President Donald Trump. The goal is to raise 40,000 pounds ($50,000) through GoFundMe. (A donation can be made here.)"We couldn’t just stand by and watch our colleagues and partners lose their teams and suspend their operations while independent journalism remains one of the most crucial jobs in Ukraine today, especially near the front lines," said Daryna Shevchenko, CEO of the Kyiv Independent.Trump signed an executive order on his inauguration day suspending foreign aid programs for 90 days to review whether the distribution aligned with his foreign policy. The freeze affects a number of organizations in Ukraine that provide a range of humanitarian services, often to some of the most vulnerable segments of society.A number of independent Ukrainian media outlets and its journalists who have been covering Russia's war against Ukraine for almost three years were also left without critical funding.With the advertising market collapsing because of the war and citizens focusing on donating to the army, independent Ukrainian publishers have been struggling to stay afloat and keep bringing the truth to their communities.The smaller, local media outlets were hit the hardest by the U.S.