kyivindependent.comadded August 2026
Kyiv Independentby Olena Goncharova27 Aug 2026
CIA Director John Ratcliffe warned Russian officials during a visit to Moscow this week against escalating tensions with NATO members, particularly Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, Politico reported...
Kyiv Independentby Lachlan Hyatt26 Aug 2026
Italy to supply next-generation SAMP/T air defense systems, Aster 30 missiles to Ukraine in secret aid package, media reports Ukraine is set to receive next-generation SAMP/T systems and additional...
Kyiv Independentby Chris Powers26 Aug 2026
Sweden is urging the EU to revive discussions on using Russian financial assets frozen within the bloc to directly support Ukraine, according to an open letter to several EU officials.
Kyiv Independentby Polina Moroziuk26 Aug 2026
Belarus is building new railway infrastructure in the country's southern Gomel region that will be capable of receiving military trains carrying personnel and heavy equipment, the Belarusian...
Kyiv Independentby The Kyiv Independent news desk26 Aug 2026
Key developments on Aug. 26: - Major Russian oil refinery in flames after drone strike, General Staff confirms - Top commanders to lead reinforcement of Ukrainian positions in Donetsk Oblast...
Kyiv Independentby Yuliia Taradiuk26 Aug 2026
Andrii Biletskii, commander of the Third Army Corps, and Denys Prokopenko, commander of the National Guard's 1st Corps, will lead reorganized units tasked with reinforcing Ukrainian positions in...
Kyiv Independentby Uliana Boichuk26 Aug 2026
Why a U.S. Marine fought — and died — for Ukraine Shane Tackett, from a ceremony held in his honor in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on April 17, 2026.
Kyiv Independentby Asami Terajima26 Aug 2026
'The city is dying' — Ukrainians in Kramatorsk brace for worst as Russian forces inch closer A rescuer deals with the aftermath of a Russian attack in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Aug.
Kyiv Independentby Tim Zadorozhnyy26 Aug 2026
Former Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba may become Ukraine's next ambassador to Washington, as Kyiv looks to fill one of its most important diplomatic posts, people familiar with the matter told the...
Kyiv Independentby Kate Tsurkan26 Aug 2026
Inside the 'Pavilion of (Dis)sence,' a fight against Russia's weaponization of culture Visitors stand near the Russian pavilion during the pre-opening of the 61st Venice Biennale art show in...
Kyiv Independentby Yuliia Taradiuk26 Aug 2026
Ukraine's National Police and Security Service (SBU) prevented an FSB plot to assassinate the head of a defense company in Kyiv, the SBU announced on Aug. 26.
Kyiv Independentby Oleg Sukhov26 Aug 2026
Zelensky's Chief of Staff Budanov features in tapes linked to latest corruption case, media say Kyrylo Budanov, head of the President’s Office, features in audio tapes recorded by investigators as...
Kyiv Independentby Tim Zadorozhnyy26 Aug 2026
President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded U.S. billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Ukraine's Order of Liberty by presidential decree on Aug.
Kyiv Independentby Yuliia Taradiuk26 Aug 2026
Russian attacks kill 4, injure 95 across Ukraine as FPV drone targets rescuers in Kramatorsk in double-tap attack Russian attacks killed at least four people and injured at least 95 across Ukraine...
Kyiv Independentby Tim Zadorozhnyy26 Aug 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin did not meet with CIA Director John Ratcliffe during Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Russia's state-owned TASS news agency on...
Kyiv Independentby Tamara Nowakowsky26 Aug 2026
Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican's foreign minister, met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Aug. 25.
Kyiv Independentby Kateryna Hodunova25 Aug 2026
Slovak police detained three foreign nationals on Aug. 25 over an alleged plot to set fire to a Ukrainian-owned Skyeton factory producing advanced surveillance drones, Dennik N reported.
Kyiv Independentby The Kyiv Independent news desk25 Aug 2026
Ukraine war latest: Zelensky confirms UK, France approve producing SCALP/Storm Shadow missiles in Ukraine Key developments on Aug.
Kyiv Independentby Yuliia Taradiuk25 Aug 2026
Lithuania has pledged funding for seven initiatives to return Ukrainian children abducted by Russia and to enhance accountability for the crimes committed against them, organizers of the "Children...
Kyiv Independentby Chris Powers25 Aug 2026
Brussels says Ukraine made 'no official request' to get EU money sooner, despite Zelensky's public plea BRUSSELS, Belgium — President Volodymyr Zelensky asked the EU to speed up its payment...
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