Olga Rudenko
@olya_rudenko
Ukrainian journalist, chief editor of @KyivIndependent. Support our work: http://kyivindependent.com/membership 💙💛
Thank 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 little girls everywhere. You can stay yourself and still go places.

⚡️ BREAKING: Ukraine's parliament passes bill destroying independence of key anti-corruption bodies. The bill was passed with the support of 263 lawmakers, while 13 voted against it and 13 abstained. kyivindependent.com/bill-subordina…
A sudden legal action by the authorities against one of Ukraine's most prominent anti-corruption activists has sent shockwaves through the country's civil society. kyivindependent.com/antac-shabunin…
Our essential one-stop story with all there is to know about the state of Russia’s war against Ukraine today – and what's next: kyivindependent.com/ahead-of-trump…
Projects Kyiv has submitted to the U.S. include a shelf and deepwater project and an oil refinery that comes under frequent attack by Russia, told Ukraine's Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko told the Kyiv Independent in an interview published on July 7. kyivindependent.com/exclusive-ukra…
Spent the last 25 hours getting from Kyiv to Bonn for @DW_GMF, and thinking about how I used to fly from Kyiv to Cologne-Bonn on a low-cost flight that took just under 3 hours. There will be a day when we can fly from Kyiv again, and I’ll never be taking it for granted.
Kyiv Independent reporter Francis Farrell visited the embattled city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast — currently one of the most active hotspots on Ukraine’s front line.
Peskov’s recent comments on the state of negotiations are Orwellian. Russian claims that it is the US and Ukraine stalling peace talks are unfounded. President Trump has been consistent and adamant about making progress to end the war. We urge an immediate ceasefire and a move to…
I'm still digesting my eerie encounter with the organizer of the Oslo Freedom Forum, but I want to write some reflections here eventually. Meanwhile, here's a story by @vswikan nrk.no/urix/ukrainsk-…