The Russian FSB clearly needed daylight for their propaganda video, and knew that the lack of even minimal credibility would not stop a Russian court from passing a monstrous sentence against Larysa Havrylenko

It is likely that the prisoner of war was already wounded when this latest atrocity was committed

The nine men were abducted and tortured while Kherson was under Russian occupation, with the invaders now continuing such torture while the men are held prisoner in Russia

A few days before the “truce” announced by Russian dictator Putin, Russian troops attacked the Church of St. Ambrose of Optina in Dobropillya twice. Pokrovsk, Toretsk, and Kostiantynivka churches were also destroyed or damaged. Journalist Serhiy Okunev reported fresh information from the frontline cities about Russian attacks on churches.

Memes used very clearly as protest over Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine were claimed to 'encourage terrorist activities'

It is particularly worrying that Vadym Trachuk, who clearly rejected some or all of the charges, was moved during the 'trial' to the same notorious remand prison in Taganrog where Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna died after being savagely tortured

While all the impugned attacks were on completely legitimate targets, there is every reason to believe that Artem Murdid, his mother Anna Murdid and wife Anna Voshkoder were tortured into ‘confessing’

Over the past 10 months, Russia has been using drones to drop explosives and kill civilians in Kherson oblast, as well as ambulance workers targeted after they rushed to the scene of such attacks

Having blocked healthcare, pensions and otherwise made it impossible to not take Russian citizenship, the invaders then claim that it is ‘treason’ for Ukrainians to donate money to Ukraine’s defenders

Russian occupation of any Ukrainian territory has led to the same violence and terror, to total degradation of rule of law and all fundamental freedoms

Among the 120 civilians exchanged on May 23 was one political prisoner and 15 individuals who had been convicted of crimes in Ukraine and illegally deported to the Russian Federation from temporarily occupied territories. In addition, many Ukrainians who once committed crimes in Russia and have already served their sentences there were returned. How will their homeland welcome them?

Whether or not Moscow was deliberately trying to sow discontent in Ukraine, its failure to release political prisoners whose life is in danger and others illegally imprisoned for years was brutal

Go through the torture chambers of the Vovchansky Aggregate Plant and never receive the status of a person who was deprived of personal freedom as a result of armed aggression against Ukraine. Why is the current law on the protection of civilian prisoners discriminatory?

Yevhen Tkachov has been volunteering since 2014. He was captured and almost died. But after being released, he did not stop evacuating people from dangerous areas.

Ihor Varchuk was seized by the Russians while defending his country and probably tortured, before this blitzkrieg ‘trial’ on surreal ‘terrorism’ charges

Frustration and despair are inevitable when 74-year-old Vitaly Atamanchuk, and other hostages, imprisoned for their pro-Ukrainian position, are constantly passed over in exchange lists

This second such execution in May alone comes just a few months after UN monitors expressed alarm over the huge increase and pointed to Russians’ impunity and the constant incitement to commit such war crimes

Russian special services are trying to use the families of prisoners of war for criminal actions.

Yulia Koveshnikova was abducted because of her pro-Ukrainian views and her soldier husband. She was held prisoner in a pit, with her captors beating her around the head for every word she spoke in Ukrainian

Although one of countless sentences passed for supposed 'plots' thwarted by Russia's FSB, this is the first of three sentences against abducted civilians, including a 74-year-old with major health issues who cannot walk without a stick