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Dear Kyiv Independent community,

For our second quarterly editorial meeting, we wanted to try out a new format, which we hope will make the meetings more accessible and easier to follow.

We asked in advance for questions, suggestions, and feedback you had for the editorial team, with our team – editor-in-chief Olga Rudenko, defense reporter Illia Ponomarenko, senior editor Oleksiy Sorokin, head of investigations Anna Myroniuk, and reporter Oleg Sukhov – answering the questions and providing insight on the editorial team’s analysis and approach to the topics in the current news cycle.

The meeting is now available online.

We opened the questions to four out of five tiers, as we wanted to make it easier for members to participate while still having a manageable amount of questions to respond to.

We’re still thinking how to best structure our membership benefits and what will provide the most value for our community.

This was our first time filming a video like this, and we want to know: What do you think of the new format? And is this a format that you would like to continue?

Thank you to those who sent in questions, and thank you for standing with us.

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The Kyiv Independent's open editorial meeting

02:10 - Situation at the front lines. Will there be a Ukrainian counteroffensive in spring? 13:00 - Does Ukraine need a mass mobilization to power its counteroffensive? 18:30 - One year of full-scale war. How do we feel about it? 20:59 - Is there a realistic threat of an attack by Belarus? 27:30 - Putin’s ‘anniversary’ address. Why was it so lame? 36:15 - Biden’s surprise visit to Kyiv. 38:30 - Back to Putin’s address. Should we even keep listening to what he says? 44:00 - What’s happening with corruption in Ukraine? 51:00 - Some think we shouldn’t talk about corruption until the war ends. We disagree. 55:00 - The recent corruption scandal in defense ministry. How did the minister save his job? 1:02:35 - What are the Kyiv Independent’s biggest challenges now? 1:06:30 - How do we maintain editorial independence in the time of war?

Comments

Roberto Echavarren

HI, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW GAYS ARE TREATED IN THE UKRAINAN ARMY AND HOW DOES THE PUBLIC REACT TO THEM

Charles Corfield

Keep up your good work. Free societies depend on the existence of a free press.

CAROLYN SCHOTT

This was fabulous. Thank you for doing this.

Mary Margaret Perez

Regarding corruption reporting, it is important to continue these investigations. I think American support for Ukraine is not hurt by exposing corruption but it is important to balance the stories with positive news of what individuals, the government, and the army are doing that accentuate the differences between Ukraine and Russia. Stories of humane treatment of POWs and civilians by the army in the war zones are important to counter the anti war narrative from politicians who would argue the money spent on the war could be better spent domestically in the US and other countries in Europe.

Alan Jones

Y'all sound like a good group - curious & savvy. If you keep supporting each other, keep being positive, you will make yourselves a better future.

Jenny Wong

You all are brilliant people! Respect! Love & support from the Far East.

Jan Ginhold

Thank you very much for addressing my question about low level corruption. The question was asked correctly at the beginning. In the answer, however, it was increasingly reduced to official state decision-makers. I was talking about an even lower level. The smooth transition from normal business to corruption. The normal everyday life. It's something you just got used to in Ukraine. Maybe that's why it's just not noticeable anymore. But I think you have to start here. If you tolerate it here, then corruption is a social consensus. And that is what is dangerous.

Arthur Pontes

Thank you. Very informative. I look forward to more like this.

the feynmen

Dumb idea - allow Poland to temporarily annex Ukraine, immediately granting the territory of Ukraine protection under NATO article 5.

the feynmen

Dumb idea 2 - temporarily rejoin Lithuania which has a much older connection to Ukrainian lands than russia does, immediately granting NATO protection.

Alex Forsyth

I really enjoyed this, it's a great format for both answering supporters' questions and getting a bit more of an idea of the realities of working as a journalist in wartime Ukraine. I'd be very happy if you continued to do quarterly videos in this format (or more regularly, but given how incredibly busy all the staff must be it's important to keep it manageable). Keep up the great work.