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Russia accused of using mobile crematoria to hide its war crimes in Mariupol

According to the Mariupol City Council, the Russian invaders have organized a collection point for the bodies of their victims and are using special units to pick up bodies left in different parts of the besieged city in order to dispose of them

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On documenting international crimes committed by the Russian occupiers

The article describes our approach to documentation of the international crimes allegedly committed by the Russian occupiers, briefly describes the database where the collected information is entered, legal aid provided to victims of crime, means of publishing results and communication with victims and witnesses.

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Pro-Kremlin sites initially boasted of Russia’s Kramatorsk bombing that killed 52 civilians, including children

As with MH17 in 2014, Russian propaganda channels on Telegram boasted of the bombing before quickly editing their texts as the enormity of Russia’s war crime became clear.

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Russia bombs Kramatorsk station killing dozens of civilians trying to flee its invasion

The death toll now stands at 50, after Russia’s barbaric missile attack on the Kramatorsk Railway Station on Friday morning where as many as 4,000 civilians were trying to flee the city

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Russian invaders torture local leader in Chernihiv oblast and stage mock executions “for entertainment”

Oleksandr Kraskivsky, a local head who led the residents of Zamhlai (Chernihiv oblast) in trying to prevent the Russian invaders from entering their village was seized on 23 March and savagely tortured

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Russians bomb tracks but fail to prevent evacuation trains carrying civilians fleeing from Donbas

Russia has yet again blocked evacuation of civilians fleeing its invasion, with three evacuation trains blocked for many hours. Evacuation from parts of the Kharkiv oblast and Mariupol remains blocked

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New Russian terror against Crimean Tatar civic activist and his family

Yet another Crimean Tatar civic activist is facing serious charges for a social media post after being seized by Russian enforcement officers on 6 April and held incommunicado from early morning until late in the evening.

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At least 50 Ukrainians were burned to death in Russia’s bombing of Mariupol hospitals

While claiming to be ‘liberating’ Donbas, Russia has again killed Ukrainians seeking humanitarian aid, and the death toll in Mariupol includes at least 210 children

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Belarusians name Russian soldiers caught on camera sending goods plundered in Ukraine to Russia

Robbery may be the least of the crimes committed by the Russians who invaded Bucha and other Ukrainian towns, but it is quite likely that those now sending even stolen children’s toys to Russia also took part in rapes, torture and killings

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Kherson journalist kidnapped by Russian invaders after reporting their violent suppression of a peaceful protest

Oleksandr Hunko, Editor of Nova Kakhovka Citi, was seized by Russian soldiers on 3 April, shortly after he published information and a video of the invaders’ brutal dispersal of a demonstration against Russia’s occupation

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Ukrainian sportsman tortured to death by Russian invaders

Among the victims of Russian war crimes in the Sumy oblast was Serhiy Pronevych, a Ukrainian marathon runner, who had got into the 2019 Ukrainian Guiness Book of Records

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Russian invaders imprison Crimean Tatar from Kherson oblast on surreal charges

Russia’s FSB has arrested Rustem Gugurik, a taxi driver from Novooleksiivka (Kherson oblast), and accused him of involvement, while in mainland Ukraine, in an organization which is totally legal in Ukraine