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• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea
Dmytro Kozlia has been imprisoned since July 2023, after being violently detained over comments deemed to ‘discredit the Russian armed forces’
• Voices of war • Interview
A resident of the village of Horenka describes the horrors of the war and her attitude towards the Russians.
• War crimes
Russia had long included many Ukrainian political prisoners on its notorious list of extremists and terrorists’ but since February 2022 it has begun bringing grotesque ‘terrorism’ charges against civilians abducted from newly occupied Ukrainian territory
• Events
As Oleg Orlov notes, the prosecutor’s office have themselves exposed the political nature of this ‘trial’, by claiming that the 70-year-old should be “isolated from society” for three years for criticising the regime
The mass grave at the Temple of St. Andrii the First-Called in Bucha became the last refuge for Ukrainians who suffered from Russian aggression. Currently, an installation on the temple territory has the names of about 500 innocent people killed. How do we overcome discord and hatred? Is it possible to overcome them? We talk with the rector of the temple — Archpriest Andrii Halavin.
For years, Russia claimed not to wield any control over its proxy Donetsk ‘republic’, yet it is now staging a fake ‘trial’ under its own legislation, of three of that fake ‘republic’s’ civilian hostages
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
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
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
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.
The Russians claimed to have ‘deported’ Oleksiy Brazhnyk in February 2023, almost six months after they abducted and imprisoned him, but he has disappeared
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.