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Even in Russia, Putin’s ‘denazification’ claims prove no excuse for war against Ukraine

‘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

• Events

Poster “Christ for peace” discredits the army – digest of Russian protests

Memorial employees Oleg Orlov and Irina Galkova were detained on Red Square. They stood alongside the backdrop of the Victory Day banner with posters “USSR 1945 is a country that defeated fascism. Russia 2022 is a country of victorious fascism” and “Stop killing people! Peace to Ukraine!” In the police department they were charged with two articles at once: violating the procedure for holding a picket and “discrediting the armed forces”.

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Russia uses terror and abduction in attempt to force schools to collaborate in occupied Melitopol

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

• Voices of war   • Interview

Oksana Stomina: This is medieval cruelty, multiplied by modern possibilities and sick, maniacal ambitions

Oksana Stomina is a Mariupol poet and public activist. Today she has to live in Truskavets. Her story is a true document of the day.

• War crimes

Russian invaders fire on evacuation buses, abduct driver for propaganda video

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

• 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.