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Here’s what we at the Kyiv Independent did this week:

We have good news, we found a new home! On Feb. 2, we signed a deal to rent an office in Kyiv’s historic Podil district. Our team will now have a base where we’ll continue to produce high-quality content, all in one space.

We also launched an upgraded news feed! Now our news feed mostly comprises short pieces that are fully displayed on the homepage. You can get the gist of the main events and developments in Ukraine in one glance.

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This week,Ukraine hosted three world leaders, who visited the country’s capital in sign of support amid the threat of Russia’s all-out invasion. We covered all of them:

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Kyiv on Feb. 1, saying that sanctions will be imposed the minute Russian troops further invade Ukraine, and promised additional 88 million pounds to Ukraine to support “stable governance.” President Volodymyr Zelensky in turn announced the creation of a trilateral partnership with the U.K. and Poland. Mateusz Morawiecki, Polish prime minister, was also in town.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte visited Kyiv on Feb. 2. He urged justice for MH17 plane crash victims and pushed to continue dialogue with Russia. The Netherlands has also agreed to launch a joint program to build 48 hospitals and rehabilitation centers for Ukrainian armed forces and veterans.

A day later, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Kyiv to oversee the signing of the long-anticipated free trade agreement. Ukraine also signed a deal to manufacture Turkish-developed Bayraktar TB2 drones on home turf.

As always, you can find all the updates on Russia’s war against Ukraine here.

Our journalists remain a key source of interviews and expertise for the international media covering the threat of the bigger Russian invasion of Ukraine. This week, our journalists have given interviews and comments to ABC (Australia), Die Welt, CBC (Canada) and other outlets.

We will soon launch the advertising and employment sections on our website and will start accepting ads and job listings. To advertise with the Kyiv Independent or place a vacancy, please reach out to our CEO Daryna Shevchenko at daryna.kyivindependent@gmail.com.

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