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Independent English-language journalism in Ukraine. Our website: https://kyivindependent.com/ Become a member: kyivindependent.com/membership/ The official channel of The Kyiv Independent.
Updated: 2026-08-15
⚡️Ukrainian forces target Moscow Oblast, damaging Wildberries warehouse in major attack. Ukrainian forces targeted a warehouse belonging to major Russian online retailer Wildberrie…
⚡️Russian attack rocks Kyiv as numerous explosions heard within minutes. A Russian attack rocked Kyiv overnight on Aug. 16 as multiple explosions were heard in Ukraine's capital wi…
⚡️Ukraine begins using British drones to strike targets deep within Russia, Times reports. Ukraine has begun using British drones in deep strikes against Russia over the past six m…
⚡️Poland will soon have Europe's largest army, Tusk pledges. "Our Polish-Ukrainian relations can be debated, but no one can doubt that supporting Ukraine in the war with Russia is …
⚡️Zelensky orders government to prepare law protecting Ukraine's cultural monuments. "Today, I signed a decree on measures at the state level to protect Ukraine's national shrines,…
⚡️Russia threatens 'serious damage' to relations with US, Turkey over weapons shipment to Ukraine. Sending arms to Ukraine undermines attempts by the U.S. and Turkey to act as peac…
No air defense, nowhere to hide: The reality of Kyiv's bomb shelter system Russia's missile and drone attacks on Kyiv have become larger and more frequent than at any point during …
⚡️Ukraine's HUR claims cyberattack on Wildberries, Russian sellers complain of more disruption. Despite what HUR described as the company's high level of digital protection, the cy…
A head-to-head of how Backpack and Phantom advertise on Telegram — the Solana-rooted exchange-and-wallet versus the leading self-custody wallet, their creative and targeting differences, and what the Telegram Ads Spy archive reveals.
How advertisers reach Belgian audiences on Telegram — one of Europe's toughest gambling and ad-restriction regimes pushing operators offshore, a Dutch/French/German language split, and EU-regulated crypto and trading.
How advertisers reach Irish audiences on Telegram — an English-speaking EU member inside the UK-Ireland creative pool, a fintech and tech-HQ hub, EU-regulated crypto and forex, and offshore gambling under a tightening licensing regime.
How advertisers reach Korean audiences on Telegram — the real-name banking regime that pushes activity offshore, one of the world's most intense retail-crypto cultures, gaming and esports adjacency, and won-denominated payment friction.
Flags — the regions we asked our observer pool for while recording this ad in this channel. That is a label on our request, not a confirmed place of viewing: when no account is available in the requested country the pool silently substitutes another and does not say so. It is not the advertiser's targeting country either. We stopped requesting the region on {date}, so newer creatives carry no flags at all. The channel's main country (by its language) is highlighted in blue; regions under 5% are collapsed into +N.