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Russia uses fake ‘court’ in occupied Kherson oblast for lawless ‘trial’ of Crimean Tatar

Eldar Kestan is the latest of well over 30 Ukrainian citizens whom Russia has accused of legal activities on Ukrainian territory, and has often used torture against

• Voices of war   • Interview

‘The rocket killed my father. This will never be erased from my memory or heart’

Ostapovska Nataliia and Iryna are residents of the Krasna Hirka village. Without holding back tears, mother and daughter tell their story. Before their eyes, the rocket destroyed the house, animals, and the most dear person — father and husband. “In memory of the victims, we must not give up and move towards victory,” the women say, despite the grief they have not yet overcome.

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Putin signs decree simplifying Russia’s criminal abduction of children from occupied Ukraine

There is every reason for the International Criminal Court to react and not only because Putin is once again directly abetting Russia’s genocidal forced transfer of Ukrainian children to the aggressor state

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Almost 600 Ukrainians prosecuted for ‘discrediting’ Russian invading forces by supporting Ukraine in occupied Crimea

Despite constant harassment and persecution, Russia has not succeeded in crushing opposition and pro-Ukrainian sentiments in occupied Crimea

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Medical terrorism: Russia blocks access to healthcare to foist its citizenship and overcome resistance in occupied Ukraine

Russia is using access to healthcare as a weapon to foist its citizenship in occupied Ukraine, while also terrorizing medics and appropriating hospitals and medication for treating the invading forces

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Ukraine sentences ‘chief butcher’ of Russian-controlled Izolyatsia secret torture prison to 15 years

Denys Kulykovsky (‘Palych’] answered to Russia’s FSB, but he himself both gave orders to torture Ukrainian hostages at Izolyatsia and took part in such torture

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Convicted killers that Putin pardoned and glorifies for fighting Russia’s war against Ukraine teach children about ‘courage’

Russia’s attempts to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine are not helped by the convicted killers and rapists, and likely war criminals that Putin is labelling Russian ‘heroes’

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Russia ‘retries’ Ukrainian doctor abducted, tortured and imprisoned for six years in occupied Donbas

Yury Shapovalov is one of many Ukrainians savagely tortured at the Izolyatsia secret prison in Donetsk for his pro-Ukrainian posts on Twitter

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Children from occupied Ukraine enlisted in paramilitary ‘Youth Army’ to learn to ‘fight for Russia’

Russia makes a habit of glorifying criminals, mercenaries and traitors, with its latest machine for brainwashing Ukrainian children into wanting to ‘defend’ the aggressor state named after Kyrylo Stremousov

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Russia refuses to return bodies of Ukrainian teenagers it killed in occupied Berdiansk

If Russia’s claims about the killing of 16-year-old Tihran Ohannisian and Mykyta Khanhanov were true, there would be no reason to hide their bodies, as they have been doing for six months

• Events

Sentenced to die in agony, for writing about Russia’s war crimes against Ukraine

Russia has already caused the death of two Ukrainian political prisoners, and is now endangering and torturing 65-year-old Igor Baryshnikov for telling the truth about Russia’s crimes in Mariupol, Bucha and other Ukrainian cities

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New evidence of Russia killing Ukrainian prisoners of war in cold blood

More and more video footage is emerging of Russian extrajudicial executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war, as well as other war crimes