Here's what you helped us achieve in the last week

Dear Kyiv Independent community members,

We had one of our members visit our office in person this week! Pictured above, Matthias (right), a Kyiv Independent member and a winner of our merch giveaway, poses with the tote bag he won, standing beside COO Zakhar Protsiuk and deputy chief editor Toma Istomina.

We'd also like to welcome our 93 new members this week. Thank you for standing with us! We look forward to seeing more of you in the office in the future.

Here are some highlights from the Kyiv Independent over the last week:

• We reported on Wagner mercenary boss Prigozhin's mutiny. On June 24, Prigozhin allegedly began marching towards Moscow, with troops, tanks, and armored vehicles, before abruptly coming to a stop that evening. Francis Farrell's piece looks at how Russia came to the brink of civil war, and what it means.

• Episode 14 of our podcast "This Week in Ukraine" also focuses on Wagner's mutiny attempt. Host Anastasiia Lapatina and reporter Francis Farrell discuss the mercenary group's failed attempt to take on the Russian military establishment and its consequences, with your questions starting at 36:20.

• This week, Belarus Weekly takes a look at the relationship between Lukashenko and Prigozhin. Belarusian dictator Lukashenko claimed that Prigozhin arrived in Belarus after his attempted insurrection, as the Kremlin announced that charges against Prigozhin will be dropped and that he will move to Belarus.

• We wrote about the independent Chechen soldiers siding with Ukraine to fight against Russia. Igor Kossov's article follows the story of Aslan Ocherkhadzhiev, a Chechen veteran who left Norway to fight on the side of Ukraine, since Russia crushed his people and denied their independence in the Chechen wars.

• We reported on the West's struggle to seize Russian assets for Ukraine. Although there is agreement that Russia should foot the bill for Ukraine's reconstruction, and the US and its allies have reportedly frozen $58 billion of Russian oligarch assets, there still isn't a clear solution how this money can be used to rebuild Ukraine, especially since in the EU can't legally confiscate this money without infringing on its own rule of law.

• Finally, if you haven't yet taken our community survey, there's still time! We really value hearing from our members, and your responses help us serve you better and improve as an organization. It should take no longer than about five minutes, and you can find it here. We appreciate it!

Thank you for standing by our side as we bring independent, locally-sourced news about Ukraine to the world.