💭 “Kremlin has been weaponizing its own citizens to become, basically, killers” How does Russia achieve this? 💻 In new episode of our Podcast, @aksybera.bsky.social & Jessikka Aro, explore Russia’s #propaganda tactics since 2014. 🎧 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/48mEYWa #KIInsightsPodcast

📩 🧵Our weekly report is out! Subscribe to get full weekly reports on #Ukraine straight in your inbox: insights.kyivindependent.com/newsletters Rising concern over Eurosceptic & pro-Russian forces: new “Sila Natsii” party emerges, calling NABU/SAPO “colonial” & hinting at anti-Western themes. 1/🧵

💭“Ukraine is not this crazy, corrupt country where you cannot make money, where they always lie and cheat you.” ⚙️ How has UA MilTech sector transformed since 2022? KI Insights Podcast: @jakubparusinski.bsky.social & Mykolaj Suchý speak with Roman Sulzhik. 🎧 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/48BnTI3

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🚨 Trump has flipped his Russia rhetoric 180°, #Ukraine hopes US pressure for a bad ceasefire will ease. What happened behind closed doors at the UN General Assembly 🇺🇳? #UkraineAnalysis #KIISpotReport Photo: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images 1/🧵

📅 The Week Ahead: Key Global Security & #Ukraine Agenda 🧵 (Sept 29 - Oct 5): 👇 🌍 Warsaw Security Forum, Sept 29–30, will gather reps from 80+ countries incl. top officials. Expected: strong backing for 🇺🇦 amid talk of possible #US pullback from peace talks. #KIweekahead 1/🧵

📢3 hours to go! Join our exclusive briefing, where experts @jakubparusinski.bsky.social & Anatolii Oktysiuk will tackle some of the most critical questions in today’s political landscape. 📍Online briefing 🕛Sept 24, 18:30 Kyiv time Register: bit.ly/4nFHMlA

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🧠 How far can Kremlin #propaganda go in reshaping Europe’s political landscape? In the new episode of Insights Podcast, @aksybera.bsky.social talks with @svratkin.bsky.social atkin.bsky.social, Voxpot, about his investigation into Russian disinformation networks 🎧 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/3VQ4Kuo

📅 The Week Ahead: Key Global Security & #Ukraine Agenda 🧵 (September 15-21): 👇 🚨 Today, Sept 12, the #UNSC holds an emergency meeting over 🇵🇱 airspace violations by RU drones. Also today, Russia & Belarus launch #Zapad2025 military drills (Sept 12–16). #KIweekahead Photo: Aleksander Kalka 1/🧵

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📢1 day to go! Next Subscriber Q&A: Frontline Update — September 10 We’ll unpack the #Dobropillia breakthrough: what happened, how 🇺🇦 responded, and what it reveals about the frontline. 🔒 Subscribers only Register here: bit.ly/4mGNwLL 🕕 18:45 Kyiv | 17:45 Brussels | 16:45 London | 11:45 DC

💭 “Russia is consistently probing for weak spots” How did Moscow’s months of prep and new drone tactics let it disrupt #Ukraine’s ground lines near #Dobropillya? @aksybera.bsky.social talks with The Kyiv Independent’s War Reporter Francis Farrell about the latest updates 🎧 Listen: bit.ly/3JJBaEh

📩 🧵Our weekly report is out! Subscribe to get full weekly reports on #Ukraine straight in your inbox: insights.kyivindependent.com/newsletters 🚨 Ukraine lifts travel ban for men aged 18–22. Cabinet resolution effective Aug 28 allows first legal exits for many since Feb 24, 2022. 1/🧵

📅 The Week Ahead: Key Global Security & #Ukraine Agenda 🧵 (September 1-7): 👇 🤝 President Zelensky announced that a security guarantees framework for Ukraine will be ready next week. Photo: Turkish Presidency #KIweekahead #SecurityGuarantees 1/🧵

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📊⛪Ukraine vs. Russia: perceptions in US evangelical media – special report by KI Insights is out! How are UA&RU portrayed in US #EvangelicalMedia — and why does it matter for policy in #Washington? Learn here: insights.kyivindependent.com?shared=68a88... #Religion #WarInUkraine 1/🧵

📩 🧵Our weekly report is out! Subscribe to get full weekly reports on #Ukraine straight in your inbox: insights.kyivindependent.com/newsletters ❗US-brokered peace talks stall after the Aug 15 #AlaskaSummit. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images 1/🧵

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💭 “India’s foreign policy is one of the most misunderstood foreign policies in the world.” KI Insights editor Alex Fynn talks with political analyst Sana Hashmi about the risks and choices shaping New Delhi’s foreign policy future. 🎧 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/45LGn5z #KIInsightsPodcast

📅 The Week Ahead: Key Global Security & #Ukraine Agenda 🧵 (August 25-31): 👇 🤝Next week in Ukraine, the spotlight stays on peace talks — but a Zelensky–Putin meeting still looks remote, even with potential #US mediation. Photo: ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images #KIweekahead 1/🧵

📰Ukrainian media are pushed to their limits covering the war, facing a crisis from shrinking donor support & growing pressure from state authorities. What’s next? Find out at our exclusive briefing! 📅August 27, 18:00 Kyiv Register: bit.ly/44SWmjd Details: bit.ly/3V4pwGa

🤝 Yesterday's #WhiteHouse meeting went well. Both Zelensky & Trump were at their most diplomatic. We are arguably closer to a peace deal than at any time since April 2022 - but things get significantly more complicated from here. #PeaceTalks #UkraineAnalysis 1/🧵

📩 🧵Our weekly report is out! Subscribe to get full weekly reports on #Ukraine straight in your inbox: insights.kyivindependent.com/newsletters #UkraineUpdate 👇

📅 The Week Ahead: Key Global Security & #Ukraine Agenda 🧵 (August 18-24): 👇 🌍 Next week in Ukraine will be dominated by fallout from the Aug 15 #AlaskaSummit between Trump & Putin. Trump’s remarks on possible “land swaps” rattled #Kyiv & allies. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images 1/🧵

🎧 New episode of our podcast is out! KI Insights' @aksybera.bsky.social speaks with Ruslan "Santa" Myroshnychenko, ex-commander of Ukraine’s 2nd International Battalion, about its history, motives of foreign volunteers & frontline operations 🔗 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/4mHpWy1 #KIInsightsPodcast

❗Now, with the chances of a #Ukraine–Russia deal at their highest since April 2022, we have released a Spot Report outlining possible scenarios and offering key insights ⬇️ #PeaceTalks #UkraineWar #PeaceDeal

📢Given the extraordinary events around US–Ukraine–Russia talks, KI Insights is organising an exclusive Q&A session in 2 days! This event is exclusively for subscribers. 📅 August 13 🕛 16:00 Kyiv 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4mCYy4p Speaker: KI Insights’ Director @jakubparusinski.bsky.social

📩 🧵Our weekly report is out! Subscribe to get full weekly reports on #Ukraine straight in your inbox: insights.kyivindependent.com/newsletters EU welcomed Ukraine’s late-July rollback of NABU–SAPO curbs. But Brussels warns “this is not the end” — 🔑 reforms still needed before accession talks 1/🧵

📅 The Week Ahead: Key Global Security & #Ukraine Agenda 🧵 (August 11-17): ❗ A decision on possible Putin–Trump–Zelensky talks is expected in the coming days. The US deadline for #Moscow to agree to a ceasefire has passed, yet summit discussions continue. Photo: Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images 1/🧵

💭“The most important work is always unseen.” 🎧 Episode 5 of the KI Insights Podcast — From Reporting to Resistance — is out now! How does war reporting change when a journalist becomes a combatant? Why is narrative control key in the information war? 🔗Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/45rPAQF

📩 🧵Our weekly report is out! Subscribe to get full weekly reports on #Ukraine straight in your inbox: insights.kyivindependent.com/newsletters ⚖️ Despite worries around getting enough votes…

📅 The Week Ahead: Key Global Security & #Ukraine Agenda 🧵 ( August 4-10) ⏳ August 8 marks Trump’s 200th day in office — and the deadline for a RU peace deal. Absent any progress, the US may impose sweeping new sanctions, incl. 100% secondary tariffs on Russian oil. #KIweekahead

📩 🧵Our weekly report is out! Subscribe to get full weekly reports on #Ukraine straight in your inbox: insights.kyivindependent.com/newsletters ⚖️The scale of protests against bill #12414 took Zelensky’s team by surprise. Thousands rallied in Kyiv & other cities even before he signed it on July 22

💭“Shmyhal was like Brezhnev in Soviet times.” 🎧 Episode 5 of the KI Insights Podcast is out now! What’s behind #Ukraine ’s government reshuffle? Director @j_parus talks with Kyiv-based political analyst Anatoliy Oktysiuk about what changed. 🔗 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/45cgvzQ

📅 The Week Ahead: Key Global Security & #Ukraine Agenda 🧵 (July 28 - August 3): 🛑 A draft law restoring NABU&#SAPO independence, submitted by Zelensky, is expected to be voted on between July 29–31. #KIweekahead Photo: Artem Gvozdkov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images 1/🧵

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#Ukraine: from a charity case to an investment opportunity? 🎧Episode 4 of the KI Insights Podcast is out! @dominicculverwell.bsky.social reports from #URC Rome Investor appetite, US & EU moves, and risks shaping UA recovery. 🔗 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/3mh2... #KIInsightsPodcast

📩 🧵Our weekly report is out! Subscribe to get full weekly reports on #Ukraine straight in your inbox: insights.kyivindependent.com/newsletters Ukraine’s #Rada backed a government overhaul: fewer ministries, limited new faces. The move consolidates Yermak‘s grip on US relations & resource policy 1/🧵

📅 The Week Ahead: Key Global Security & #Ukraine Agenda 🧵 (July 21-27): 👇 🛡️ Ukraine’s donors & Patriot-owning countries to meet July 23 at NATO’s SHAPE HQ near Mons. Trump says more #Patriot missiles have already been sent this week. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/picture alliance via Getty Images

📅We invite you to an exclusive off-rec briefing on #Ukraine’s drone war & investment opportunities. Featuring insights from ‘Warcrafted: The Power Behind Ukrainian Defense Tech’, our new defense tech catalog with Tech Force in UA 🔗Register: bit.ly/46HRnTG 🖊️Details: bit.ly/3ItoYGU

📩 🧵Our weekly report is out! Subscribe to get full weekly reports on #Ukraine straight in your inbox insights.kyivindependent.com/newsletters ☎️ US-Ukraine ties appear to rebound after a positive Trump–Zelensky call. Trump has since made rare pro-Ukraine statements and promised action on #Russia 1/🧵

📅 The Week Ahead: Key Global Security & #Ukraine Agenda 🧵 (July 14-20): Trump’s major statement. US & EU sanctions on Russia. EU Foreign Affairs Council. Verkhovna Rada plenary week 👇 Photo: Annabelle Gordon for the Washington Post via Getty Images

A first-of-its-kind catalog on #Ukraine's battlefield-proven #drones, technologies We're proud to present "Warcrafted: The Power Behind Ukrainian Defense Tech" spotlighting Ukraine’s most innovative & battle-tested defense tech. Preview here: insights.kyivindependent.com?shared=686fe...

🎙️ Episode 3 of the Insights Podcast is out now! MEP @janfarsky.bsky.social‬ & @aksybera.bsky.social break down the rise of anti-EU #populism ahead of Czech elections & what it means for #Ukraine 📡Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/40Ug...

📅 The Week Ahead: Key Global Security & #Ukraine Agenda 🧵 (July 7-13): EU-US tariffs. Denmark’s EU presidency. BRICS summit. Ukraine Recovery Conference 👇 Photo by Henry Nicholls - WPA Pool/Getty Images

📩 🧵Our weekly report is out! Subscribe too get full weekly reports on #Ukraine straight in your inbox: insights.kyivindependent.com/newsletters

📅 The Week Ahead: Key Global Security & #Ukraine Agenda 🧵 (June 30-July 6): The EU Council meeting. The US cuts war crime investigations. Ureainian budget boost #KIweekahead 👇 Photo: Simon Wohlfahrt / Bloomberg via Getty Images

🎧 New KI Insights Podcast! Jakub Parusinski & @kyivindependent.com‬ #frontline reporter Francis Farrell on #Russia’s 2025 summer offensive in #Ukraine — why now, what’s changing, and what it means for Western support. 📡 Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/6Tvx...