Like very many Ukrainian civilians, Maksym Butkevych saw no option but to join Ukraine’s Armed Forces soon after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Alexei Gorinov has become the first Russian to receive a long prison sentence for telling the truth about Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Neither man was accused of any recognizable crime and the prosecution’s case was essentially based on conversations about religion over four years ago, in which one of the defendants did not take part

Neither man was accused of any recognizable crime and the prosecution’s case was essentially based on conversations about religion over four years ago, in which one of the defendants did not take part

Mariupol residents are forced to stand in huge queues for the five litres of drinking water allowed under Russian occupation

In a powerful address, Crimean Tatar political prisoner Oleh Fedorov has highlighted the grotesque absurdity of the country that invaded and annexed Crimea accusing peaceful Crimeans of seeking to ‘overthrow the Russian constitutional order’

In a powerful address, Crimean Tatar political prisoner Oleh Fedorov has highlighted the grotesque absurdity of the country that invaded and annexed Crimea accusing peaceful Crimeans of seeking to ‘overthrow the Russian constitutional order’

The situation is particularly shocking in occupied Crimea, where the schoolchildren reportedly forced to send ‘letters of gratitude’ to soldiers fighting in Ukraine may well have family now being bombed or shelled by those same Russian invaders.

The situation is particularly shocking in occupied Crimea, where the schoolchildren reportedly forced to send ‘letters of gratitude’ to soldiers fighting in Ukraine may well have family now being bombed or shelled by those same Russian invaders.

Russia has used the armed formations it calls ‘republics’ in occupied Donbas to seize Ukrainian men and forcibly send them to the frontline where very many have been killed, and it now appears to be planning a form of mobilization in occupied Crimea

Moscow has clearly despaired of finding enough local collaborators to ‘govern’ the parts of the Kherson oblast currently under its occupation, and has brought in its own

Russia has reportedly sent the last doctors out of occupied Mariupol despite the real danger of epidemic in a city devastated by Russian bombing and shelling.

Three Belarusians are about to go on trial, with the Belarusian Investigative Committee having already labelled them ‘traitors’ and threatened the death penalty

Three Belarusians are about to go on trial, with the Belarusian Investigative Committee having already labelled them ‘traitors’ and threatened the death penalty

The KHPG has been documenting war crimes since the first day of the war.It draws on information from open sources and appeals it receives from the victims or their relatives. In the past four months, we documented 590 incidents in the Kharkiv Regionin which a total of 777 people disappeared.

Russia is eager to instil so-called ‘Russian standards’, including Russia’s lies about its war against Ukraine, and is having difficulty finding local teachers willing to collaborate with them.

Russia is eager to instil so-called ‘Russian standards’, including Russia’s lies about its war against Ukraine, and is having difficulty finding local teachers willing to collaborate with them.

Russia’s State Duma has adopted a draft bill allowing the prosecutor general to close media in Russia or occupied Crimea for so-called ‘fakes’, ‘discrediting the army’; ‘disrespect for the authorities’ or for calls to impose sanctions

Russia’s State Duma has adopted a draft bill allowing the prosecutor general to close media in Russia or occupied Crimea for so-called ‘fakes’, ‘discrediting the army’; ‘disrespect for the authorities’ or for calls to impose sanctions

During the past week public protests seemed to be waning in Russia. In fact, the anti-war movement was regrouping and adopting new forms of action.