Facilities are good and are available in most offices and hotels. These can be sent from central post offices in large cities 24 hours a day. Services are erratic. Letters to Western Europe can take two weeks or more. The main post office in Kyiv is located at Khreshchatik 22 and it is open 24 hours.
Ukrainian newspapers are uncensored.
The most popular and lively daily is the Russian-language Kyivskiye Vedomosti . Also widely read are the liberal Nezavisimost and the parliamentary daily Holos Ukrainy . The Russian press is also widely available. News from Ukraine is published in English and available in 70 other countries. Western newspapers are now available in Kyiv, but not in other parts of the country.