Ukrainian children face war, trauma and disrupted schooling, yet find resilience through family, sports and summer camps.

When Russia mounted a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, many outsiders expected the worst. Predictions swirled that the capital city of Kyiv would fall in a matter of days or weeks. But Kyiv, ...

As horrific as it sounds, conditions like those described above have become commonplace. And yet, if you found yourself in ...

Ukraine is celebrating its 34th Independence Day on Aug. 24, 2025. To mark the occasion, we’ve asked the staff of the Kyiv Independent to share their favourite fact about Ukrainian history, culture, ...

The Battle of Britain ended 85 years ago today—closing a months-long air war with clear parallels to the ongoing fight in the ...

The only way a Tomahawk is going to be shot is if we shot it,” the president added. “And we’re not going to do that.” ...

DARA MASSICOT is a Senior Fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She was previously a Senior Policy Researcher at the RAND Corporation and a Senior ...

Spanish-speaking volunteers in Ukraine’s foreign battalions have deliberately targeted Ukrainian drone-flying schools ...

Viktoriia Chakraborty, who has been in India for over eight years, said she had been working out in Indian gyms since 2017.