Here's what you helped us achieve in the past week (Patreon)

Dear KI community members, 

We hope you've been well this past week. Thank you for your continued support! 

We'd also like to extend a warm welcome to our 130 new members – we're glad you're with us. We wouldn't be able to accomplish what we do without support from our readers. 

Here are some highlights from the Kyiv Independent in the last week:

Paul Massaro dropped by our office at the end of last week. Pictured above is Massaro with some of the KI team members. Massaro is the senior policy advisor for counter-corruption and sanctions on the U.S. Helsinki Commission and is also well-known on Twitter. 

We reported on the Ukrainian military's surprise counteroffensive with Asami Terajima's "Ukraine liberates 1,000 square kilometers, over 20 settlements in Kharkiv Oblast" and her wrap-up "Ukraine War Latest." 

We revisited the Russian missile strike on Kramatorsk train station. Daria Shulzhenko's story follows one of the survivors, a 19-year-old student and her recovery after losing a limb in April. 

Volunteers and charities have both played an important part in the war so far. Cyrille Amoursky's story on volunteers in Mykolaiv and Odesa and Illia Ponomarenko's piece on the charity Come Back Alive look at these efforts.

One of our most popular stories was Daryna Antoniuk's "How Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet keeps Ukraine online," which looks at how the portable satellite dishes keep the country connected despite the war.

Today we published Belarus Weekly. This week, the newsletter covers Belarus' military drills, which simulated crossing the border with Ukraine.

We are hiring! We are currently looking to fill two positions: Social Media Manager and Head of Marketing. If you know anyone who might be a good fit, please pass this opportunity along to them. 

Thank you for standing by our side as we are bringing independent, locally-sourced news about Ukraine to the world.