Frontline report: Ukraine’s drone campaign pushes Russia’s oil industry toward collapse

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||;w[q].push([“_mgc.load”])})(window,”_mgq”); Today, there are important updates from the Russian Federation. Here, the Ukrainian forces achieved a record level of destruction of Russian oil infrastructure, disrupting it from the Black Sea to the... Read more »

Ukraine’s Final GDP Warrant Offer Enters Talks as Key Investors Push for Better Terms

Ukraine has entered the final stage of restructuring its $3.2 billion GDP-linked warrants after presenting what officials describe as the government’s final proposal to investors following the third round of closed negotiations... Read more »

Day 1,380: Ukraine maintains control of northern part of Pokrovsk, its army chief says

Ukrainian troops maintain control of the northern part of Pokrovsk, Ukraine’s army chief says. Putin says Russia will take Donbas by force or Ukraine’s troops will withdraw. The UN General Assembly passes... Read more »

Ukraine’s lights still burn, even if not all the time

A woman uses the flashlight on her phone as she walks down a non-illuminated street during a partial electricity blackout in the Podil neighborhood of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Nov. 25, 2025, following... Read more »

At least eight people injured in overnight attack in Ukraine

Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reports eight victims as a result of a Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine on Saturday night. “At least eight people were injured: three in Kyiv... Read more »

HUR says it destroyed Russian Su-24 tactical bomber, other targets in occupied Crimea (7)

Hello, this is Yuliia Taradiuk reporting from a foggy Kyiv on day 1,381 of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today’s top story so far: Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, HUR, said its drones... Read more »

Ukraine is cautiously optimistic as Trump’s son-in-law enters peace talks — here’s why

Jared Kushner looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the White House on January 29, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) As U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner... Read more »

War Notes: From the battlefield

Ukrainian drone operator Dimko Zhluktenko and his teammates flying a fixed-wing reconnaissance drone in Donetsk Oblast in August 2025. (Francis Farrell / The Kyiv Independent) Editor’s note: To mark the fourth birthday... Read more »

Call transcript shows EU leaders tell Zelensky that they, not US, will decide on frozen Russian assets

European leaders privately insisted they alone should control decisions over immobilized Russian assets during a recent call with President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to a transcript obtained by the Kyiv Independent, even as... Read more »

Ukraine merges military procurement agencies, defying previous NATO advice

Ukraine’s lethal and non-lethal military equipment procurement agencies will merge into one under the Defense Ministry from Jan. 1, going against NATO’s recommendations last year and raising eyebrows among anti-corruption activists. A... Read more »