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The fight for full press freedom in Ukraine: ‘We can write what we want, but bad actors try to intimidate us’

Kyiv Independent’s Olga Rudenko is set on telling the truth in wartime, despite clumsy instances of state harassment

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine repels ‘exceptional’ Russia missile, drone attack on Kyiv

At least 10 explosions are heard by witnesses in Kyiv as officials said a Russian air attack was under way.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainian editor's pride as news website goes from start-up to essential war source

Olga Rudenko is editor-in-chief of the Kyiv Independent, a news website now heralded the world over for its reporting of the conflict

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Russia-Ukraine war: Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant reconnected to energy grid as UN warns ‘one day our luck will run out’ – as it happened

Warning from head of UN nuclear watchdog comes after Zaporizhzhia plant loses power for sixth time

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine’s reporters adapt amid media restrictions and pressure of war

War restrictions on press freedom and a sense the army is protecting officials complicates the task of rooting out corruption

The Guardian - UK

War Diary of the Ukrainian Resistance review – extremely loud and incredibly close

The young reporters at the Kyiv Independent – Ukraine’s fledgling online English-language newspaper – have produced courageous journalism of frightening urgency

The Guardian - UK

Blackouts, air raids and reporting by candlelight: The ‘new normal’ of The Kyiv Independent newsroom

Exclusive: A lot has changed for the journalists at ‘The Kyiv Independent’. On the one-year anniversary of the war, editor-in-chief Olga Rudenko speaks to Rachel Sharp about the ‘new normal’ in the newsroom, documenting history, and the news they hope to report in the near future

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Latest drone attack on Kyiv sends residents to air raid shelters

Ukraine’s military said 10 drones were shot down during an early morning attack on Friday, local media reported.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainians sing 'Carol of the Bells' at Carnegie Hall, 100 years after its U.S. debut

A Ukrainian chorus first performed Shchedryk in the U.S. in 1922. A century later, during another fight for freedom, Ukrainian singers performed the folk song at the site of its North American debut.

WEKU

Working under candlelight: Kyiv journalists continue war reporting despite power outages

IN THE PAPERS - Friday, November 25: Journalists working at the Kyiv Independent document life under power outages caused by Russian missile strikes and vow to continue their work. Also, we look ahead to important local elections in Taiwan, the first since China's military escalation there. Cartoonists give us their…

France 24

Russia-Ukraine war, as it happened: nearly 9,000 Russian troops to be stationed in Belarus; Putin’s forces continuing ‘forced deportations’

Russian servicemen begin to arrive in Belarus; US think tank says Putin engaging in ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 235 of the invasion

Russian volunteers kill at least 11 fellow troops in attack at military base; Elon Musk says SpaceX will keep paying for Starlink satellite internet in Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

Russian nuclear strike would trigger a ‘physical response’ by Nato, says official – as it happened

Any use of nuclear weapons by Moscow would have ‘unprecedented consequences’ for Russia, Nato official warns

The Guardian - AU

G7 leaders warn Putin over use of nuclear weapons; Zelenskiy calls for international mission along Belarus border – as it happened

Leaders warn of ‘severe consequences’; Ukrainian president accuses Russia of trying ‘to directly draw Belarus into this war’

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The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine declares full control of Lyman – as it happened

Key city in east of country ‘fully cleared’ of Russian forces, says Zelenskiy; European leaders call annexation ‘blatant’ violation of international law

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 221 of the invasion

Russian forces retreat from stronghold of Lyman hours after Putin declares it Russia’s ‘for ever’; Germany minister visits Ukraine; Nord Stream pipeline leak halted

The Guardian - AU

Russian strike at Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant but reactors not damaged – as it happened

Reactors not damaged after Russian strikes at nuclear power plant in southern Mykolaiv region

WEKU

Ukrainian ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval is killed on the battlefield

Shapoval volunteered to fight after Russia invaded Ukraine. His unit was recently sent to one of "the hottest zones" in the country, according to The National Opera of Ukraine.

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Daily Mirror

Brit fighter in Ukraine foreign legion captured 'due to commander's incompetence'

New information has now been revealed that the reason Andrew Hill was captured is that he was ordered to defend a position that had already been abandoned by another unit

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine warns grain export deal will stall if there are further Russian airstrikes on key ports – as it happened

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France 24

Journalist at The Kyiv Independent: 'Covering the war in Ukraine is resistance'

The war in Ukraine upended all aspects of daily life for Ukrainians, journalists included. In a matter of days, The Kyiv Independent newsroom went from being a three-month-old startup with only around 30,000 visits per week, to one of the world's most important on-the-ground sources for the conflict with millions…

Evening Standard

Two brave female journalists in Ukraine show us the value of a free press

Last week I spent an hour on Zoom in conversation with two remarkable, brave women. The editor of the Kyiv Independent, Olga Rudenko, is on the front of Time magazine this week as one of their “next generation leaders”. Her passionate chief executive Daryna Shevchenko, whose phone was constantly blasting…

France 24

The suspicious Twitter accounts claiming to be run by journalists in Ukraine

The FRANCE 24 Observers team has launched an investigation into three Twitter accounts that claim to be run by journalists on the frontlines in Ukraine. The suspicious accounts were originally spotted by Conspirador Norteño, an account that specialises in studying misinformation on social media. But before that, they were thought…

The Guardian - UK

White House says the US has evidence that the war against Ukraine has been ‘a strategic disaster’ – as it happened

Germany, France and the UK reject Russia’s demand to pay for gas in roubles; Kremlin announces further sanctions for EU leaders

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Biden cautious over Russia promise

Ukraine news from March 29: Joe Biden urges caution over Russia’s pledge to reduce military activity near Kyiv.

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