1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1734+ words) An investigation by the Kyiv Independent reveals that Russia's shadow fleet uses Starlink and cryptocurrency, and identified Ukrainians recruited for maritime jobs who later worked on shadow fleet tankers now under investigation by the FBI and SBU. The oil tanker…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (13+ words) Contact lost with Russian An-26 transport aircraft over occupied Crimea'The Kyiv Independent...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (834+ words) A Tokyo-listed drone firm is breaking with the trend of Japanese companies avoiding Ukraine's defense industry by partnering with interceptor drone producer Amazing Drones, the first Japanese company to invest in the sector. The investment " undisclosed in size " will fuel…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (540+ words) One of Ukraine's largest drone makers, General Cherry, has signed a deal to produce unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the U.S., the company said in a statement shared with the Kyiv Independent on March 30. FPV (first-person view) drones and interceptor maker…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (483+ words) The golden arches shine again in Mykolaiv, a southern Ukrainian city that withstood Russia's assault early into the full-scale invasion. The port city, less than 70 kilometers from the front line, initially expected to see the return of McDonald's in 2023. Those…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (631+ words) Ukraine is working on a system to limit military personnel's access to online gambling during martial law, the Digital Transformation Ministry announced on March 25. Gambling has become a growing concern in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion, as more soldiers develop…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (511+ words) From the early pages of "The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes," we are swimming in the protagonist Aleksy's grief. The story begins at a point in his late teenage years when he "hated (his mother) more than ever," and…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (496+ words) American actor and filmmaker Sean Penn missed the March 15 ceremony of the Academy Awards, where he won his third Oscar, because he was traveling to Ukraine. At the 98th ceremony in Los Angeles, Penn received the Best Supporting Actor award for…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (727+ words) Help us make the truth travel further " now on Bluesky. Ukraine placed seventh in the medal standings at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games, which concluded March 15 amid several weeks of controversy surrounding Ukrainian athletes' ability to express themselves. On…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1046+ words) Alzbeta Karaskova, Radovan Sibrt, Pavel Talankin, David Borenstein, and Helle Faber, winners of the Best documentary award for "Mr. Nobody Against Putin", pose in the winners' room during the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards at The Royal Festival Hall on Feb....