan Yermokhin, a Ukrainian teenager who was illegally deported by Russia from occupied Mariupol, has successfully left Russia and returned to Ukraine after trying to do so for months, according to the Kyiv Independent's sources and Russian opposition media reports.

19.11.2023 17:43 — 👍 43    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 1
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Bulgaria's Soviet stockpiles and large defense industry may be key to Ukraine's success Bulgaria has had to walk a fine line, trying to covertly support Ukraine without provoking Russia. The Balkan state has been historically influenced by Moscow. Opinions on Ukraine are split among its...

kyivindependent.com/despite-stro...

20.11.2023 09:17 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

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