“85% of Ukrainian journalists say their media won’t survive after this without getting additional financial support. Most funding of more than half media was from US in 2024. 84% journalists look for EU grants now as alternative.”

“59.2% of media professionals surveyed by the IMI believe that the suspension of US support programs for the media could have catastrophic impact and lead to the closure or significant downsizing of many independent media outlets. This figure reflects the critical level of Ukrainian independent media outlets’ reliance on international financial support, especially from the US…”

Source: https://imi.org.ua/en/monitorings/59-2-of-journalists-predict-us-international-grant-suspension-to-have-catastrophic-impact-imi-survey-i66439

So much for the so-called “independent media”…