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Russia tries to eliminate Ukrainian language from schools in occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast

The Russian invaders inadvertently proved just how strongly the population of Zaporizhzhia oblast identify with Ukraine and are now using standard methods to try to crush Ukrainian identity in schools

• Voices of war   • Interview

‘There is nowhere to retreat; we must fight for our life’

Yurii Hryhorovych from Vyshhorod witnessed a rocket hit his house. His wife was seriously injured, underwent several operations, and almost lost sight. If she couldn’t care for herself, he would have to terminate the employment contract with the plant. But despite everything, Yuri does not lose hope.

• War crimes

Russia passes insane sentences for ‘spying for Ukraine’ against Ukrainians it abducted from occupied Kherson and tortured

The lawless charges against Mykola Petrovsky, who is seriously disabled, and 50-year-old Serhiy Kotov are clearly based solely on 'confessions' obtained through torture while the men were held incommunicado

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea   • Events

Move to criminalize protest over political and religious persecution in Russia and occupied Ukraine as ‘justification of extremism’

Russia is already using ill-defined ‘extremism’ legislation as a weapon against Ukrainians in occupied Crimea, with the new bill further broadening the scope for repression

• Voices of war   • Interview

‘At checkpoints, the Russians undressed and examined even girls’

Iryna Sokolova and her daughter were evacuated from Mariupol via Berdiansk. They had to walk to the outskirts because the Russians stopped buses from entering the city. Everyone was carefully checked at Russian checkpoints: they stripped them and examined their necks, shoulders, and tattoos.

• Events

On the criminal prosecution of the former Governor of the National Bank

News on the criminal prosecution of Kyrylo Shevchenko.

• Voices of war   • Interview

With shrapnel in my back, with longing in my heart

She witnessed the destruction of Mariupol, saw neighbors killed by a sniper, and heard the screams of people burned in their houses. After being wounded, Halyna Yevhenivna, on principle, did not want to receive help from the occupiers. Her wound has healed, but homesickness haunts the woman who left her hometown.

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Volodymyr Dudka: 14 years of torment in Russian captivity for being Ukrainian in occupied Crimea

Dudka, a retired naval captain and two academics Oleksiy Bessarabov and Dmytro Shtyblikov were arrested, tortured and sentenced because of their naval past and because the FSB wanted another ‘Ukrainian saboteur’ show trial

• Events

Court in Russia imposes massive fine for criticizing Stalin and telling the truth about Soviet collaboration with Nazi Germany

The sentence is especially chilling as Russia is presently applying the same measures to instil an entirely false version of its war of aggression against Ukraine

• Voices of war   • Interview

‘I want to enjoy life in my native Kherson’

Valentyna Mykhailivna lived with her husband, daughter, and three grandchildren not far from the famous Chornobaivka. Together, they survived the occupation, the Kakhovka dam’s explosion, and celebrated Kherson’s liberation.

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

Russia abducts, tortures and imprisons Crimean Tatar from Kherson oblast, then tries to make him ‘Russian’

Ruslan Abdurakhmanov is one of an ever-increasing number of Ukrainian political prisoners whom the Russians abducted from occupied territory after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Crimean violently detained, prosecuted and forced to ‘apologise’ for awaiting Ukraine’s liberation of Russian-occupied Crimea

Three members of Andriy Babychenko’s family were convicted of ‘disobeying’ the armed and masked men who burst into their home and forced him to the ground because of pro-Ukrainian social media posts. He was convicted on another charge and may face more