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Kyiv Independent
Ukrainian pro-Western, broadly center-left by Western standards
The Kyiv Independent is an English-language, employee-owned Ukrainian news outlet founded in 2021, primarily funded by reader memberships and donations. It focuses on Ukraine's war with Russia and Ukrainian affairs for an international audience, with a strongly pro-Ukrainian editorial orientation. Its coverage of the Trump administration has been broadly critical, particularly of peace proposals the outlet characterizes as favorable to Russia and of U.S. policy shifts that it argues weaken European security commitments.
Owned byEmployee-owned; co-founded in 2021 by former Kyiv Post journalists and Jnomics Media, a media consultancy. No single controlling shareholder; the outlet's governance model requires that journalists retain at least partial ownership.
LeaningUkrainian pro-Western, broadly center-left by Western standards
On the administrationbroadly critical
5.4average bias score across 5 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun