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Russia sentences 19-year-old Ukrainian to 8 years for ‘spying for Ukraine’ as a young boy

Kyrylo Shcherbak may well have been abducted and held captive in occupied Luhansk oblast from when he was just 16

New legislation formalizes Russia’s brutal isolation of Crimean Tatar and other Ukrainian political prisoners

The new provisions are draconian, however Russia’s treatment of Crimean Tatar and other Ukrainian political prisoners and POWs has always been savage, with or without norms

UN monitors report massive increase in Russian attacks on civilians throughout Ukraine

By mass attacks on residential buildings like the missile strike that killed 17-year-old Roman and his younger brother and sister, Russia is openly killing and maiming civilians and seeking to instil terror among the population

Russia sentences 64-year-old Melitopol woman to 16 years on idiotic ‘terrorism’ charges

The Russian FSB clearly needed daylight for their propaganda video, and knew that the lack of even minimal credibility would not stop a Russian court from passing a monstrous sentence against Larysa Havrylenko

Ukrainian POW horrifically tortured, with words ‘glory to Russia’ burned on his chest

It is likely that the prisoner of war was already wounded when this latest atrocity was committed

Lawyers of nine Ukrainian political prisoners abducted from Kherson demand action over their systematic torture in Russian captivity

The nine men were abducted and tortured while Kherson was under Russian occupation, with the invaders now continuing such torture while the men are held prisoner in Russia

Churches of the Donetsk region: The number of Russian attacks has increased this year

A few days before the “truce” announced by Russian dictator Putin, Russian troops attacked the Church of St. Ambrose of Optina in Dobropillya twice. Pokrovsk, Toretsk, and Kostiantynivka churches were also destroyed or damaged. Journalist Serhiy Okunev reported fresh information from the frontline cities about Russian attacks on churches.

Russian court prohibits memes comparing Putin with Hitler in condemning the war against Ukraine

Memes used very clearly as protest over Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine were claimed to 'encourage terrorist activities'

Russia sentences Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant driver to 25 years on grotesque ‘international terrorism’ charges

It is particularly worrying that Vadym Trachuk, who clearly rejected some or all of the charges, was moved during the 'trial' to the same notorious remand prison in Taganrog where Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna died after being savagely tortured

Melitopol family sentenced to life, 20 years over attacks on traitors and railway lines used for Russia's war against Ukraine

While all the impugned attacks were on completely legitimate targets, there is every reason to believe that Artem Murdid, his mother Anna Murdid and wife Anna Voshkoder were tortured into ‘confessing’

Russia’s drone attacks against civilians in Kherson oblast are coordinated state policy and a crime against humanity - UN Commission

Over the past 10 months, Russia has been using drones to drop explosives and kill civilians in Kherson oblast, as well as ambulance workers targeted after they rushed to the scene of such attacks

60-year-old from Russian-occupied Donbas sentenced to 13 years for donations to Ukraine’s defenders

Having blocked healthcare, pensions and otherwise made it impossible to not take Russian citizenship, the invaders then claim that it is ‘treason’ for Ukrainians to donate money to Ukraine’s defenders