Here's what you helped us achieve this week (Patreon)

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

We started the week by moving into our new office! After launching the Kyiv Independent in mid-November we desperately needed a space to gather, exchange ideas, communicate and plan our next moves. We tried cafes and coworking spaces, yet we knew that we needed a full-time base. 

Starting from Feb. 7, we finally have an office where we’ll continue to produce high-quality content, now all in one space, in the heart of the Podil neighborhood in Kyiv.

We published a special podcast episode with defense reporter Illia Ponomarenko, where he answered your questions about Russia’s war, Ukraine’s defense and foreign support. You can listen to the podcast on all platforms!

On Thursday, we held our second online event! Political Editor Oleksiy Sorokin and Chief Editor Olga Rudenko talked about Ukraine's domestic politics, corruption and reforms, while answering questions asked by our patrons that tuned into the event.

We will publish the recording on Patreon shortly and we hope to see you all at our next event. Stay tuned for the announcement.

The Kyiv Independent partnered with Ukrainian investigative journalism project Bihus.Info, with the pilot episode of our new joint series aired on Feb. 10. Our head of investigations Anna Myroniuk joined the head of Bihus.info, Denys Bihus, to talk about how Ukraine is currently perceived in foreign media. The Ukrainian-language show is available on YouTube via this link!

We launched the commercial projects. Our Company News section now features advertising from Coca-Cola and Kyiv’s Brookes CIL International School.

To advertise with the Kyiv Independent, please reach out to our CEO Daryna Shevchenko at daryna.kyivindependent@gmail.com.

Our recently upgraded news feed is up and running! It 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.

We would appreciate your feedback. To tell us what you think, follow this link.

We analyzed three popular scenarios of a potential further Russian invasion. To read the report, follow this link.

We continued to cover diplomatic efforts to deter Russia’s aggression. Among the key news we followed was French President Emmanuel Macron’s two-day diplomatic spree with visits to Kyiv and Moscow.

Our feature stories included a visit to the ghost city of Prypyat, in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, for military drills, and the overview of the state of bomb shelters in Kyiv to see whether the residents will be safe in those underground locations marked on the official map. Spoiler: They won’t.

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

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Trying to launch a new media outlet is an uphill battle. Thank you for standing by our side in this journey. Tell us how we can do better.

Thank you for your support and have a wonderful weekend!