Military servicemen from 17 Russian cities have approached human rights lawyers for assistance after refusing to go or return to take part in Russia’s war against Ukraine

It is increasingly clear that harrowing discoveries should be expected in all parts of Ukraine that have, however temporarily, fallen under Russian occupation, with the Kharkiv oblast village of Husarivka no exception

According to the Mariupol City Council, the Russian invaders have organized a collection point for the bodies of their victims and are using special units to pick up bodies left in different parts of the besieged city in order to dispose of them

The article describes our approach to documentation of the international crimes allegedly committed by the Russian occupiers, briefly describes the database where the collected information is entered, legal aid provided to victims of crime, means of publishing results and communication with victims and witnesses.

As with MH17 in 2014, Russian propaganda channels on Telegram boasted of the bombing before quickly editing their texts as the enormity of Russia’s war crime became clear.

The death toll now stands at 50, after Russia’s barbaric missile attack on the Kramatorsk Railway Station on Friday morning where as many as 4,000 civilians were trying to flee the city

Oleksandr Kraskivsky, a local head who led the residents of Zamhlai (Chernihiv oblast) in trying to prevent the Russian invaders from entering their village was seized on 23 March and savagely tortured

Russia has yet again blocked evacuation of civilians fleeing its invasion, with three evacuation trains blocked for many hours. Evacuation from parts of the Kharkiv oblast and Mariupol remains blocked

While claiming to be ‘liberating’ Donbas, Russia has again killed Ukrainians seeking humanitarian aid, and the death toll in Mariupol includes at least 210 children

Robbery may be the least of the crimes committed by the Russians who invaded Bucha and other Ukrainian towns, but it is quite likely that those now sending even stolen children’s toys to Russia also took part in rapes, torture and killings

Oleksandr Hunko, Editor of Nova Kakhovka Citi, was seized by Russian soldiers on 3 April, shortly after he published information and a video of the invaders’ brutal dispersal of a demonstration against Russia’s occupation

Among the victims of Russian war crimes in the Sumy oblast was Serhiy Pronevych, a Ukrainian marathon runner, who had got into the 2019 Ukrainian Guiness Book of Records

The horrific discoveries in the Kyiv oblast towns after Russia’s retreat at the end of March make it frighteningly clear just how much Russia has to hide in areas it is occupying or besieging.

A recent video in which a ‘Ukrainian refugee’ thanked Russia and claimed atrocities by Ukrainian Azov soldiers was secretly produced by Russia’s FSB

The invaders used violence against a demonstration on 2 April, and are believed to be holding a lot of local residents prisoner

Maksym Levin’s body has been found in the Kyiv oblast, three weeks after the renowned journalist and documentary produced disappeared together with a long-term colleague, Oleksiy Chernyshov

There has been no contact with Kherson journalist and Chief Editor of Kherson NewsCity, Kostiantyn Ryzhenko since 30 March and there is every reason to believe he is in danger because of his courage in reporting Kherson resistance to the Russian invasion

The Russian regime does not recognize Ukraine’s right to exist, and may well want to destroy the country’s rich historical and cultural legacy

Zaporizhzhia journalist Iryna Dubchenko has been taken prisoner by the invaders who told her that, if she didn't have a small child, they would have shot her on the spot

Oleksandr Koshelevych is one of around 30 local politicians, journalists and civic activists who have been seized since the beginning of Russia’s invasion and whose whereabouts remain unknown.