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Russia begins propaganda of war against Ukraine at pre-school level

The situation is particularly shocking in occupied Crimea, where the schoolchildren reportedly forced to send ‘letters of gratitude’ to soldiers fighting in Ukraine may well have family now being bombed or shelled by those same Russian invaders.

Covert mobilization and Ukrainian conscripts from occupied Crimea sent to die in Russia’s war against Ukraine

Russia has used the armed formations it calls ‘republics’ in occupied Donbas to seize Ukrainian men and forcibly send them to the frontline where very many have been killed, and it now appears to be planning a form of mobilization in occupied Crimea

Russia instals FSB man, other Russians to ‘govern’ occupied Kherson where the population hates them

Moscow has clearly despaired of finding enough local collaborators to ‘govern’ the parts of the Kherson oblast currently under its occupation, and has brought in its own

Russia removes last doctors after destroying Mariupol and causing humanitarian disaster

Russia has reportedly sent the last doctors out of occupied Mariupol despite the real danger of epidemic in a city devastated by Russian bombing and shelling.

Belarusian rail partisans who helped save Kyiv from the Russian invaders threatened with death sentences

Three Belarusians are about to go on trial, with the Belarusian Investigative Committee having already labelled them ‘traitors’ and threatened the death penalty

Missing and Detained Individuals in the Kharkiv Region: An analytical review (24 February to 23 June 2022)

The KHPG has been documenting war crimes since the first day of the war.It draws on information from open sources and appeals it receives from the victims or their relatives. In the past four months, we documented 590 incidents in the Kharkiv Regionin which a total of 777 people disappeared.

Russia moves to eradicate Ukraine from schools in occupied Mariupol, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia

Russia is eager to instil so-called ‘Russian standards’, including Russia’s lies about its war against Ukraine, and is having difficulty finding local teachers willing to collaborate with them.

What ‘denazification? Russian neo-Nazis used to fight Moscow’s war to destroy Ukraine

There is already evidence that three notorious Russian neo-Nazis are back fighting in Ukraine, and the number is more than likely to be higher.

Russia steps up abductions for torture and ransom in occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast

People begin disappearing as soon as Russians seize any Ukrainian territory, as the situation in Enerhodar and Melitopol shows

Russia produces a variation of easily disproven lies about its horrific war crime in Kremenchuk

Soon after Russia's missile strike on a Kremenchuk shopping centre, Putin's press secretary offered a swift end to the war if Ukraine capitulated. He did not state that otherwise such atrocities would continue, but this was, after all, obvious

Disappearances in the Zaporizhzhia Region (24 February to 18 June 2022)

Among the categories of people who disappeared the majority were ordinary citizens. They were not working for the media, and there is no information about them. It is proving impossible to determine their fate. Their occupations are unknown, and it remains unclear what category we can put them in.

Mayor of Kherson abducted after refusing to collaborate with Russian invaders

Ihor Kolykhaev, elected Mayor of Kherson, was abducted by Russian soldiers on 28 June and is almost certainly in danger