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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"

Ukrainian POW subjected to two fake trials and massive sentences in revenge for defending Mariupol

Ivan Melnykovych is the latest of a huge number of Ukrainian defenders to be sentenced on surreal 'terrorism' charges after Russia first staged a quite different show trial

Russians use child and her parents as human shields in their attack on Pokrovsk

Russia has been using civilians as human shields since 2014, with its systematic and murderous attacks increasingly condemned, not only as war crimes but as crimes against humanity

Russia sentences Melitopol man to 14 years for 2017 demonstrations and a social media comment

The charges against 24-year-old Denys Shepotko, under Russian legislation concerning events over which Russia had no jurisdiction, are a legal absurdity.

Russian FSB gets carte blanche to torture and fabricate sabotage charges against 14-year-olds

The reduction in age of criminal liability is chilling given the very suspicious circumstances around the killing by Russia of at four 16-year-old lads from occupied Berdiansk and Melitopol

Russia stages new ‘trial’ of savagely tortured Ukrainian partisan already sentenced to 26 years

The charges against Hryhory Sinchenko, Volodymyr Makarenko and Dmytro Palenko are grotesque with Russia’s torture of Sinchenko dating back to long before its full-scale invasion of Ukraine

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