WAR DIARY FROM THE UKRAINIAN RESISTANCE

The Kyiv Independent

(Editions Nouveau Monde, 2022)

Available in English (unedited)

In this book, written on the spot, day by day, the journalists of the Kyiv Independent have

decided to share their work on the war that is ravaging their country. Combining articles

published during the conflict with personal accounts, they give us an unprecedented inside

look at the reality of the Russian offensive and its consequences on the lives of Ukrainians.

Using flashbacks to contextualize these dramatic events, they also tell what life was like for

Ukrainians before the war broke out, and when and how Ukrainian national sentiment

began to take shape. What does it mean to be a journalist in wartime? This is also the

question they answer in this unique book, which is worldwide in scope.

How does a newsroom, made up mostly of thirty-year-old, change overnight into a war zone?

How do you do your job as a journalist when the war is happening at home? Reporting

the facts as closely as possible is in itself a form of resistance, especially for this editorial

staff, at least one of whose members has decided to abandon the pen and don the uniform.

One was covering the business world in Ukraine, another was reporting on shows, a third

was dealing with geopolitics when suddenly the Russian army crossed the border. Staying is

the choice they all made. Staying and informing, despite the moves, the hours spent taking

shelter, the thread to be maintained with their families. Chronicle of a resistance by its own

actors.

 Their names are Alexander, Olga, Jakub, Toma, Anna, Igor, Oleg, Natalia, Daryna, Artur,

Daria, Asami, Thaisa, Dylan, Sergiy... Their lives will never be the same again. Nor will ours.

 About the authors

 Fifteen young journalists, women and men - still in Ukraine. The Kyiv Independent is an English-language Ukrainian media outlet set up by journalists who were fired from the KyivPost for defending editorial independence. The Kyiv Independent has been described by Barack Obama as a Ukrainian media that “helps to make a difference”.