Kyiv Independent
Russian missile destroys family house of killed EuroMaidan activist
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- Russian missile destroys family house of killed EuroMaidan activist
- Runtime
- 4:10
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Kharkiv resident Vitaliy Zubenko lost his son, 22-year-old Vladyslav, during the EuroMaidan Revolution in 2014 — he was among the activists killed during protests against the pro-Russian government in Kyiv. Now, because of Russia's full-scale invasion, the man also lost his house, full of memories of his son.
Read the full story at kyivindependent.com.
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- Ukraine returns Azovstal commanders from Russian captivity in a major prisoner swap
- Runtime
- 2:36
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Ukraine has returned 215 prisoners of war, including 124 officers, in its largest prisoner exchange since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Among those released are five commanders of the Azovstal defense, the Ukrainian military’s months-long resistance in the now occupied city of Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast.
Video by Anna Yakutenko
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- McDonald’s resumes work in Ukraine
- Runtime
- 0:50
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- McDonald's resumed delivery from some of its restaurants in Kyiv on Sept. 20 after shutting down operations across Ukraine because of Russia's full-scale invasion. The chain plans to reopen more restaurants in a week and resume its dine-in services in October.
Video by Anna Yakutenko
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- Russia attacks nuclear power plant in Mykolaiv Oblast
- Runtime
- 0:16
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- This video published by the President’s Office shows the latest shelling near the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant in Mykolaiv Oblast. The missile landed just 300 meters away from the plant. The explosion's shock wave broke windows in the plant's premises and damaged three power lines, according to Ukraine's state nuclear company Energoatom.
Find out more about Russia's nuclear blackmail in our explainer: https://kyivindependent.com/national/russias-nuclear-blackmail-explained-video
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- Exclusive interview with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
- Runtime
- 6:08
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Kyiv on Sept. 15 and met with the Kyiv Independent for an interview. "I am deeply convinced that Ukraine will win this war," she said.
Interview by Oleksiy Sorokin
Filmed by Liza Pyrozhkova
Edited by Anna Yakutenko
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- Russia’s nuclear blackmail, explained
- Runtime
- 3:43
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The world’s nuclear security is under threat as Russia occupies the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and uses it as a base to launch attacks on Ukraine. The Kyiv Independent explains why this is an unprecedented event and if the Zaporizhzhia plant will become the next Chornobyl.
Story by Alexander Query, Anna Yakutenko
Edited by Anna Yakutenko
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- Ukrainian Air Force shows how it uses HARM missiles on a Soviet jet
- Runtime
- 1:41
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- This video made by a Ukrainian pilot operating a Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter during a combat mission demonstrates U.S.-provided anti-radiation AGM-88 HARM missiles recently adapted for use with Soviet-produced jets.
Video: Ukrainian Air Force
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- Ukraine launches counteroffensive in southern Ukraine
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Ukraine's military reported on Aug. 29 that it had begun advancing on Kherson as part of its long-awaited counteroffensive to free the southern city. Kherson is the only regional capital to fall under occupation since Russia's full-scale invasion began on Feb. 24.
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- Our readers on why the world needs an independent Ukraine
- Runtime
- 2:25
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- For Ukraine's 31st Independence Day, we asked our Twitter community to film a video that starts with the words: "The world needs an independent Ukraine because..." Let's hear from them!
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- Key historical events through the eyes of the Kyiv Independent's team
- Runtime
- 7:02
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- This is the first Independence Day that we celebrate as a team of the Kyiv Independent, but our staff has witnessed Ukraine's key historical events throughout the years. In this video, we share our memories of the 2004 Orange Revolution and the 2013-2014 EuroMaidan Revolution and discuss how they have shaped modern Ukraine.
Story by Olena Makarenko, Anna Yakutenko
Filming by Liza Pyrozhkova
Edited by Olena Makarenko, Anna Yakutenko
- Title
- International Legion fighters claim their commander ordered them to steal goods from a shopping mall
- Runtime
- 3:32
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The following is a video provided to the Kyiv Independent by members of the International Legion. It was allegedly taken in early June in Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast at the Lemon shopping mall. In the video, soldiers are heard refusing to follow the order.
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- Ukrainian military receives Turkish Kirpi armored vehicles
- Runtime
- 0:26
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Ukrainian military has received 50 Kirpi armored vehicles, according to the Kakhovka military grouping, part of Ukraine’s Operational Command South. Kirpi (Turkish for “hedgehog”) is a mine-resistant ambush-protected personnel carrier produced by BMC, a large Turkish manufacturer. Each car can transport up to 13 passengers.
Kirpi features a combination of standard and add-on armor, that, along with its V-shape underbody and monocoque, provides protection against incoming ballistic projectiles and also from landmines and improvised explosive devices.
Ukraine’s military expects to get more 150 Kirpi vehicles soon.
Source: Kakhovka military grouping\Facebook
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- Witnesses report explosions near Russian military airbase in occupied Crimea
- Runtime
- 1:24
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- This compilation of the videos posted on social media shows the smoke rising above what is believed to be Russia's Saki Air Base in Novofedorivka in the western part of the occupied Crimean Peninsula on Aug. 9. Russia's proxies in Crimea said that one person was killed and five people were injured due to explosions. Russian Defense Ministry said that the blasts occurred due to the detonation of munitions. Ukraine hasn't confirmed whether it was behind the explosions.
Read more here: https://kyivindependent.com/national/explosions-reported-near-russian-military-airbase-in-occupied-crimea
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- Donbas residents ask for more humanitarian aid
- Runtime
- 2:49
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- As the fighting rages in Ukraine’s east, more villages in the area rely on humanitarian aid from volunteers and the government. We asked them about their most pressing needs.
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- What's inside the Russian and Ukrainian military food kit?
- Runtime
- 8:05
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Days after Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine, reports of the invading troops lacking decent provisions have surfaced on the internet.
The Kyiv Independent’s defense reporter Illia Ponomarenko and investigative reporter Igor Kossov compare Russian and Ukrainian MREs, debunking some of the earlier misconceptions about Russia’s readiness for a brutal land-grabbing war.
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- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: ‘Toughest sanctions for Russia will be a free and democratic Belarus’
- Runtime
- 23:58
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- In April, the leader of Belarus opposition Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya talked to the Kyiv Independent's chief editor Olga Rudenko about the role of Belarus in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and how the outcome of the war may decide the future of the nation she represents.
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- Exhumation of bodies of civilians killed by Russian forces in Kyiv Oblast
- Runtime
- 2:13
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Ukrainian authorities continue to exhume the bodies of civilians killed by Russian troops from the mass graves in the towns and villages around Kyiv.
At least 1,200 civilians have been killed in Kyiv Oblast, and the numbers keep rising.
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- How Ukraine’s railway keeps the country running amid war
- Runtime
- 5:30
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- From the early days of the war, Ukrainian Railways, or Ukrzaliznytsya, has become central to the country’s life and defense.
Ukrzaliznytsia has been helping the army by producing anti-tank hedgehogs and transporting the uncollected bodies of Russian soldiers killed on the front lines.
Trains have been tirelessly running back and forth taking people out of war hotspots and bringing humanitarian aid in.
Read full story here: https://kyivindependent.com/national/ukraines-railway-keeps-the-country-running-amid-war/
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- Highlights from discussion on Russia's aggression against Ukraine, in the past and at present.
- Runtime
- 3:56
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- A discussion about Russia's aggression against Ukraine, in the past and at present, brought together the team of the "Mr. Jones" film including director Agnieszka Holland, actor James Norton and screenwriter Andrea Chalupa and the Kyiv Independent's deputy chief editor Toma Istomina and CFO Jakub Parusinski on March 11.
The charity event attracted nearly 300 viewers and raised $20,000. which will be equally divided between Proliska, a humanitarian charity in Donbas, and the Kyiv Independent. We thank everyone who tuned in and made a contribution.
