David Remnick

It's a fairly grim situation where press freedom is concerned on a comparative level in the United States.

And I wonder...

When we think of Zelensky, we think of him very often in heroic terms, certainly in comparison to Vladimir Putin.

What's his attitude toward you?

Fortifications on the front line, the defenses?

President Trump has threatened to cut off licenses for television stations through the FCC.

Is anybody ever prosecuted or put in jail?

We see in this country and all over the world that in wartime,

It is a dilemma, consciously or not consciously, for the independent press whether they should be loyal, whether they should be critical.

I have no doubt that your newsroom, they obviously are all united in wanting to see Ukraine prevail and the war end.

And the sentiment about Russia, I'm sure, is fairly united.

In a time of war especially, what does it mean to be fair, objective, if that's a word that you think about, or activist?

How do you think of the paper in that sense?

Olga Rudenko, thank you so much.

Olga Rudenko is editor-in-chief of the Kiev Independent, which publishes online in English.

I'm David Remnick.

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