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Russia subjects Ukrainian political prisoner with multiple sclerosis to medical torture for serving her country

Russia has been bombing and terrorising Ukraine’s population since February 2024, yet claimed that Kateryna Kuzmenko was guilty of ‘terrorism’ for having served Ukraine as a medic in the Aidar Battalion

Neo-Nazi sadist wanted for war crimes in Ukraine invited to give ‘lesson on courage’ to Russian children

Alexei Milchakov gave his 'lesson' just three months after fellow neo-Nazi, co-founder of Rusich and mercenary Yan Petrovsky was sentenced to life imprisonment for the war crimes which the men committed together in September 2014

Russia sentences tortured Melitopol journalist to 15 years for pro-Ukrainian Telegram channel

This was the most chilling attack to date by the Russian invaders against Melitopol journalists and Telegram administrators, with massive sentences already passed or, unfortunately, likely in the near future.

Russian invaders abduct 52 civilians, including children, from Sumy oblast

While Ukraine is under huge pressure to ‘hand Russia unoccupied Donbas’, the invaders are continuing to seize other territory, committing the same war crimes seen in 2022

Ukraine-Sweden: Upholding Human Rights for Victims of the Russian War

A year ago, the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, in partnership with the Swedish organization Eastern Group for Democracy and Human Rights (Östgruppen för demokrati och mänskliga rättigheter), began a project to assist Ukrainians who suffered from crimes committed during Russian aggression. We talked about the interim results with one of the project coordinators, Ihor Kulish. The project called “Restore Human Rights for Victims of Russia’s War” is funded by the Swedish Institute (SI).

While others are celebrating, Ukrainian POWs are being tortured in Russian prisons

Russia's torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilian hostages is unrelentingly savage, with every reason to believe that this is deliberate state policy

Not Only Dr. Evil: Medical Care behind Russian Bars

What is it like to survive in captivity, suffering from a stroke, tuberculosis, or diabetes, when instead of medical care you often receive beatings and humiliation?

Russia passes huge sentences against 65-year-old Melitopol pensioner and two other Ukrainians for their patriotism

Iryna Sukhodei was claimed by an invading power to have committed treason by supporting her own country

Putin gives green light to expropriation of Ukrainians’ homes on occupied territory

Russian ‘filtration’ measures at Sheremetyevo are making it very clear that Ukrainians are not wanted on occupied territory, with the Russian invaders effectively given carte blanche to plunder their property

Russia sentences disabled Crimean Tatar from occupied Kherson oblast to 8 years for opposing its occupation of Crimea

Eldar Karamurzaev is one of thirty men abducted from occupied parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts and illegally charged under Russian legislation with legal activities on Ukrainian territory

65-year-old Donetsk teacher sentenced to 12 years because Russia couldn’t imprison its real target

Valentyna Zayarna received a massive sentence for giving shelter to a Ukrainian defender, for trying to pick up a parcel for him and, probably, because Denys Storozhuk is safely out of Russia’s reach

Monstrous sentence against Yehor Kuch, a young Ukrainian accused by Russian invaders of ‘spying’ for his own country

The 20-year sentence is far worse than those regularly passed against violent criminals, with the other difference being that criminals will receive pardons and pay if they agree to fight in Ukraine