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Russia’s ‘Dr Evil’ charged over savage torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war

Russia has systematically tortured Ukrainian POWs in most places of imprisonment. In Mordovian Prison Colony No. 10, however, the most notorious torturer was a medical worker

Install MAX, Russia’s big brother surveillance app or face repression in occupied Ukraine

An IT specialist earlier called the installation of Russia's MAX messenger app "equivalent to voluntarily passing your telephone into the total control of the security service”. On occupied territory, it's anything but voluntary

57-year-old midwife sentenced to 11 years in ongoing Russian terror against residents of occupied Enerhodar

Larysa Malovychko has already been in Russian captivity for over two years, with it likely that she was seized because of her pro-Ukrainian position

Ukrainians who fail ‘filtration’ interrogation held prisoner in Russian ‘refugee’ point until FSB fabricates charges

Russia’s ‘filtration’, aimed at ferreting out those seen as too ‘pro-Ukrainian’ is already profoundly illegal, with the details of how criminal charges are concocted, positively terrifying

Ukraine charges four Russian commanders over deadly missile strike on Kryvyi Rih playground

Nine children, the youngest just three, were killed in a missile strike that had no possible military target

Russia churns out mass sentences for ‘spying’, with only the part of occupied Ukraine varying

The following were just those sentences on one day in November where the names of Russia's victims are known

‘War tourism’ plans for Mariupol and other cities Russia first mercilessly bombed

Although hampered by Russia’s destruction and ongoing fighting, such ‘tourism’ would be based on the fakes, false narrative and aggressive propaganda which Russia has been pushing since 2014

Music in Captivity: The Marine Corps Orchestra Conductor’s Story

Serhiy Smirnov is a military conductor who has led the orchestra of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade for nearly a decade. From April 2022 to September 2024, he was held in captivity alongside his comrades. One of them was tortured to death by Russian forces, and five of his musicians remain in captivity.

Ukraine’s powerlifting champion sentenced in Russia to 19 years for partisan acts in defence of her home

“I decided to fight against Russia’s military aggression.  Perhaps my words are worsening my position, but, your honour, my conscience is more important for me.”  From Yulia Lemeshchenko’s final address to the Russian court before its horrific sentence.

Medic, Engineer, High School Students—Ukrainian Civilians behind Russian Bars

The occupiers convicted an ambulance worker in the Luhansk region for “espionage”, and two schoolchildren in the Donetsk region were detained for “sabotage”. Meanwhile, the Southern District Court is “setting records”.

Berdiansk man sentenced to 12 years after 18 months in Russian torture prisons

Volodymyr Yatsun was abducted twice, although the stunt claiming to show his 'arrest' was probably staged long after the 50-year-old from occupied Berdiansk (Zaporizhzhia oblast) had been seized by the Russians

“‘Insane nonsense to hand Donbas over to Russia’. Sloviansk residents knew occupation and don’t want it again

Residents of government-controlled Donbas have no wish to 'be voluntarily handed over' to Russia and fear the Russian soldiers who "gun down civilians"