Menu
War crimes
Huge number feared killed after Russians bomb a school in Luhansk oblast where around 90 civilians had sought shelter

(Update) Initial rescue work after the Russian airstrike on the village school in Bilohorivka had to be postponed because of the likelihood of a new Russian attack

The Ukrainian garrison in Mariupol can still be saved: Urgent address to European leaders

Ukrainian human rights defenders, former dissidents and scholars call European leaders to act now

Russian invaders destroy Ukrainian hospitals, plundering medical equipment and abducting medical staff

As of 4 May, the Russian invaders had bombed, shelled or otherwise damaged 400 Ukrainian medical institutions, with 40 of these totally destroyed

Even in Russia, Putin’s ‘denazification’ claims prove no excuse for war against Ukraine

‘The Project’, one of the few independent (and effectively banned) Russian media has published a damning report on the ‘mess’ around Russia’s total war against Ukraine, including Putin's attempt to claim 'denazification' to be a main aim

Russia uses terror and abduction in attempt to force schools to collaborate in occupied Melitopol

The whereabouts remain unknown of Iryna Shcherbak, Head of Education in Melitopol who was abducted after refusing to collaborate with the invaders whose attempts to find collaborators is running into major problems

Russian invaders fire on evacuation buses, abduct driver for propaganda video

Two days after Russian forces fired on evacuation buses in Popasna (Luhansk oblast), the volunteer driver of one of the buses has been forced to appear on a propaganda video for Russian television

22 journalists killed since Russia began its total war against Ukraine

Russia committed at least 243 crimes against journalists and the media in the first two months after its 2022 invasion, with these including killings, abductions, torture, threats and attacks on TV towers

Grave of more tortured victims of Russian invaders found in Kyiv oblast

These are almost certainly victims of the Russian 64th motorised infantry brigade whom Vladimir Putin recently honoured for 'mass heroism'

Summary of events that took place in Kharkiv and Kharkiv region during the first 60 days of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war (February 24 – April 24 2022)

This publication provides a summary of information collected by the KHPG, about alleged international crimes during the first 60 days of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war. 1267 instances were recorded and entered into the database. According to preliminary estimates, 5 types of crimes against humanity and 17 types of war crimes were committed under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Hospital bombed by the Russians at Azovstal as more mass graves found near Mariupol

Vladimir Putin’s assurances that Russia would stop bombing the besieged Azovstal steel factory in Mariupol have proven as empty as his claims of ‘victory’

Russian invaders create “real concentration camp” to torture Ukrainian prisoners in Kharkiv oblast

The Russian military who have seized control of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv oblast are believed to have created an effective concentration camp where prisoners are subjected to physical and psychological torture

Children abducted, used as weapons and killed in Russia’s war against Ukraine

Serhiy Haidai, Governor of the Luhansk oblast, has reported that the Russian invaders are abducting children in Rubizhne, in order to then force their mothers to get information for them about Ukrainian military positions