The charges against Volodymyr Linnyk could not have been more surreal in their lawlessness and sheer cynicism

It was a war crime witnessed, on video footage, broadcast throughout the world, and even if Russia refuses to extradite such war criminals, the sentences are important for holding the aggressor state to account.

Russian-installed occupation ‘administrations’ have instructions on obtaining ‘mass support’ for Putin and Russian in the upcoming fake ‘elections’ illegally held on occupied territory

Oleksiy Novikov was just 18 when seized by the Russian invaders of his native Mariupol. He remains imprisoned, with the Russians blocking any access to him, or other Ukrainian POWs and civilian hostages

Putin’s contempt for international law is nothing new, but his decisions on granting citizenship and pardons to men either accused with strong grounds of atrocities or convicted are still staggering

The Lukashenka regime is actively collaborating with Russia in illegally deporting Ukrainian children and subjecting them to so-called ‘re-education’ and, often, military training

Although at least 20 Russians are serving long sentences for telling the truth about Russia’s war against Ukraine, sentences in this case would be for admitting to war crimes or reporting such an admission

Eldar Kestan is the latest of well over 30 Ukrainian citizens whom Russia has accused of legal activities on Ukrainian territory, and has often used torture against

There is every reason for the International Criminal Court to react and not only because Putin is once again directly abetting Russia’s genocidal forced transfer of Ukrainian children to the aggressor state

Russia is using access to healthcare as a weapon to foist its citizenship in occupied Ukraine, while also terrorizing medics and appropriating hospitals and medication for treating the invading forces

Denys Kulykovsky (‘Palych’] answered to Russia’s FSB, but he himself both gave orders to torture Ukrainian hostages at Izolyatsia and took part in such torture

Russia’s attempts to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine are not helped by the convicted killers and rapists, and likely war criminals that Putin is labelling Russian ‘heroes’

Yury Shapovalov is one of many Ukrainians savagely tortured at the Izolyatsia secret prison in Donetsk for his pro-Ukrainian posts on Twitter

Russia makes a habit of glorifying criminals, mercenaries and traitors, with its latest machine for brainwashing Ukrainian children into wanting to ‘defend’ the aggressor state named after Kyrylo Stremousov

If Russia’s claims about the killing of 16-year-old Tihran Ohannisian and Mykyta Khanhanov were true, there would be no reason to hide their bodies, as they have been doing for six months

More and more video footage is emerging of Russian extrajudicial executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war, as well as other war crimes

Russia is compounding the war crime it is committing against Ukrainians through its mobilization of civilians by targeting 17-year-olds

Russia is using men sent to fight its war against Ukraine to teach ‘patriotism’ and a wish to ‘defend’ the invading state on occupied Ukrainian territory

The trial of Denys Kulykovsky, or 'Palych' over his role at the Izolyatsia concentration camp in occupied Donetsk is a vital test for Ukraine and evidence of systematic use of torture in occupied territory since 2014

Russia’s attempts to rewrite their most heinous crimes in Mariupol are resulting in this terrifying and deeply cynical conveyor belt of farcical ‘trials’