Ukrainian human rights defenders, former dissidents and scholars call European leaders to act now

As of 4 May, the Russian invaders had bombed, shelled or otherwise damaged 400 Ukrainian medical institutions, with 40 of these totally destroyed

‘The Project’, one of the few independent (and effectively banned) Russian media has published a damning report on the ‘mess’ around Russia’s total war against Ukraine, including Putin's attempt to claim 'denazification' to be a main aim

The whereabouts remain unknown of Iryna Shcherbak, Head of Education in Melitopol who was abducted after refusing to collaborate with the invaders whose attempts to find collaborators is running into major problems

Two days after Russian forces fired on evacuation buses in Popasna (Luhansk oblast), the volunteer driver of one of the buses has been forced to appear on a propaganda video for Russian television

Russia committed at least 243 crimes against journalists and the media in the first two months after its 2022 invasion, with these including killings, abductions, torture, threats and attacks on TV towers

These are almost certainly victims of the Russian 64th motorised infantry brigade whom Vladimir Putin recently honoured for 'mass heroism'

This publication provides a summary of information collected by the KHPG, about alleged international crimes during the first 60 days of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war. 1267 instances were recorded and entered into the database. According to preliminary estimates, 5 types of crimes against humanity and 17 types of war crimes were committed under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Vladimir Putin’s assurances that Russia would stop bombing the besieged Azovstal steel factory in Mariupol have proven as empty as his claims of ‘victory’

The Russian military who have seized control of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv oblast are believed to have created an effective concentration camp where prisoners are subjected to physical and psychological torture

Serhiy Haidai, Governor of the Luhansk oblast, has reported that the Russian invaders are abducting children in Rubizhne, in order to then force their mothers to get information for them about Ukrainian military positions

Russia has reportedly begun forced ‘mobilization’ in those parts of the Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Kharkiv oblasts under its occupation

The Russian invaders are continuing to instil terror and try to stifle resistance by seizing local public officials; civic activists and journalist from occupied territory in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts

Satellite images have identified what appears to be a mass grave which the Mariupol city authorities believe could hold the bodies of from 3 – 9,000 civilians

Karina Yershova fled with her parents from the Russians who seized control of Donetsk in 2014. She was 23 when Russians invaded her new home in Bucha (Kyiv oblast), raped and shot her dead, leaving her body in a mass grave

Vanda Obiedkova survived in a Mariupol basement after the Nazis came for her family. 81 years later, she died in a bitterly cold Mariupol basement where she and her family were forced to seek shelter from Russian bombs.

Not only are the Russian invaders continuing to occupy parts of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts, but they have already staged one fake ‘referendum’ and are reportedly planning others to try to ‘legalize’ occupation administrations

Ukrainian marine commander Serhiy Volyna has appealed to the Pope to intercede and writes that Mariupol under Russian siege is what hell looks like

There are no depths that the Russian military cannot plummet, with these now including the kidnapping of a child - Vlad Buriak, who has not been seen for 10 days

The Russian invaders are reportedly planning to totally close off the besieged city of Mariupol and carry out so-called ‘filtration’ of the entire male population