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Rustem Osmanov was abducted by the Russian invaders from his home in Kherson oblast in April this year and illegally taken to occupied Crimea where a kangaroo ‘court’ sentenced him to six years on absurd charges
• Voices of war • Interview
As a result of the airstrike, Iryna’s husband and a two-year-old son were injured. Their apartment was destroyed. But she wants to live in Borodianka and hopes to earn money for new housing.
• War crimes
There is every reason to believe that Russia knew it would kill children and other civilians when it bombed Mariupol’s Drama Theatre back in March and that it is now seeking to eliminate all evidence
Four Russians, two of them from a Russian military intelligence [GRU] special forces unit, have been sentenced to 11 years for abducting Ukrainians in Kharkiv oblast and torturing them
Despite the persuasions of the children, a couple of pensioners from Borodianka refused to evacuate. They survived the air raids and saw the helicopters flying low overhead. Then, one day, Russians broke into their yard and began an interrogation.
We met with Halyna Khoroshchak in her apartment in Borodianka, which was destroyed by air strikes. With tears in her eyes, the woman spoke about how the Russians dropped bombs on residential buildings, shot civilians, and looted.
• Announcements
International Memorial’s board decided to provide the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group with half of its Peace Prize, as KHPG is the only operating branch of Memorial in Ukraine. The entire amount will be allocated to the victims of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
A ‘court’ in Belarus has sentenced Vitaliy Melnik to 16 years’ harsh regime imprisonment in reprisal for the Belarusian’s role in obstructing Russia’s attempt to seize Kyiv.
Mariupol resident Mariana Checheliuk will be turning 23 on 5 January 2023 with her parents and younger sister not even certain where the Russia are imprisoning her
When the war began, servicewoman Valeriia Krokis was eight months pregnant. She lost contact with her husband, who went to serve. Nevertheless, she managed to escape the occupation, give birth to a child in Lviv, and reunite with her husband, who was wounded at the front.
• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea
A 24-year-old Ukrainian from occupied Sevastopol has become the latest victim of Russia’s ‘Ukrainian spy’ mania’ to receive a huge (12-year) sentence for mystery ‘spying’
• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea • Events
Hennadiy Afanasiev, former Kremlin hostage and civic activist has been killed while defending Ukraine. Oleh Sentsov, fellow Crimean, former political prisoner, responded to the news with the words “Eternal Glory to a Hero”.