Be ambassadors of Ukraine: Share our stories in your communities

Dear Patrons,

Thank you for staying with us through this turbulent time. The Kyiv Independent team is staying strong and focused despite all the horrors Russians leave behind as our cities and towns get liberated. It is thanks to your continuous support that we are now able to do our jobs.

It’s been over 40 days since Russia started its attempted invasion of our country and all of Ukrainians have been fighting on different fronts to defend our land and people. The Kyiv Independent has become a true voice of Ukraine in the world and we are proud to be serving this mission.

Since the beginning of the war our followership has grown immensely across all platforms.

As of March 30, 2022 we have:

~ 2 million readers on Twitter;

~ 51,800 followers on Instagram;

~ 52,800 subscribers on Telegram;

~ 9,400 newsletter subscribers

~ Over 11.2 million page views on the kyivindependent.com since the war started

We are working on partnerships that would help us make sure that our content is accessible in different languages. The partnerships are soon to be announced. However, war fatigue is beginning to show. We already see that people around the world start losing interest in what’s going on in Ukraine and start coming back to their normal lives.

But our fight is far from over and we desperately need the world’s attention. As our ambassadors, we ask you for help.

Please share our content in your communities, on your social media, with your friends and family, and ask them to do the same. The world has to know about Russian atrocities in Ukraine, the people in democratic countries have to keep pressuring their governments to support Ukraine. We will make sure they have all the information to do that.

Here are some of our stories you can share. All of them are produced by our staff or freelance reporters working on the ground in Ukraine:

• Fearless Kyiv utility workers keep the city running under Russia’s shelling

Heroism comes in different forms as the whole country is fighting off the invasion. This is the story of Kyiv’s utility workers keeping Ukraine’s capital alive, clean and ready for victory celebrations.

• Facing resistance in occupied Kherson, Russian forces crack down on disobedient residents

The reality of living in occupied Kerson is dark, but local residents don’t give up. Several people from Kherson and Oblast told us what is going on in the city. We had to change their names for safety reasons.

• Russian soldiers kill mother of two as she drives family to safety

The war is not about numbers, it is about people’s lives – lost and ruined. Our reporters in the field talk to war victims every day. Do share this story – the world has to know of Russia’s atrocities in Ukraine.

• Inside the massacre of civilian evacuees outside Kyiv

Our reporter talked to people who saw with their own eyes their loved ones killed. Share their story with your community.

• How ​​Ukraine swaps living soldiers for dead Russians

Reporting from the field in Ukraine’s war zones right now in many cases means that you are facing a 50/50 chance of dying while on an editorial assignment. But our journalists do it anyway. Please share their work.

• Ukrainian journalist released from Russian captivity: ‘They were most interested in finding organizers of pro-Ukrainian rallies’

Share our exclusive interview with a Ukrainian reporter released from Russian captivity.

• Residents of a building hit by a Russian missile come to the ruins of their homes

Seeing your home destroyed is something no one should be forced to live through, but thousands of Ukrainians do now. Share this story to show the world what Russia is doing to the lives of ordinary Ukrainians.

Thank you again for your support and help! Stay strong and Slava Ukraini!