The Kyiv Independent
About The Kyiv Independent
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Awards
2025 Freedom Fighter Award: The Kyiv Independent editor-in-chief Olga Rudenko has been honored with the Freedom Fighter Award by the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).
2025 Innovation in Revenue Strategy: The Kyiv Independent has been awarded the Online Journalism Award for Innovation in Revenue Strategy for building a sustainable business model during wartime.
2025 Honor of the Profession: The Kyiv Independent's Olesia Bida, the author of "He Came Back" our investigative documentary, which exposes sexual violence committed by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, won the Ukrainian journalism award, "Honor of the Profession. "
2024 Bucha Journalism Conference Prize: The Kyiv Independent's War Crimes Investigations Unit won the Bucha Journalism Conference Prize in the Best Investigation of Russian War Crimes category for "Uprooted.