The Prosecutor General’s Office reported[1] on July 22 that 496 Ukrainian children have been officially reported killed since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion last year. An additional 1,068 children have sustained injuries of varying de…
The prominent Belarusian artist Ales Pushkin died in prison in Belarus “under unclear circumstances,” his wife Janina Demuch reported[1] on July 11. Pushkin was charged by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko’s regime in 2021 with “desecrati…
Three employees at the district centers of recruitment and social support of the Kramatorsk district will be tried for forging documents for conscripted citizens to allow them to leave Ukraine by claiming they are unfit for military service, Ukr…
The outcome of the Wagner mercenary group’s armed rebellion will partly depend on the Russian National Guard and other security forces’ loyalty to the state, the U.K. Defense Ministry wrote[1] in its intelligence update on June 24.Wagner founder…
Kate Tsurkan
Reporter
Kate Tsurkan is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent. She is a writer, editor, and translator. Her work has been published in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Harpers, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. She is t…
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has reported that the Russians launched Kalibr missiles from their naval vessels in the Black Sea, and an air-raid warning was issued in several oblasts.
Source: Air Force; alarm map; Kyiv City Military Admi…
Kate Tsurkan
News editor
Kate Tsurkan is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. She is a writer, editor, and translator. Her work has been published in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Harpers, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. Sh…
The President’s Office reported[1] that President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on June 13 in Kyiv to discuss the risks posed to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant after the K…
Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi said[1] on June 13 that he had another phone call with Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley about the progress made by Ukrainian forces on the front line and ongoin…
Kate Tsurkan
News editor
Kate Tsurkan is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. She is a writer, editor, and translator. Her work has been published in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Harpers, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. Sh…