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First arrest under new Russian law over an Internet search for Ukraine’s Azov Regiment

The move is particularly chilling as the 20-year-old student was detained just hours after browsing the Internet

Crimean woman sentenced to five and a half years for social media criticism of Russia's war against Ukraine

Although Kateryna Fomenko was charged with 'circulating military fakes', all of the comments first used for administrative prosecutions were critical of Russia's war of aggression, but in no way false

Sinister secrecy over Russia’s abduction, torture and imprisonment of Melitopol journalist Anastasia Hlukhovska

Russia has held Melitopol journalist Anastasia Hlukhovska incommunicado, without any charges being laid for well over two years. It is chillingly unclear why they appear to be hiding her

Russian solider sentenced to life for gunning down an unarmed Ukrainian POW

Despite the mounting number of Russian executions of Ukrainians surrendering, this was the first such trial, with the soldier’s commander having confirmed they were instructed not to take prisoners

Russians murder civilians waving a white flag as UN report slams mass-scale and systematic attacks as crimes against humanity

Russia uses the same methods over a vast area, with it clear that civilians are deliberately targeted, in the hope of driving Ukrainians from their territory

Remembrance of the Holodomor banned, but not crushed, in Russian-occupied Ukraine

In remembering the victims of a terrible act of genocide, please remember also those on occupied territory who continue to honour their memory despite the real threat of Russian repression

Russian invaders’ ‘court’ sentences Ukrainian to 12.5 years for patriotism

Russia claims that donations to the defenders of one's country constitute 'crimes' aimed against the 'security' of the Russian Federation

Russia kills two 16-year-olds, tortures and imprisons three other lads from occupied Melitopol

With appalling cynicism, the Russians claimed that Danylo Dakhov and Pavlo Hrymak had blown themselves with a homemade explosive device when they had been in Russian captivity for 10 months

Russia sentences youngest abducted journalist to 14 years for Melitopol is Ukraine Telegram channel

The sentence against Yana Suvorova is the fourth to date against courageous journalists / Telegram channel administrators providing truthful information about Melitopol under Russian occupation

Ukrainian abducted, tortured and sentenced to life because Ukraine carried out an attack on Russian invaders

If Mykola Dzhosh did provide information to Ukraine’s Armed Forces, then all credit to him, however the 33-year-old may well have been seized because the Russians needed somebody to blame

Russian invaders gun down civilians in Pokrovsk, try to kill others in evacuation van

It is not just that the invaders know they can kill civilians with impunity. Putin has 'honoured' many such suspected war criminals

Russia passes massive sentences against 15 Ukrainian POWs for defending Ukraine against its invasion

Using a ruling issued long after the prisoners of war were seized and then put on ‘trial’, Russia claimed that their defence of their country was ‘terrorism’ and ‘a violent attempt to seize power’