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• War crimes

Massive increase in Russian spending on its war against Ukraine and indoctrination on occupied territory

Russia is spending eyewatering amounts of money on its war of aggression against Ukraine, while on occupied Ukrainian territory, it seems more concerned with indoctrinating young people than on rebuilding what it has destroyed

• Voices of war   • Interview

Dreams turned to ashes

Valentyna Vdovenko is a resident of the Korolivka village, Kyiv Region. She dreamed of a quiet retirement, growing flowers and relaxing. In early March, the woman and her family found themselves in the epicenter of hostilities and were forced to evacuate. When they returned, neither her house nor her farm were any longer there.

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea   • Events

Russia stages new 'trial' to increase sentence against 64-year-old Ukrainian imprisoned for affirming that Crimea is Ukraine

Oleh Prykhodko is currently imprisoned for his condemnation of Russia’s invasion and occupation of Crimea and could be facing a further long term of imprisonment

• Voices of war   • Interview

Life is like a horror movie

I used to hear the expression: “Your blood runs cold,” but now I feel what it means. This is how Tetiana Vasylenko, a resident of the village of Stoianka, recalls the first days of a full-scale war. The woman could not evacuate and spent almost a month in a village blocked by Russian troops.

• War crimes

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant engineer held and tortured by Russian invaders for over a year

The Russians claimed to have ‘deported’ Oleksiy Brazhnyk in February 2023, almost six months after they abducted and imprisoned him, but he has disappeared

• Voices of war   • Interview

‘We were bombed every day’

Hanna is a resident of the Kherson Region who survived the Russian occupation and the near-complete destruction of her native village. According to the mayor, 80% of the central part of the village was damaged or destroyed. A woman says the Russians bombed her barn and proudly reported that they had blown up an ammunition depot.

• Freedom of conscience and religion   • Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Fake ‘secret witness’ exposed in Russia’s politically timed persecution of Crimean Solidarity journalist and other Crimean Tatars

Six Crimean Tatars were arrested on entirely different charges, but immediately after Russia suffered a humilating attack on a military airbase in occupied Crimea

• War crimes

Russia stages illegal raids against Ukrainians as supposed 'foreigners' in occupied Ukraine

The invading power is even refusing critical medication to children unless their parents accept Russian citizenship

• Voices of war   • Interview

‘More than twenty bullets were fired into my car’

Maksym Klymenko is a resident of the village of Velyka Dymerka in the Kyiv Region. When the village was occupied, the man came under fire. Two bullets hit the shoulder, and one hit the head. A Russian drove near, pulled a machine gun, and started shooting through the window. Then he chased Maksym’s car and tried to throw him off the road.

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Crimean artist Bohdan Ziza's 15-year ‘terrorism’ sentence for opposing Russia’s war against Ukraine

Bohdan Ziza has been described as “a symbol of pro-Ukrainian protest in occupied Crimea”, with Russia’s use of ‘terrorism’ charges in reprisal for his courage and refusal to be cowered into silence

• War crimes

UN documents Russian rape, torture, indiscriminate bombing of civilians and other war crimes in Ukraine

The UN Commission established appalling crimes, such as the repeated beating and rape of an 83-year-old woman in front of her disabled husband and the killing of a couple who had reported the wife's rape by Russian soldiers

• War crimes   • Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Russia opens third prison in occupied Crimea to hold political prisoners and civilian hostages abducted from mainland Ukraine

Russia is continuing to seize and torture civilians in all parts of Ukraine that fall under its occupation, with many hostages held for over a year without any charges being laid

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