Outlet track record

Kyiv Independent

Ukrainian, pro-Ukraine/Western-aligned

The Kyiv Independent is a reader- and grant-funded Ukrainian nonprofit newsroom with no single owner, launched by journalists fired from the Kyiv Post. It is firmly pro-Ukraine and anti-Kremlin in orientation, and its 2026 coverage of the Trump administration has been largely critical, highlighting perceived U.S. disengagement from Ukraine's interests, friction between Kyiv and Trump's envoys, and Washington's shifting priorities toward Russia and Iran.

Owned byNo single owner; registered as an independent nonprofit media organization run by its founding journalists, with editorial control held by the newsroom itself

LeaningUkrainian, pro-Ukraine/Western-aligned

On the administrationbroadly critical

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4.4average bias score across 36 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

5 Russian Drone Kills at Least 14 at Dnipro Train Station; Zelensky Says Forces Have No Order to Halt Refinery Strikes, Contradicting WSJ Report
5 Russia Fires 21 Ballistic Missiles at Kyiv, Three With Cluster Warheads, Zelensky Says, Hours After Putin Agrees to Resume Talks After Nov. 10
3 Witkoff Meets Putin in St. Petersburg a Day After Oslo Talks With Zelensky; Russia Frees American Stephen Hubbard, 74
4 Trump Says 'Maybe It's Time for Zelensky to Get Somebody Else' to Negotiate for Ukraine, Nine Days After Calling for a New Ukrainian President
5 Ukraine Says Russia Hit More Than 15 Energy Sites With 332 Drones and Missiles; Zelensky Criticizes U.S. Sanctions Waiver
5 Russian Missile Kills 22 in Pryluky Apartment Block During Overnight Barrage of About 70 Missiles and 130 Drones, Ukraine Says
3 Ukraine Says It Downed 131 of 157 Russian Drones Overnight as Strike Hits Kyiv's Northern Bridge
4 Putin Rejects Proposed Truce on Long-Range Energy Strikes a Day After Russian Attack Forced Emergency Power Cuts in Kyiv
3 Danish Intelligence Sees 'Low but Growing Risk' of a Limited Russian Attack on a NATO Neighbor in Coming Months
4 Russia's FSB Orders 10-Day Night Movement and River Limits in Two Districts Bordering Estonia
6 Ukrainian Drones and Missiles Hit Moscow Oil Refinery on Final Day of Russia's Duma Election; Officials Report Three Killed
2 Russian Guided Bomb Hits Sumy Apartment Building, Killing 2 and Injuring 8
4 Ukraine's Parliament Votes 317 to Dismiss Prosecutor General Kravchenko; Zelensky Names Kovalskyi Acting Successor
4 Belarus Opens Four-Day Military Exercise Near Poland and Lithuania Borders, Hours After NATO Downs Drone Over Lithuania
3 European Commission Approves €6.1 Billion Ukraine Defense Tranche, Clearing About €2 Billion for U.S.-Made Patriot Interceptors