Even a so-called ‘special military operation’, as Vladimir Putin euphemistically called Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine must obey the laws of war, and that means not deliberately killing children, like 4-year-old Lisa Dmitrieva

A day after Russian invaders held a large number of Ukrainian journalists hostage, trying in vain to get them to collaborate, the occupying forces in Berdiansk have come up with stunningly feeble propaganda to try to justify their invasion

In all of these killings, as well as in the virtually blanket bombing of schools; hospitals and apartment blocks, Russia is committing heinous crimes for which it must be held to answer.

It is crucial for international organizations, foreign governments, non-governmental organizations, and citizens all over the world to realize that humanitarian aid to war victims IS NOT ENOUGH!

Essentially all Ukraine’s religious leaders have come out with clear statements in defence of Ukraine and in condemnation of Russia’s aggression, even the head of the Orthodox Church linked to the Moscow Patriarchate.

Russia is illegally mobilizing Ukrainian men from occupied Crimea and Donbas to take part in its invasion of Ukraine and kill fellow Ukrainians

Russian forces opened fire on families fleeing the fighting in and around Irpin on 6 March, with at least three people killed, including two children

Russia has effectively silenced all sources of objective information about its war against Ukraine at home, and is swiftly moving to seize control of the media where it has seized Ukrainian cities

Update on the fire at the Zaporizhya Nuclear Power Plant caused by Russian shelling

Russian human rights activists demand from the authorities of RF to provide the conditions for the removal of the bodies of Russian soldiers from Ukraine. The appeal was published on the website of the Memorial Human Rights Center. 

Russia is flouting a direct and unequivocal order from the European Court of Human Rights and s continuing its horrific carnage and terror against Ukrainians

The Prague Municipal Court is due to decide in the middle of February whether Aleksandr Franchetti is to be extradited to Ukraine to face trial for his active role in Russia’s invasion and annexation of Crimea

A Ukrainian court which was due to begin the trial of Yevhen Brazhnikov on charges of torturing Ukrainian hostages has instead ordered that an arrest warrant be issued, and that Brazhnikov be placed on the international wanted list

The Municipal Court in Prague has sentenced 49-year-old Czech national Martin Sukup to 21 years’ imprisonment for his very active role on the side of the Russian / Russian-controlled militants in Donbas

It appears very likely that Denis Kulykovsky (‘Palych’) whose arrest in Kyiv was announced by Ukraine’s Security Service, or SBU, on 9 November 2021, had been collaborating with the SBU since 2019.

Such sentences may never translate into real imprisonment, but they would confirm the prosecution’s damning indictment, not only of the four individuals, but of Russia which provided the Buk anti-aircraft missile launcher used to kill 298 civilians

A third of Ukrainians questioned in a nationwide survey have said that they would take up arms against a new Russian incursion into Ukrainian territory, while over a fifth (21.7%) expressed willingness to demonstrate civil resistance

Russia has hastily removed a court ruling on corruption charges that confirms the deployment on Ukrainian territory of a large number of Russian military forces. Fortunately, not hastily enough

A court in the Donetsk oblast has sentenced Viktor Mykhed to 11 years’ imprisonment for involvement in the torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Donbas and in a terrorist organization

Igor Girkin, the ‘former’ Russian FSB officer who helped Russia seize Crimea and bring war to Donbas, has yet again overturned Russia’s narrative about the conflict in Ukraine