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1Dec 24, '22⚡️Pink Floyd raises $600,000 for Ukraine.21.3×2.4M37k3.3k60
2Feb 27, '22⚡️⚡️⚡️BREAKING: Ukraine confirms peace talks with Russia today.6.3×0232k31k1.3k
3Mar 7, '22⚡️Hacking group Anonymous interrupts Russian state TV programs with footage of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and an anti-war message. It claims to have accessed TV channe4.4×0158k25k861
4Feb 26, '22⚡️Zelensky posts another video filmed in central Kyiv. "There's a lot of fake information online that I call on our army to lay down arms, and that there's evacuation," he said. "I3.9×0133k22k1.1k
5Feb 28, '22⚡️Switzerland adopts EU sanctions, freezes Putin's assets. Switzerland broke its historically neutral status to adopt EU sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine.3.7×0136k18k750
6Sep 30, '22⚡️BREAKING: Ukraine officially applies for NATO membership.3.2×0114k15k509
7Feb 27, '22Updated numbers of Russia's casualties and other losses as of Feb. 27, according to Ukraine's Defense Ministry.2.6×087k16k1.3k
8Mar 1, '22⚡️Ukraine’s Air Force, along with units of the army and territorial defense, destroyed a large Russian military convoy near the city of Bashtanka in Ukraine’s southern Mykolaiv reg2.6×093k14k609
9Feb 26, '22⚡️Hungary now supports cutting Russia off SWIFT. Hungary was the last EU country who opposed the measure.2.5×095k12k323
10Apr 7, '22⚡️BREAKING: UN suspends Russia from Human Rights Council.2.5×091k12k208
11Feb 26, '22Kazakhstan reportedly denies Russia's request for troops. Kazakhstan, one of Russia’s closest allies and a southern neighbor, is denying a request for its troops to join the offens2.4×092k11k683
12Mar 6, '22⚡️Zelensky: "Russia announced that tomorrow it will be bombing our defense industry enterprises. Most of them are located in our cities, with civilians around. It’s a murder, simpl2.2×071k16k348
13Feb 26, '22⚡️State Telecommunications Service: Kremlin website down. Ukraine’s telecoms agency also announced that the Russian media regulator’s site was down and that Russian TV channels had2.2×080k11k438
14Mar 6, '22⚡️Zelensky: "Today, a family of four, parents and two children, were killed in Irpin as they were trying to leave the city. We will not forgive. We will not forget."2.2×079k13k236
15Feb 28, '22⚡️Google Maps disables Google Maps’ live traffic overlay and Live Busyness, a feature that displays how popular a location may be at a given time. Google reportedly made the change2.1×086k8.5k376
16Mar 7, '22⚡️Ukrainian forces have retaken Mykolaiv airport, according to regional governor Vitaliy Kim.2.1×083k9.1k134
17Mar 3, '22⚡️Zelensky: Close the sky or give us aircraft. While speaking with media, President Zelensky called on NATO to close the sky over Ukraine. He asked how many more Ukrainians have to2.1×073k13k254
18Feb 27, '22⚡️️Zelensky doesn't believe in the positive outcome of the negotiations with Russia. "But let them try, so that no citizen of Ukraine doubts that I, as president, tried to stop the2.1×082k9.5k335
19Mar 8, '22⚡️Zelensky: “The world doesn’t believe in Russia’s future, doesn’t talk about it. They talk about us, they are helping us, they are ready to support our recovery after the war.” “B2.0×076k11k224
20Jun 23, '22⚡️ Zelensky on Ukraine's EU candidate status: "It's a victory. Now, we will defeat the enemy, rebuild Ukraine, become a EU member state, and then – we will finally rest."2.0×074k9.2k235
21Mar 14, '22⚡️ Russian state TV interrupted by "No War" protest. During the “Vremya” news program on Russia’s main TV channel, Maria Ovsyannikova, a Channel One employee, rushed in front of th2.0×066k13k414
22Mar 4, '22⚡️Three Ukrainian supermarket chains - Silpo, Novus, and Varus - stop selling Coca-Cola products as the company continues to operate in Russia.2.0×070k10k192
23Feb 28, '22⚡️Zelensky: “Already 4,500 Russian soldiers have been killed. Why did you all come here? Drop your weapons and leave, don’t trust your commanders, don’t trust your propagandists, j1.9×073k9.6k228
24Mar 12, '22⚡️SBU: Intercepted phone calls shows that Russian troops near Kharkiv were ordered to shoot at civilians, including children.1.9×048k19k640
25Mar 15, '22⚡️Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny predicts that the war with Ukraine, "planned by crazy old men," will lead to the collapse of Russia.1.8×065k9.8k284
26Mar 8, '22⚡️ Poland to supply the U.S. with its entire stockpile of MIG-29 jets, free of charge. The planes are then expected to be shipped to Ukraine. The Polish government asked other NATO1.8×063k9.6k270
27Mar 7, '22First foreigners have already joined International Legion, Ukraine's volunteer military force, and are fighting outside of Kyiv. According to the Ukrainian Ground Forces, the volun1.8×061k9.1k532
28Mar 10, '22⚡️Zelensky: "After the war, we will rebuild everything very fast and very well. Every city that was affected will get a special development program. There will be the best architec1.7×067k7.6k201
29Mar 2, '22⚡️Zelensky addresses Ukrainians: I admire each of you. The whole world admires you - from Hollywood stars to politicians. Today you, Ukrainians, are the symbol of invincibility. Th1.7×065k8.7k265
30Mar 24, '22⚡️Zelensky to NATO: Don't say Ukraine's army doesn't meet Alliance's standards. In a virtual address to NATO, President Zelensky said that he has one demand. “After such a war agai1.7×063k9k224
31Mar 4, '22The Times: Volodymyr Zelensky survives 3 assassination attempts in days. Two different groups have been sent to kill him, yet both have been thwarted by anti-war elements within Ru1.7×060k10k504
32Mar 16, '22⚡️International Court of Justice orders Russia to immediately suspend all the military operations that it started in Ukraine on Feb. 24.1.7×059k9.9k199
33Mar 20, '22⚡️Ukraine’s military intelligence claim that Russia’s elites scheme to overthrow Putin to restore economic ties with Western countries. Aleksandr Bortnikov, head of FSB security ag1.7×052k10k673
34Feb 26, '22⚡️Ukrainian soldiers win back Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant. According to Energy Minister Herman Halyshchenko, Ukraine regained full control over the plant after a fierce battle. 1.7×064k7.8k209
35Mar 7, '22⚡️Ukraine kills Russian Major General Vitaly Gerasimov near Kharkiv, Ukraine’s Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Defense Ministry said. Gerasimov was a senior military offic1.7×059k9.2k326
36Mar 2, '22⚡️Russian troops in Crimea refuse to take part in Ukraine invasion. The Center for Defense Strategies, citing their sources in the marine personnel in Crimea, says members of Russi1.6×058k9.6k431
37Mar 6, '22⚡️Zelensky says that Ukraine is in possession of maps and records, obtained from those captured. “They are planning to bomb Odesa.”1.6×053k12k319
38Feb 26, '22⚡️Ukrainian military has destroyed Russian Su-30 fighter aircraft in the Black Sea. Ukraine’s Air Force reported the downing, writing “welcome to hell.”1.6×064k6.4k307
39Feb 28, '22⚡️Zelensky: A state that commits war crimes against civilians can't be a member of the UN Security Council. Such a state can't have access to all ports, canals, airports in the wor1.6×060k8.1k204
40Feb 26, '22⚡️Ukrzaliznytsia: All rail links to Russia destroyed. The state rail service announced that all railway tracks from Russia to Ukraine have been blown up by Ukraine’s armed forces.1.6×061k7.7k280
41Feb 26, '22⚡️Lviv-based Pravda brewery switches to making Molotov cocktails. The brewery announced the plans after Ukraine’s Defense Ministry instructed civilians to make Molotov cocktails to1.4×051k8.1k401
42Feb 28, '22⚡️Zelensky asks the EU for membership. “We ask the European Union for Ukraine's immediate accession under a new special procedure,” said Zelensky in video address.1.4×055k6.5k201
43Feb 27, '22⚡️FM: Ukraine will not capitulate. “We will be happy if the result of these negotiations is peace,” Dmytro Kuleba said. "But, and I emphasize this again, we will not give up, we wi1.4×054k6.4k144
44Mar 16, '22⚡️Ukraine's electricity system now linked to EU's grid, not Russian. The measure that loosens Ukraine's ties to Russian energy was originally scheduled for 2023.1.4×051k7.1k163
45Mar 5, '22⚡️Russian forces kill Hero of Ukraine, captain Chybineiev. Thirty-four-year-old Ukrainian captain Valeriy Chybineiev was killed in the battle near Hostomel, a city on the outskirts1.4×046k7.7k325
46Feb 26, '22⚡️BREAKING: German government says allies cutting Russia out of SWIFT.1.4×054k5.4k135
47Apr 23, '22⚡️Zelensky: 'The territory where Russia should protect the rights of Russian speakers is Russia itself.' A country where there is "no freedom of speech, no freedom of choice, no ri1.3×045k9.1k285
48Feb 25, '22Ukraine's president said that Russia will attack with full force this night. Our team will be up through the night to bring you the latest news. Our people are placed in and out of1.3×051k6.1k268
49Mar 3, '22⚡️Zelensky: We have survived two world wars, three famines, the Holocaust, Babyn Yar, the Great Purge, the Chornobyl explosion, the occupation of Crimea, and the war in the east of1.3×048k7.8k278
50Mar 5, '22⚡️Zelensky addresses the nation: "Today is Saturday but it means nothing. Our country doesn’t have weekends anymore. It doesn't matter what’s on the clock or in the calendar. And i1.3×049k7.1k138
51Feb 28, '22⚡️The situation in Kyiv is under Ukrainian control, according to Ukraine’s Armed Forces. “All Russian efforts to occupy it have failed,” their statement reads.1.3×051k5.8k108
52Mar 14, '22⚡️ The Hague sets date for ruling on Russia's war. Ukraine is requesting that Russia be ordered to end its war and withdraw troops from the country. The International Court of Just1.3×043k9.1k205
53Mar 8, '22⚡️Zelensky: "While Russians are to blame for the killings, responsibility is shared by those who for 13 days in their Western offices haven’t been able to approve an obviously nece1.3×045k7.4k213
54Mar 20, '22⚡️General Staff: Russia loses tank detachment in failed Kyiv assault. According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian army’s 6th tank regiment has been destroyed on March 20.1.3×047k7.1k154
55Feb 28, '22⚡️President Volodymyr Zelensky told British PM Boris Johnson this evening that he believed the next 24 hours was a crucial period for Ukraine.1.3×051k4.9k148
56Mar 2, '22⚡️Ukrainian tennis champion Elina Svitolina defeated Russia's Anastasia at the Monterrey Open on March 1, pledging to donate her prize money to Ukraine's military. “I was on a miss1.3×051k5.2k162
57Mar 4, '22⚡️Zelensky delivered a televised speech to the people of Europe. “Do not be silent, support Ukraine. Because if Ukraine does not survive, the whole Europe will not survive. If Ukra1.3×040k9.2k362
58Mar 9, '22⚡️Zelensky: "Together, we need to return to some Western leaders their bravery, so that they do what they should have done on the first day of this invasion: either close the Ukrai1.3×045k7.6k128
59Feb 25, '22Zelensky on the Russian shelling of a kindergarten in Ukraine that killed at least one child and injured more: "What kind of war is that? Were these children neo-Nazi? Or were they1.3×044k8.3k339
60Feb 26, '22Zelensky's briefing: "We survived (the night). And we are successfully fighting off the enemy attacks."1.3×050k5.4k123
61Mar 22, '22⚡️Ukrainian troops liberate Makariv. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on March 21 that “the Ukrainian flag was raised over the town of Makariv” and Russian1.3×045k7.3k139
62Feb 27, '22⚡️Zelensky: They lied they wouldn't touch the civilians, but from the first hours of the invasion, Russian troops were attacking civilian infrastructure. They deliberately chose ta1.3×044k8.3k138
63Feb 27, '22⚡️EU shuts its airspace to all Russian-owned, Russian-registered, or Russian-controlled aircraft, President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Twitter. “Including th1.3×049k5.6k118
64Apr 3, '22⚡️Zelensky about Russia's war crimes in Ukraine: "Concentrated evil has come to our land. Murderers, butchers, rapists, looters, who call themselves an army and who only deserve to1.2×042k8.6k151
65Jun 23, '22⚡️⚡️ BREAKING: European Council decides to grant EU candidate status to Ukraine, Moldova.1.2×046k6k125
66Mar 9, '22⚡️Zelensky urges Poland, US to decide on logistics of sending fighter jets to Ukraine immediately. “Listen, we have a war! We do not have time for all these signals,” Zelensky said1.2×042k7.7k130
67Mar 8, '22⚡️President Zelensky signs decree on March 8 recalling Ukrainian peacekeeping forces to defend Ukraine. The decree declares that all soldiers and equipment dedicated to U.N. peacek1.2×047k6.1k139
68Mar 22, '22⚡️Ukrainian forces shoot down Russian plane bombing the city. The plane was taken down by Ukrainian military at 4:45 p.m. on March 22, Mariupol City Council reports.1.2×047k6k76
69Mar 13, '22⚡️Russian troops no longer in southern city of Skadovsk. The city’s mayor, Oleksandr Yakovlev, said the situation in Skadovsk is under control and there is electricity, gas and wat1.2×047k5.9k96
70Mar 16, '22At the end of his address to the U.S. Congress, Zelensky switched to English: "Today the Ukrainian people are defending not only Ukraine. We are fighting for the values of Europe a1.2×043k7.1k221
71Mar 3, '22⚡️Zelensky tells Putin to leave Ukraine or meet him for talks. During a press conference with media, President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, urging 1.2×045k5.9k130
72Mar 20, '22⚡️Russian social media VK allegedly hacked, spreads truth about war in Ukraine. Users of VK have received messages from the social network’s official account informing them of the 1.2×043k7.4k210
73Mar 6, '22⚡️Zelensky: “The citizens of Russia are right now making the choice between freedom and slavery. Today, tomorrow, this week, is still the time when you can defeat evil.” “Don’t mis1.2×044k7.2k93
74Apr 8, '22⚡️Zelensky reacts to train station attack in Kramatorsk: “Lacking the strength and courage to fight with us on the battlefield, they (Russians) are cynically destroying the civilia1.2×038k9.4k114
75Mar 1, '22⚡️Zelensky: Launching a rocket at the central square of Kharkiv is an outright, undisguised terror. After that, Russia became a terrorist state. No one will forgive. Nobody will fo1.2×043k7k160
76Mar 1, '22⚡️Ukraine to receive 70 fighter jets from the EU. Ukraine’s Air Force said on March 1. Bulgaria will provide 16 MiG-29s and 14 Su-25s, Poland will provide 28 MiG-29 units, and Slov1.2×044k5.4k230
77Mar 1, '22⚡️BREAKING: European Parliament recommends giving Ukraine EU candidate status. The decision follows President Zelensky’s speech, where he called on the EU to “prove” that the union1.2×042k6.9k165
78Apr 2, '22⚡️ Lithuania becomes first EU country to ban Russian gas. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said that starting in April, the country will not import Russian gas. He added that o1.2×042k6.7k121
79Mar 6, '22⚡️Zelensky: "We will punish everyone who committed atrocities in this war. We will find every scum who was shelling our cities, our people, who was shooting the missiles, who was g1.2×042k6.5k227
80Feb 27, '22⚡️EU countries to send ‘fighter jets’ to Ukraine to fight off Moscow’s invasion by countering Russian air and land assaults, the EU's Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell said.1.2×045k5k177
81Feb 25, '22Zelensky: "This night they will launch an assault. The enemy will use all of their power on all fronts to break our defense. This night we have to stand ground. The fate of Ukraine1.2×043k6.1k194
82Feb 27, '22⚡️ EU bans Russia Today, Sputnik. Russia’s two main propaganda networks are now to shut down all across the union.1.1×045k4.6k115
83Mar 3, '22⚡️Zelensky to Russia: Learn the word "reparation." In the most recent video address, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia will compensate Ukraine for all the damages it su1.1×042k5.9k177
84Mar 5, '22⚡️Cyprus forbids 5 Russian navy ships from mooring and refueling in Limassol. Cyprus banned Russian ships from its port following EU sanctions over Russia’s war, Philenews reported1.1×042k6k88
85Mar 12, '22⚡️Zelensky: Sergeant Inna Derusova is the first woman to be awarded the Hero of Ukraine title posthumously. A field medic, she was killed during the artillery attack on Okhtyrka on1.1×040k6.7k142
86Mar 19, '22⚡️Zelensky: "We now have a chance to show not only to Russia, but also to any aggressor in the world, any terrorist state that war will destroy not the victim, but the one who unle1.1×040k6.5k140
87Mar 26, '22⚡️ US President Joe Biden said that Russian President Vladimir Putin should no longer lead Russia. “For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power,” he said during his speech in W1.1×040k5.4k124
88Feb 26, '22⚡️Elon Musk's Starlink satellite system providing internet access is now active in Ukraine. Satellite terminals are on the way to Ukraine. This could be useful if Russia’s attacks 1.1×039k6.1k217
89Feb 27, '22⚡️70% believe in Ukraine’s victory, 91% support Zelensky, according to a Feb. 26-27 survey by the group Rating. Across Ukraine, pessimistic sentiment is low and the level of faith 1.1×043k4.3k178
90Apr 16, '22⚡️ Russia warns Czechia against supplying weapons to Ukraine, Prague says won't respond to blackmail. Russia claimed that the Czech Republic isn’t allowed to provide Ukraine with S1.1×038k5.3k172
91Feb 28, '22⚡️Possible war crimes or crimes against humanity in Ukraine will be investigated, prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) in The Hague Karim Khan announced on Feb. 28.1.1×040k5.4k142
92Mar 23, '22⚡️Bucha City Council: Ukraine's military surround the towns of Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel near Kyiv. It means that the Russian troops north-west of Kyiv are now encircled.1.1×039k5.5k133
93Feb 27, '22⚡️Ukraine to pay $3,400 (Hr 100,000) per month to military personnel. The significant pay raise will be implemented to show the soldiers "that the country is grateful to them," Pre1.0×040k4.1k173
94Mar 10, '22⚡️Lithuanian parliament approves a resolution calling for immediate EU candidate status for Ukraine.1.0×038k5.1k78
95Feb 28, '22⚡️President Zelensky orders to temporarily lift visas for foreigners wishing to join the International Legion and fight for Ukraine against Russia.1.0×038k4.8k175
96Mar 7, '22⚡️Ukraine’s air defense forces shoot down Russian aircraft over Kyiv. Soon after that, at 9:10 p.m., another Russian plane was destroyed in an air battle on the city’s outskirts, a1.0×039k4.5k78
97Sep 11We wouldn't be here without the support of our members. They make it possible for the Kyiv Independent to remain an independent, reader-funded newsroom accountable to our audience 1.0×110k2128315
98Feb 26, '22⚡️Germany allows supplying weapons to Ukraine in a major turnaround. The country has authorized the Netherlands to send Ukraine 400 rocket-propelled grenade launchers produced in G1.0×039k4.1k151
99Mar 12, '22⚡️Italy seizes $578 million mega yacht owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Andrey Melnichenko. The vessel, called “SY A,” is one of the largest superyachts in the world, according1.0×038k4.4k126
100Mar 6, '22⚡️Russian invaders failed to break through eastern front in the Luhansk direction, according to Ukraine’s Joint Forces Operation.0.9×037k4.1k73

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