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The Kyiv Independent was supported by an emergency grant of 200,000 Canadian dollars from the Canadian government. Ashley Mulroney, the director of the Ukrainian Development Program at the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv, expressed that the grant, distributed through the European Endowment for Democracy, was "part of broader Canadian support for free media and democratization in Ukraine."
Maidan Nezalezhnosti ( Ukrainian: Майдан Незалежності [mɐjˈdɑn nezɐˈlɛʒnosʲtʲi], lit. 'Independence Square') is the central square [ 1] of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. One of the city's main squares, it is located on Khreshchatyk Street in the Shevchenko Raion. The square has been known under many different ...
61 m (200 ft) The Independence Monument ( Ukrainian: Монуме́нт Незале́жності, romanized : Monument Nezalezhnosti) is a victory column located on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kyiv, commemorating the independence of Ukraine in 1991. Stylistically, it presents a mix of Ukrainian Baroque and Empire style.
Illia Ponomarenko. Illia Ponomarenko ( Ukrainian: Ілля Пономаренко; born 25 February 1992) is a Ukrainian journalist, war reporter and defense analyst writing for The Kyiv Independent. In January 2023, given his prominent role in reporting from the conflict, he was described by Der Spiegel as "likely the best-known Ukrainian ...
The history of Kyiv ( Kiev ), officially begins when it was founded in 482, but the city may date back at least 2,000 years. Archaeologists have dated the oldest known settlement in the area to 25,000 BC. [ 1] Initially a 6th-century Slavic settlement, it gradually acquired eminence as the center of East Slavic civilization.
A video that surfaced online appears to show a convoy of burnt-out Russian military trucks in the country’s southwestern Kursk region, the latest sign that Ukraine’s cross-border assault is ...
Olga Rudenko. Olga Rudenko (born 1989) is a Ukrainian journalist who worked for Kyiv Post before leaving to assist in the establishment of the Kyiv Independent in 2021, where she is the editor-in-chief. [ 1] Her work has also been published in a number of major Western news outlets, including the Washington Times, the Global Post and USA Today.
The 141st Special Motorized Regiment, [ a][ b] also known as the Kadyrovites[ c] and the Akhmat special forces unit, is a paramilitary organization in Chechnya, Russia, that serves as the protection of the Head of the Chechen Republic. The term Kadyrovtsy is commonly used in Chechnya to refer to any armed, ethnically- Chechen men under the ...