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Ukrainian journalist, chief editor of @KyivIndependent. Support our work: 💙💛

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1Mar 15, '22This is the Ukrainian member of the @FoxNews crew. She was killed today alongside their cameraman. Fox News doesn’t even mention her in their report. (Photo published by Oksana Rom89.1×050k17k692
2Mar 12, '22Photo 1: A Ukrainian woman called Marina Met and her son Ivan, photographed on a summer night in central Kyiv. Photo 2: Their graves in Irpin, where they lived and were killed on M83.4×047k16k1.1k
3Mar 20, '22The West needs to stop treating Ukrainians and Russians as equally affected by this war. Seeing your cities destroyed, 1/4 of nation displaced and thousands brutally murdered isn't38.7×028k5.2k157
4Aug 24, '22I want to remember this moment. Exactly 6 months ago, Russia marched on Kyiv to take it in 3 days. 6 months later, I'm sitting in Kyiv, in my new vyshyvanka on the occasion of Inde38.2×035k1.8k97
5Jul 27, '23Such a disgrace. Ukrainian saber fencer Olga Kharlan was disqualified from the world championship after refusing to shake hands with a Russian fencer. Why make them shake hands? Wh36.5×910k10k1.3k35
6Apr 21, '22In many coffee houses in Kyiv: Pink post-its are beverages and desserts that visitors have paid for as a treat for military or territorial defense members, who can come and claim a32×025k3.7k152
7Feb 24, '22Please follow us at @KyivIndependent, most of us are on the ground in #Kyiv working to provide you with the latest news. It’s extremely stressful. No one knows where it is safe to 27.5×017k4.9k327
8Feb 25, '22President Volodymyr Zelensky has made many really bad mistakes, and I’m sure will make many more, but today he’s showing himself worthy of the nation he’s leading.27.4×024k1.6k220
9Jul 22, '22I don't know the source of this picture, but this is indeed the best description of what is happening. This is exactly how it feels for us here in Ukraine.27×018k3.9k267
10Sep 29, '22Yesterday, Russia's missile attack on Dnipro killed a family of four: 2 children, their mother, and grandmother. Their dog was photographed today sitting on the ruins of their hous26.7×017k4.5k410
11Feb 23, '22It's cute how people from places like Massachusetts are sending patronizing emails to lecture me on what I should and shouldn't write about my country (which I live in) or its lead26.2×022k1.7k130
12Apr 23, '22"These were the best 40 weeks ever. Our girl is 1 month old now. Daddy got her her first flowers. It's a whole new level of happiness." (posted 11 weeks ago) Today both the woman w25.2×014k4.9k241
13Feb 26, '22This is one of our best reporters. She is working non-stop to help us cover the war. She is in Kyiv, the epicenter. She has to take shelter many times a day due to airstrikes. She 22.2×016k3k245
14Feb 21, '22The world's biggest criminal has been talking for nearly an hour about how my country shouldn't exist.21.1×016k2.6k122
16Apr 2, '22My friend is writing: "My husband's friend, a doctor from Zaporizhzhia, says a group of girls from Mariupol was admitted to their hospital. The oldest one is 10 years old. They hav18.4×07.2k3.9k374
17Mar 20, '22One of the first Russian soldiers captured in Ukraine said this: "I didn't want (to go fight in Ukraine) but that was the order. I didn't have a choice. If I refused, I could have 17.2×013k1.7k103
18May 12, '22Thank you, @TIME, for this recognition of the work we do at @KyivIndependent. Thank you @LisaAbend for your professionalism and for our conversations. Special 👋 to the quiet, shy 14.8×011k1.4k133
19Dec 18, '22Spotted at brunch time in a very crowded hipster-ish cafe in central Kyiv on a Sunday morning: One rock star, one deputy prime minister, one Western ambassador. That's Kyiv ❤️13.9×347k2.9k17110
20Dec 16, '22A passer-by on the street in central Kyiv now, carrying what looks like a small power generator and talking on the phone in the most casual voice imaginable: “Yep, they’re hitting 10.3×257k2.9k40325
21Aug 15, '25This is Putin’s new phone wallpaper. American soldiers kneeling under the big letters reading RUSSIA. To fix the red carpet. For a war criminal.10.3×256k6k1.2k185
22Jul 15, '23What life in Ukraine feels like this summer:9.6×239k5.8k49598
24Mar 28, '22And just like that, a 4-month-old startup became the world's window into the war in Ukraine.8.8×07.8k54123
25May 23, '25I’m often asked “what it’s like” in Kyiv. It’s 2 a.m. now. The Russian attack started around four hours ago. It started with some drones, most of them intercepted far from the city8.1×203k3.7k864120
26Mar 12, '22Dozens of countries that, collectively, are times and times stronger than Russia, are standing and watching Russia slaughtering Ukrainians and destroying our cities. Too afraid to 7.6×04.9k1.2k40
27Sep 27, '22How are the 25 million people who follow Reuters supposed to figure out, from this tweet, that it’s a sham referendum held at gunpoint? This wording totally legitimizes it.6.9×05.4k69829
28May 26, '23According to the analysis by Press Gazette, @KyivIndependent was hit by the decline of Twitter referrals after Musk takeover harder than any other news site. Why? Evidently, it's b6.5×163k1.1k38541
29Apr 2, '22Today has been one of the darkest days since the start of the war. As Russians were forced to withdraw from around Kyiv, we saw what they were doing to civilians in the occupied ar6.2×03.9k1.1k45
30Oct 17, '22Dear free world, how are you starting your Monday? Coffee? A workout? Writing down goals for the week? We in Kyiv started it sitting in shelters, twitching from loud explosions as 6.1×03.7k1.1k11
31Apr 18, '22Traveled to #Dnipro for a couple of days to see how the city is preparing for Russia’s offensive in the east. Story coming soon.6.0×05.4k26122
32Feb 28, '22“Where are you from?” “Ukraine” “Oh! What is the weather like in Moscow now?” I guess I’ll never have this conversation again.5.6×05k24624
33Feb 25, '22That's our Anastasia at a protest in France, where she studies. Her mother is in Kyiv, and in a particularly dangerous area. There are thousands of Ukrainians abroad who are now de5.3×03.9k69627
34Mar 15, '22Two journalists from that crew were killed, @FoxNews. The Ukrainian fixer not worth the headline?4.9×03.3k71725
36Sep 26, '22Some photos from Kyiv, for everyone who loves it and especially for those who are away and missing it.4.6×03.9k36923
37Feb 25, '22It was the day that changed us all. Photo from this afternoon, trying to work from the subway station serving as the bomb shelter.4.6×03.6k41637
38Feb 25, '22“NATO is welcome to apply for a membership in Ukraine”4.5×03.7k41429
39Jul 29, '22Russia is losing, and responding with more violence, killing and torturing POWs. This nightmare doesn't end in a peace deal. Like there wasn't a deal with Hitler in 1945. It can on4.2×03k58717
40Mar 20, '22Many Russians (70%, according to non-government surveys) support the war against Ukraine. Invading Ukraine takes many thousands of Russians who shoot missiles, throw bombs, produce4.2×02.8k59126
41Mar 2, '22Ukrainians and Russians are truly, inherently different people.4.0×02.8k48941
43Feb 26, '22Yes we are.3.6×03.4k13015
44Feb 26, '22I always found it so odd that you can't take photos inside the Kyiv metro system because it is the designated bomb shelter in case of a war. I always thought it was so silly. What 3.5×02.7k41341
46Feb 1, '25So a Russian news site in exile, Meduza, got a large-scale promo campaign in Germany highlighting the bravery of their (RUSSIAN) journalists using tragic images from UKRAINE. I hav3.3×83k3k34068
47Mar 2, '22This is how little Russia understands Ukraine. There are reports that the Kremlin will try to install Viktor Yanukovych – the guy Ukrainians kicked out TWICE in 2004 and 2014 – as 3.3×02.2k51026
49Mar 18, '22No, BBC. Thinking that either of these 3 things is merely a "face-saving" element for Russia or would be "easy enough for Zelensky" to accept = Not understanding Ukraine at all.3.3×02.2k38738
50Jan 30, '25So we at @KyivIndependent couldn't stand aside and watch our fellow Ukrainian newsrooms suffer from Donald Trump's freeze of U.S. aid. We have just launched a campaign to raise $503.3×82k1.9k55371
51Mar 5, '22Russians have chosen the letter Z as the symbol for their invasion of Ukraine. It is marking the Russian military vehicles and is widely used by the supporters of the war in Russia3.1×02.2k36821
52Feb 26, '22This is Russia's "peacekeeping" mission in Ukraine.3.1×01.8k61115
53Mar 4, '22“NATO explaining to Ukraine why it can’t impose a no-fly zone”2.9×01.9k44222
54Aug 15, '25Now that Putin didn’t agree to a ceasefire, the promised “severe consequences” for him will kick in, right? Right?2.8×71k2.5k38823
55Dec 6, '22Looking forward to seeing these headlines in NYT and beyond: Ukraine dares to fight back genocidal invasion, escalating the war. Ukraine pushes Russian troops away from Bakhmut, es2.8×02k34616
57Sep 9, '22Can't put in words what seeing this means for us.2.6×02.1k24313
58Feb 24, '23It’s minutes after 5 am in Kyiv and this is the moment when it’s been exactly one year since this nightmare started.2.6×64k1k21310
59Sep 29, '22My hometown, Dnipro, has been hit for the 2nd night in a row. We never immediately know what area was hit, so every time it’s a process of texting everyone you love to ask if they’2.5×01.9k31911
60Jun 6, '23Is this your response to Russians blowing up a power plant dam, putting 16,000 people at risk of death @UN? Seriously, what the hell is wrong with you?2.5×63k1.6k2533
61Mar 3, '22Hello, Russians? Look at what you are doing. Hello, free wold? Look at what you are allowing to happen.2.2×01.3k42425
65Feb 25, '22I second that. We are alone. The world is watching an insane dictator trying to slaughter us — and is letting him do it.1.9×01.1k32116
66Jul 22, '25If Zelensky signs this bill, he will feel the wrath of those exact stubborn, freedom-loving Ukrainians he has been an international symbol for.1.9×46k89111739
67Apr 13, '22Volunteers distributing food at Kyiv railway station have a jar for donations marked “For Putin’s funeral wreath.”1.9×01.4k2147
68Sep 10, '22This goes to the whole team of the @KyivIndependent, which we started only 10 months ago.1.8×01.5k1575
69Jan 24, '22This report, published in Ukrainian this morning, immediately became a must-read. We at @KyivIndependent translated it for you:1.6×0727303103
70Aug 24, '24I wrote about 🇺🇦Independence Day for @guardian: “If you support Ukraine, if you donate, if you demand from your politicians that they send military aid, if you stand with us in t1.6×39k83021432
71May 3, '22Extremely proud of all of my talented @KyivIndependent colleagues, including these four who were featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe List today. Great testament to our hard w1.5×01.3k13011
72Sep 30, '22To everyone who is talking about "would Ukrainian military now ATTACK these 'annexed' regions." With all due respect, it's idiotic. Ukraine doesn't ATTACK its own territories, it L1.5×01.1k1895
73Mar 1, '22I saw someone write: "I don't know how it works but I think I can feel the Cossack gene waking up in me." I pity Russians for they will never feel what we are feeling now.1.5×01.2k13614
74Sep 21, '22So officially Russia’s army is 1 million people. Russia claims only 5,900 have been killed in Ukraine. So they are announcing mobilization of 300,000 people. Mhm, okay.1.5×01.2k11313
75Feb 20, '22The “Rays of Dignity” on and near Maidan tonight — the light installation honoring the killed EuroMaidan protesters.1.5×01.1k1689
76Feb 26, '22Our Asami spent days negotiating with the university to extend her deadlines, to no avail. But several thousands retweets did the job in 1 hour.1.5×01.2k11410
77May 30, '22Spent several days in Riga 🇱🇻, where the support for Ukraine is overwhelming. You hear about it, but seeing it is something different. 💙💛 Now off to Madrid 🇪🇸 for a couple of1.4×01.2k937
78Aug 18, '25Online and in today's print edition of The New York Times: Ukraine will be framed as the obstacle to peace in the coming days and weeks. But the only real barrier to peace is Putin1.4×36k85525222
79Nov 21, '2310 years ago, I was lucky enough to see the beginning of a revolution. EuroMaidan Revolution was a formative experience for young Ukrainians. It was our vaccine against obedience, 1.4×35k1.1k1188
82Apr 4, '22On the day when the world was processing the Bucha massacre, Russians living in Greece had a "protest against Russophobia." I dare say they didn't do a very good job. More photos: 1.3×073719712
83May 2, '22This cat was rescued today from the 7th floor of a bombed building in Borodyanka (the bombing took place in early March). Look at that cat. That cat is a fighter! Also, the cat loo1.3×082118521
84Apr 23, '25Can’t begin to explain how surreal it is to be sitting on the floor in the ~safest place of my apartment hearing an extremely loud Russian missile+drone attack — after having spent1.3×32k1.9k64930
85Apr 18, '22I think Dnipro is a greatly under-appreciated place, and hope that after the war, the world will “discover” it. And yes, I may be biased: It is, after all, my hometown.1.2×087213219
86Sep 17, '22For those who hear “Russia” and think of Dostoyevsky. The name you should think of is Stalin. (Photo: Kostyantyn Chernichkin/The Kyiv Independent)1.2×084315710
87Feb 1, '25This. @meduza_en care to comment? Too busy enjoying your Saturday in Kreuzberg?1.2×30k1.4k1138
88Apr 29, '22Who knew this level of stress even existed, let alone that we can operate on it so well for so long? Not complaining at all. Holding up. 🇺🇦1.1×0933473
89Mar 10, '22Ugh. This is a notoriously vain & self-obsessed Ukrainian politician who has been posting numerous photos with that gun while there are reports that territorial defense units i1.1×070410328
90Feb 24, '22And for many it may be the scariest night of our lives.1.0×07221368
91Aug 15, '25Trump gave Putin the attention and royal treatment he wanted — and got nothing in return. Some would say it was… a bad deal.1.0×25k1.9k24918
92Sep 21, '22After everything that Russia did, after its torture of POWs and blowing up the Olenivka jail — this is almost unbelievable1.0×0858674
93Jan 22, '25Except that it didn’t. It just didn’t. Really sick of this false narrative of “we owe Russia for WW2.” German officials used same justification when explaining Nord Stream 2.1.0×25k77211736
94Sep 18, '222 flights + 2 trains and I’m back home in Kyiv. 7 months ago it would have been one direct 2-hour flight. To everyone who had to leave Ukraine and is missing it — wishing that you 1.0×0845674
95Aug 25, '22Yesterday in Kyiv: Part of the @KyivIndependent team, wearing our traditional embroidered shirts vyshyvankas for Independence Day. (+ @IAPonomarenko behind the camera) You can supp0.9×0833573
96Jun 21, '22Things I learned on this trip? Plenty. One of them: Your luggage can and will get lost when you least expect it, so pack your most important t-shirt in the carry on.0.9×0836315
97Aug 24, '24It’s Ukraine’s 🇺🇦 Independence Day 🇺🇦, and here’s me in my vyshyvanka, being very demure, very mindful, dreaming about the complete defeat of Russia.0.7×17k891419

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