It has proven crucial for the world’s understanding of Ukraine and the wider region since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, launched just three months after the Kyiv Independent was created.Below is a list of the Kyiv Independent’s coverage that has had an impact on how the world sees Ukraine and its fight for freedom.War reportingOur reporting on Russia’s full-scale war began at 4 a.m. on Feb. 24, 2022, when Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the largest ground invasion in Europe since World War II.We were among the first publications to call the invasion a “war,” despite the Kremlin’s attempts to frame it otherwise by euphemistically referring to it as a “special military operation” — terminology many Western outlets parroted at the outset of the war.PUTIN DECLARES WAR ON UKRAINEWe have covered all major stages of the war.