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Raped, tortured and sentenced to 14 years for alleged part in attack on Russian collaborator

Russia has again claimed that resistance to its armed occupation is 'terrorism', and fabricated 'evidence' through savage torture

Russia hospitalizes 68-year-old Ukrainian political prisoner Halyna Bekhter in dangerously emaciated state

There have long been grave concerns about Halyna Bekhter's mental and physical state, yet she not only remained in Russian captivity but had her sentence increased to 12.5 years for a small donation to Ukraine's Army

Russia’s Oleshky deception shows that US-brokered ‘peace’ would serve as time to prepare for further aggression

Russia very clearly used the Oleshky ceasefire to strengthen its military position in the city and ability to attack Kherson

Russia passes massive sentences for supporting Ukraine years after abducting Kherson oblast couple

Nadiya Berezhna, who has been sentenced to 12.5 years, and her husband Andriy Berezhy have two children, the younger of whom is only 12

Ukraine identifies Russian bombers responsible for horrific carnage at Komyshuvakha school

While Russia protects all of its war criminals, other countries should not, and these war crimes have no time bar

Russia abducts husband of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant employee whom it sentenced to 14.5 years on insane charges

Nothing is known of Oleksiy Shulha's whereabouts and the believed charge is of particular cynicism given that it involves a car that the Russian FSB took the keys for when abducting Natalia Shulha

Valentyn Vyhivsky endured torture, years in solitary confinement and is still captive in Russia after his sentence

Valentyn Vyhivsky was not the first of Russia’s Ukrainian political prisoners, but he has now been held in Russia longer than any other and spent a monstrous 8 years in solitary confinement

Ukrainian POW ‘dies’ in Russian prison as Moscow abandons vital convention against torture

Russia has caused the death, whether through torture or through failure to provide medical care, of a huge number of Ukrainian POWs and political prisoners, with this apparently state policy

“In Taganrog, at least six people were killed in front of me”

Oleksandr was captured by Russian forces in the second week of the full-scale invasion. His unit had been destroyed, and he ended up behind Russian lines, trying to make his way back to his own side. He was kept in Olenivka, Taganrog and Borisoglebsk. This is his story.

Russia killed Nonna Halka’s sister, now it is jeopardizing her life because her son is defending Ukraine

Russia came for virtually all of Nonna Halka’s family, and there are now serious grounds for concern about her health and her nephew Victor Meshniakov’s safety in Russian captivity

Massive sentences against Berdiansk mother and son in latest Russian ‘thwarted Ukrainian saboteur trial’

Russia’s FSB has been claiming to have ‘thwarted’ alleged ‘saboteur plots’ since Russia first invaded Crimea, with the alleged targets in both of the 'trials' mentioned here only one of many grounds for questioning the claims

270 Ukrainians Freed from Russian Captivity, Nearly a Third Convicted in Russia

According to Volodymyr Zelensky, among those heading home are five defenders who survived the Olenivka terrorist attack. Nine civilians were also brought back, along with the largest number of convicted servicemen to date: 86.