Kyiv Independent

Kyiv Independent is an English-language Ukrainian news agency based out of Kyiv, Ukraine.https://kyivindependent.com/
==About==
The Kyiv Independent was formed on November 11, 2021 by former members of the Kyiv Post, and the YouTube channel launched on February 17, 2022 - exactly one week before the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Kyiv Independent was formed to maintain journalistic integrity, which came under threat when Kyiv Post was the temporarily shut down by a new owner wishing to control the narrative.https://kyivindependent.com/about/. While based in Ukraine, the Kyiv Independent includes both Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian members in its staff.https://kyivindependent.com/team/
The following values serve as the backbone of the Kyiv Independent:
* The new publication will serve its readers and community, and nobody else.
* The Kyiv Independent won’t be dependent on a rich owner or an oligarch. The publication will depend on fundraising from readers and donors and later on, commercial activities.
* The newsroom will decide and execute the publication’s editorial policy in the community’s best interests. Attempts to influence it from outside will not be tolerated.
* The Kyiv Independent will always be at least partly owned by its journalists.
* The Kyiv Independent will strive to reach financial sustainability to preserve its independence in the future.
==Content==
The Kyiv Independent seeks to provide a fair and reliable news source on a variety of topics pertaining to Ukraine. Ranging from Russia's ongoing war with Ukraine, disinformation campaigns, medical procurement, human rights in the occupied Crimea and Donbas, and the history of the Ukrainian people from ancient times to the Russian Empire to the Soviet Union up to the present day, all are covered here.
The main goal is to provide news on relevant topics in Ukraine, sold to a wider audience outside the country itself in English speaking videos, featuring voices both Ukrainian and not. And due to the ongoing war with Russia, the Kyiv Independent goes to great detail to cover everything from the battlefield, human rights abuses, mass destruction inflicted in Ukraine by Russia, and how Ukraine itself is pressing forward through it all.
They also seek to dispel disinformation and Russian narratives related to the invasion, such as the idea that Ukraine is run by Nazis or was artificially created by Vladimir Lenin from Imperial Russian land.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmOj0Ur_xinSqXya8tNipG1lnrbDYTMBU
Also, the Kyiv Independent hosts a weekly podcast, aptly titled This Week in Ukraine. A discussion forum between two different hosts from the Kyiv Independent staff, that changes with each episode. As the title suggests, it's about relevant topics of that week.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmOj0Ur_xinSbnzNf7L4F7oFVds7En7Aw
==References==
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