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Independent English-language journalism in Ukraine. Our website: https://kyivindependent.com/ Become a member: kyivindependent.com/membership/ The official channel of The Kyiv Independent.
Updated: 2026-08-07
⚡️Syria announces plans to convert Russian military bases into joint training centers. The Syrian Foreign Ministry says the agreement "opens the way for a new phase in Syrian-Russi…
⚡️Poles take to streets in 22 cities to protest hate crimes against Ukrainians. The demonstrations come amid a surge in physical and verbal assaults against Ukrainians in Poland in…
⚡️'Kosovo must be respected' — Ukrainian flag stripped from Kosovo building after Zelensky's Serbia visit inflames controversy. In Serbia, Zelensky confirmed that Kyiv does not off…
⚡️Ukraine strikes Russian missile system used in attack the previous day, Madyar says. "The S-400 position in Gelendzhik ... was ablaze and sputtering for three hours," the command…
⚡️Russia destroys World Health Organization warehouse in Dnipro. "Even wars have rules. One of those is that health must be protected," World Health Organization Director-General T…
⚡️Ukrainian-made ballistic missiles could hit Russia in the fall, Zelensky says. "There are things that do not depend on Ukraine, because it's like with Russian ballistics, there a…
⚡️Russian attacks kill at least 13 people, injure 90 across Ukraine over past day. Overnight, Ukrainian forces downed 174 Shahed-type drones and five Banderol missiles, the Air For…
⚡️Russian missile attack damages residential buildings in Odesa, injures at least 6. Russia carried out a missile attack on Odesa overnight on Aug. 9, damaging residential building…
A head-to-head of how Backpack and Phantom advertise on Telegram — the Solana-rooted exchange-and-wallet versus the leading self-custody wallet, their creative and targeting differences, and what the Telegram Ads Spy archive reveals.
How advertisers reach Belgian audiences on Telegram — one of Europe's toughest gambling and ad-restriction regimes pushing operators offshore, a Dutch/French/German language split, and EU-regulated crypto and trading.
How advertisers reach Irish audiences on Telegram — an English-speaking EU member inside the UK-Ireland creative pool, a fintech and tech-HQ hub, EU-regulated crypto and forex, and offshore gambling under a tightening licensing regime.
How advertisers reach Korean audiences on Telegram — the real-name banking regime that pushes activity offshore, one of the world's most intense retail-crypto cultures, gaming and esports adjacency, and won-denominated payment friction.
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