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• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Russia intensifies persecution of Crimean Tatars on insane charges in Crimea and Kherson oblast

Since Russa began its total invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, it has intensified its persecution of Crimean Tatars, both in occupied Crimea, and in newly seized parts of the Kherson oblast

• Voices of war   • Interview

‘Mariupol will still be Ukrainian’ – wife of the military

Yulia Beley escaped with children from Mariupol. They lived in the basement, drank rainwater, buried neighbors in the yard. Julia's husband continues to defend Ukraine from the Russian aggressor.

• Freedom of expression   • War crimes

22 journalists killed since Russia began its total war against Ukraine

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

• Freedom of expression   • Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Civic journalist Iryna Danilovych disappears after being seized in Russian-occupied Crimea

Iryna Danilovych, a Ukrainian nurse and civic journalist reporting on medical issues in occupied Crimea, has disappeared after being seized by Russian-controlled enforcement officers on 29 April

• Voices of war   • Interview

‘Back in the day Shoygu and I saved Neftegorsk after an earthquake and now he turns Mariupol into it’

A resident of Sumy, Yevgen Prokopenko, a former military, formerly a Russian officer. He is asking the Minister of Defence of RF, Shoygu, whom he used to know personally: "What happened to you? What are you doing?".  Interview prepared by a journalist from Lviv, Taras Zozulinsky.

• War crimes

Grave of more tortured victims of Russian invaders found in Kyiv oblast

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

• War crimes   • Research

Summary of events that took place in Kharkiv and Kharkiv region during the first 60 days of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war (February 24 – April 24 2022)

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.

• War crimes

Hospital bombed by the Russians at Azovstal as more mass graves found near Mariupol

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’

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Russia invades Crimea and sentences Ukrainian academic to almost 20 years for ‘treason’

The indictment remains a mystery, but must, of necessity, date back more than the five and a half years that 51-year-old Dmytro Shtyblikov has already spent in Russian custody

• Prohibition of discrimination

Romani Voices From Hell: Discrimination, Epidemic, War

Since the start of Russian aggression and hostilities in Ukraine in 2014, ADC Memorial has regularly monitored the situation of the Roma minority in the conflict zone. A full-scale war has been underway on Ukrainian territory since February 24, 2022. The world is following the events in Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Kherson oblasts, in long-suffering Mariupol, and in other cities in Donbas with pain and horror. To mark International Roma Day, ADC Memorial is publishing the accounts of Roma who have faced discriminat

• War crimes

Russian invaders create “real concentration camp” to torture Ukrainian prisoners in Kharkiv oblast

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

• Voices of war   • Interview

‘I survived 21 days with a shard in my body. I was lucky’

Anastasia Makeeva lived for a month in war-torn Mariupol. Now she is recovering from an operation in Zaporizhia, after which she plans to go to Western Ukraine with her family.