This weekly update from the Kyiv Independent aims to shed light on the situation facing Ukrainians living under Russian occupation and the tight control of information imposed by the Kremlin. Key news ...

Russia continues conscripting Ukrainians into the Russian army in occupied territories, according to the reports from the National Resistance Center of Ukraine.

Russia aims to build more than 13 million square meters of housing, over 140 kindergartens, several dozen schools, and about 100 medical facilities in occupied Ukrainian territories, according to the ...

As Ukrainians commemorate the victims of the Russian strike against Mariupol's Drama Theater, the exact toll of the attack remains unknown.

Four years on, the bombing of the Mariupol Theater remains one of the most tragic symbols of the brutality of Russian forces in Ukraine.

Nearly four years into its full-scale invasion, Russia controls about 20% of Ukrainian territory. Many of the estimated 3 million to 5 million people who remain in regions under Moscow’s control face ...

(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he discussed the fate of the besieged port city of Mariupol in a meeting Friday with the country’s military leaders and the heads of its ...

Another 300 Ukrainian defenders and two Ukrainian civilians have been brought back from Russian captivity. Source: Zelenskyy ...