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The Kyiv Independent Live in London
The Kyiv Independent Live in London
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Join the award winning team of the leading media outlet about ukraine for an evening of firsthand insights into life in wartime Ukraine.
Editor-in-Chief Olga Rudenko (Time's Next Generation Leader 2022, 2025 CEPA Freedom Fighter award recipient), CEO Daryna Shevchenko, frontline reporter Francis Farrell (Bayeux-Calvados Normandy Prize winner), deputy chief editor Toma Istomina (Forbes 30 under 30), and business reporter Dominic Culverwell, will share their stories, and answer your questions during a candid Q&A moderated by the guardian's Jamie Wilson.
More information about the event and the kyiv independent via the link
Editor-in-Chief Olga Rudenko (Time's Next Generation Leader 2022, 2025 CEPA Freedom Fighter award recipient), CEO Daryna Shevchenko, frontline reporter Francis Farrell (Bayeux-Calvados Normandy Prize winner), deputy chief editor Toma Istomina (Forbes 30 under 30), and business reporter Dominic Culverwell, will share their stories, and answer your questions during a candid Q&A moderated by the guardian's Jamie Wilson.
More information about the event and the kyiv independent via the link
TICKETS
Balcony – £75
Stalls back rows – £85
Stalls — £100
Exclusive — £1000 (dinner/separate conversations with the team. Upon request press@kyivindependent.com)
Livestream — £25
*20% student discount available. Please, send your student ID confirmation to press@kyivindependent.com to receive a discount code.
Stalls back rows – £85
Stalls — £100
Exclusive — £1000 (dinner/separate conversations with the team. Upon request press@kyivindependent.com)
Livestream — £25
*20% student discount available. Please, send your student ID confirmation to press@kyivindependent.com to receive a discount code.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Live stories — 6 pm
Six journalists, six first-hand accounts you will not read online. |
Q&A moderated by J. Wilson, the Guardian — 7:30 pm
Submit a question when purchasing a ticket |
Meet the team — 8:30 pm
Drinks, canapés and an informal conversation with the reporters |
Photo exhibition
“The War They Live”, curated by the Kyiv Independent. Signing of our first print magazine "The Power Within" |
Programme
6 pm – 7:15 pm
Stories from the Kyiv Independent team
Every speaker will share their separate story: building a news outlet during a war, reporting from the front line and more.
Stories by
Olga Rudenko
Editor-in-Chief
Host
Daryna Shevchenko
Chief Executive Officer
“Falling in Love in Ukraine”
Francis Farrell
Reporter
“Witnessing the edge of annihilation”
Dominic Culverwell
Reporter
“Why I stayed”
Toma Istomina
Deputy Chief Editor
“My Mother's War”
Olena Zashko
Reporter, Video Creator
“The white van we filled with our lives”
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
On the record. Q&A moderated by j. wilson, the guardian
The Kyiv Independent team will respond to audience-submitted questions: a chance to get insights into the war from the people living through it.
8:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Meet the team
Meet the panel and other members of the team, networking
Curated photo exhibition “The War They Live”
The Kyiv Independent merch, signing of our print magazines "The Power Within"
One night in London with the newsroom that refused to be silenced.
The Kyiv Independent was founded by journalists who refused to be censored. More than four years into the full-scale war, they are still reporting — and for one evening, they are in the room with you to share their personal stories.
Kings Place, Hall 1
90 York Way, London N1 9AG
Friday 2 October 2026 · 6 pm – 9 pm |
Location
Kings Place, N1 9AG