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Illia Ponomarenko

Illia Ponomarenko is a defence reporter with the Kyiv Independent, an English-language media outlet in Ukraine

Ukraine Diary: A year on, Russia’s war has failed to break our spirit

We started the Kyiv Independent as the horror of war loomed – and now Biden and Zelensky walk through the heart of the city.

By Illia Ponomarenko

Ukraine Diary: A year on, Russia’s war has failed to break our spirit

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Dispatch: As Russia masses troops on the border, defiant Ukrainians join new home guard

A new militia could spell trouble for a Russian offensive.

By Illia Ponomarenko

We couldn’t save the Kyiv Post. But we can save its values

A journalist from the English-language paper recounts how the entire newsroom was fired – and why it matters.

By Illia Ponomarenko

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