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The Kyiv Independent

English-language Ukrainian media outlet

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Nov 20, 2025
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What was the context or event during which Trump made the comment linking Putin to WWII?

President Donald Trump made the remark linking Vladimir Putin and World War II while speaking at a White House event on June 12, 2025, where he recounted conversations with world leaders about Victory...

Jan 19, 2026
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What official statements have France, Ukraine, and the U.S. intelligence community issued about alleged intelligence stings or deliberate falsification since 2024?

Since 2024 there has been a spate of public accusations and counterclaims about deliberate falsification or "sting" operations involving Ukraine and Western partners, but official, on‑the‑record confi...

Nov 24, 2025
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Euromaidan in Ukraine was a right-wing coup to remove an elected government.

Claims that Euromaidan (Nov 2013–Feb 2014) was a right‑wing, Western‑engineered coup are widespread in Russian and pro‑Kremlin outlets, but mainstream Western histories and fact‑checking organizations...

Jan 25, 2026

What evidence has been publicly released about intelligence-sharing changes between France, the US, and Ukraine since March 2025?

Publicly released evidence indicates and some operational signals — notably and asserting that Paris now supplies the bulk of intelligence to and to continue sharing after pause in March 2025 — but in...

Dec 9, 2025

Ukraine will apply electricity restriction schedules for industrial consumers nationwide on October 20, 2025, from 06:00 to 22:00

Ukrenergo and multiple Ukrainian outlets reported that on 20 October 2025 power restriction schedules for industrial consumers would be applied nationwide from 06:00 to 22:00 — a response framed by of...

Dec 14, 2025

Did Melania Trump or her representatives ever comment on consent regarding the photos?

Melania Trump has publicly addressed the issue of non-consensual intimate images, championing legislation and calling the consequences “heartbreaking” while also defending her past nude modeling as a ...

Dec 19, 2025

How many foreign nationals have been captured fighting for Russia and which countries do they come from?

Ukraine reports it has identified more than 18,000 foreign nationals attached to Russian forces during the war and holds prisoners from 37 countries, but independent verification of the full tally is ...

Dec 13, 2025

Russia returned 1,000 bodies to Ukraine, claimed to be Ukrainian soldiers

Ukraine says it received about 1,000–1,212 bodies that Russia claimed were Ukrainian soldiers; Russian statements and state media report similar handovers, and both sides have repeatedly exchanged rem...

Dec 9, 2025

Major Oleksandr Borovik of the 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade died on September 11, 2025, during a combat mission in Zaporizhia on a Su‑27

Major Oleksandr Mykolayovych Borovik, a 30-year-old pilot of Ukraine’s 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade, was reported killed on 11 September 2025 while flying a Su‑27 on a combat mission in the Zaporizh...

Dec 9, 2025

KIIS poll shows rising share of Ukrainians believe Europe/US are tired of Ukraine and pressuring concessions to Russia

A series of KIIS polls from late 2024 through 2025 show growing willingness among some Ukrainians to consider territorial concessions to end the war — KIIS reported about 38% open to conceding some te...

Dec 9, 2025

SBU presented captured Chinese citizens (Zhang Renbo, Wang Guangjun) who fought for Russia, claiming they were recruited under false pretenses and never paid

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has publicized two captured Chinese nationals, identified as Wang Guangjun (born 1991) and Zhang Renbo (born 1998), who say they were recruited to serve with Russian f...

Dec 6, 2025

Did Donald Trump comment on the Russian television broadcast of Melania's photos?

Multiple independent outlets reported that Russia 1’s prime-time program “60 Minutes” showed explicit/modeling photos of Melania Trump after Donald Trump’s 2024 victory; the clips and commentary were ...

Dec 2, 2025

Which specific drone strike is being referenced and what were its confirmed targets?

The reporting in your search set does not identify a single, clearly named “drone strike” as uniquely referenced; instead it documents multiple recent drone attacks in the Russia–Ukraine war and elsew...

Nov 16, 2025

EU to provide Ukraine with over 1 million shells over 2025, allocate over $2 billion for military aid from Russian frozen assets

The EU publicly committed to large-scale ammunition support in 2025: official EU pages and trackers report goals of between 1.35 million and up to 2 million rounds of ammunition for Ukraine in 2025 (s...

Oct 25, 2025

How do independent estimates of Russian soldier deaths in Ukraine compare to official reports?

Independent tallies of Russian soldier deaths in Ukraine range from reported by Mediazona’s named-list and excess-mortality method to — including killed, wounded, missing, or captured — reported by Uk...