It is unclear whether the Russians hope that the two separate videos from near Avdiivka and Vesele will demoralize Ukraine’s defenders or whether they simply like boasting of their barbaric war crimes

Yevhen Pryshliak and his friend, Artem Baranov, a 32-year-old lawyer, were seized by the Russians in occupied Nova Kakhovka on 12 August 2022, with Russia refusing to even say where they are held

The Russian occupiers destroyed hundreds of religious buildings and kidnapped, tortured, killed, and wounded dozens of priests... This was discussed at a press conference on the Russian occupier’s war crimes against Ukrainian religious communities and clergy.

Father Stepan Podolchak from the Orthodox Church of Ukraine had refused to betray his oath and his congregation by transferring affiliation to the Moscow patriarchate

This is the latest attack on a human rights lawyer whose tireless defence of political prisoners in occupied Crimea has made him a target for the occupation regime and renowned abroad. 

The report by Human Rights Watch and Truth Hounds is particularly important given Russia’s attempts to conceal the evidence of its crimes, and to try to blame Ukrainian defenders for such crimes

For all its secrecy about the ‘spying’ charges it laid against Serhiy Tsyhipa, Russia is scarcely trying to conceal that he was targeted for his patriotism and opposition to Russia’s invasion

Russia is using the poverty and chaos it has brought to occupied territory to force Ukrainians to take Russian passports or face dying without healthcare or being left with no means of survival

It is likely that Russia waited until after the International Court of Justice judgement to ban an organization playing a vital role in exposing its crimes in occupied Crimea

The Committee’s recommendations responded to the issues raised in the joint report of the ADC Memorial and the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group.

Almost nothing is known about Viktor Demchenko, however Russia was undoubtedly imprisoning him illegally and probably caused his death, as it did the deaths of Dzhemil Gafarov and Kostiantyn Shyrinh

Russian attacks in the last week alone have killed at least four children, yet it was Putin and his deranged attempts to justify Russia's genocidal war against Ukraine that received media attention

The initiative group “December 1” opposed the dismissal of Zaluzhnyi.

Implausible elements in Volodymyr Bodnar’s supposed ‘confession’ and other details make it near certain that this is the latest FSB ‘Ukrainian saboteur’ case based on torture and fabricated ‘evidence’

Russia tried to conceal the real targets for two days while trumpeting lies, unfortunately circulated in the western media, about a 'terrorist attack on civilians'

They abducted the woman, fired a gun next to her ear, and beat her until she lost consciousness. Her tormentors have been named: a Russian citizen and someone from Luhansk are suspected of violating the laws and customs of war.

If Russia had any grounds for accusing Ukrainians of its own most egregious crimes, it would not be hiding the POWs and holding effectively secret ‘trials’ in kangaroo courts on occupied territory

If Russia was telling the truth, it would have every reason to hand over the bodies, rather than hurling accusations and providing no evidence

On January 31, more than two hundred soldiers and civilians were returned from Russian captivity.

Valery Matiushenko recently turned 59, having been savagely tortured and imprisoned for almost seven years because of his pro-Ukrainian position