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29 civilians abducted from Kherson oblast were tortured to death or died from lack of treatment in Russian captivity

An important MIHR study has followed how Russia first used a totally unsuited checkpoint as a prison for torturing abducted hostages and then integrated it into its penal system

I repeated it like a prayer: ‘Donbas is Ukraine!’

We share the story of how Horlivka teacher Natalia Shilo was held captive and later released. In the toughest times, her natural sense of justice, anger toward the occupiers, and... a higher mathematics workbook helped her survive.

Russia’s deportation and enforced disappearances of Ukrainian children are crimes against humanity – UN Commission

Despite the lies and backtracking after Putin’s arrest warrant, Russia made no effort to find children’s relatives and has not returned 80% of those children whose cases the Commission documented

Occupiers are blackmailing the families of prisoners of war by demanding they register Starlink terminals in their names

Coordination Headquarters warns that Russians are trying to intimidate Ukrainians whose relatives are in captivity. They aim to regain control of the illegal Starlink terminals that SpaceX recently disconnected.

10-year sentence for love of Ukraine against 71-year-old pensioner under Russian occupation

Russia couldn’t charge Ukrainian Mykola Tynkov with ‘treason’, so came up with equally surreal charges in order to punish him for supporting his own country

Russia sentences 69-year-old Ukrainian pensioner to 11 years for sending money to Ukraine

These sentences, passed by fake 'courts', often with minimal or no hearings, seem aimed at terrorizing the population and convincing them that they are under total surveillance

Fake Russian 'court' sentences young Melitopol man to 19 years on rail partisan charges

It is unclear whether Vitaliy Skorokhod was one of the courageous partisans defending Ukraine on occupied territory or a victim of Russia’s brutal methods of fabricating prosecutions and terrorising the population

Schoolkids in occupied Ukraine to face mandatory ‘history’ exam denying Russia’s invasion of Crimea and other crimes

The 9th Grade ‘exam’ will test students’ ability to repeat the fictitious version of events presented in Russian ‘history textbooks’ penned by Putin crony Vladimir Medinsky

Ukrainian POW sentenced to 18 years for defending Mariupol prosecuted again for saying that Russia invaded Ukraine

While Russia’s war of aggression undoubtedly discredits both the Russian regime and its military, Anton Saikhiev, whom Russia has imprisoned for defending his country, was prosecuted for telling the truth

Ukrainian volunteer abducted in 2022 ‘found’ in Russian FSB-controlled Crimean prison

Russia is continuing to conceal the whereabouts of Hola Prystan Mayor Oleksandr Babych, volunteer Oleksandr Kostiuk and very many others with details emerging only thanks to freed prisoners

Russia brings long sentences for pro-Ukrainian social media posts to occupied Ukraine

In 2014, a person protesting against Russia’s invasion of Crimea, warned that Russian occupation meant been forced into silence. That is now tragically clear in other parts of occupied Ukraine

Help force Russia to free abducted and tortured Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant employees!

Russia’s armed occupation of the largest nuclear power station in Europe is not only a question of nuclear safety. Voices are needed to ensure that Russia ends its terror and releases Ukrainian employees held prisoner