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Ex-155th Brigade commander Luchanov detained in Kyiv in kidnapping and murder case

Stanislav Luchanov, the former commander of Ukraine's 155th Separate Mechanized Brigade, who had been wanted on suspicion of kidnapping and premeditated murder of two civilians, was detained in Kyiv, the Prosecutor General's Office told the news outlet Censor.net on July 13.

13 July, 02:27 PM

Eight 155th Brigade soldiers held over alleged civilian abduction case

A court ordered eight suspects held in custody for 60 days in a case involving the alleged abduction of two civilians in Kyiv Oblast, in which soldiers from Ukraine's 155th Separate Mechanized Brigade are suspected, hromadske reported on July 12.

11 July, 10:46 PM

Four arrested in Wrocław over brutal abduction and extortion of Ukrainian citizens

Police in Wrocław, Poland, arrested four suspects charged with kidnapping, robbing, and assaulting two young Ukrainian citizens who were held captive in a downtown basement, Polish news outlet RMF24 reported on June 11.

11 June, 02:38 PM

Three military recruiters charged after man left near trash bins in critical condition

Three officers from a territorial recruitment center were involved in abducting a man during a document check and then abandoning him near trash bins after he became seriously ill, police in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Oblast reported on June 1.

1 June, 05:47 PM

Ukrainian forces describe how Russians abducted Sumy Oblast residents

Russian troops rounded up elderly residents of a small Sumy Oblast village into a church before forcibly abducting them to Russia in a matter of hours, United Forces communications chief Viktor Trehubov said on national television on Dec. 22.

22 December 2025, 04:42 PM

Ukraine marks Journalist Day amid toll of 125 killed by Russia

On June 6, Ukraine observes Journalist Day — a professional holiday that has taken on grave significance in the years of full-scale war, as Russian forces continue to target and kill journalists.

6 June 2025, 11:38 AM

Russia imprisons several Ukrainians abducted from occupied Melitopol

A court in Russia’s Rostov-on-Don sentenced five residents of occupied Melitopol, Zaporizhzhya Oblast, to lengthy prison terms on charges of establishing a “terrorist underground,” independent Russian media outlet Meduza reported on April 29.

30 April 2025, 02:03 AM

Trump shuts down probe into Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration terminated funding for an initiative that documented Russia's war crimes, including the mass abduction of Ukrainian children, The Washington Post reported on March 18, citing sources.

19 March 2025, 10:57 AM

Putin may face another ICC arrest warrant, says Ukrainian Presidential Office

The International Criminal Court (ICC) continues to investigate Russia's war crimes in Ukraine, with the possibility of issuing another arrest warrant for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, the Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office Iryna Mudra said in comments to RBC-Ukraine on Jan. 7.

7 January 2025, 11:15 AM

South Africa bars Putin from G20 summit

South Africa will not invite Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit in Johannesburg next November because of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), The Moscow Times reported on Dec. 16.

16 December 2024, 09:09 AM

United Russia official accused of holding slaves and forced labor

A councillor from United Russia in Vladimir Oblast has been arrested for holding slaves and forcing them to work without pay, including a veteran of the war against Ukraine, The Moscow Times reported on Oct. 25.

25 October 2024, 05:45 PM

French writer Marc Levy dedicates his new book to Ukrainian children abduction, publishes it in Russian

French writer Marc Levy published his The Symphony of Monsters, a book, dedicated to the abduction of Ukrainian children, in Russian, the author wrote on his official website.

2 August 2024, 12:04 PM

Ukraine returns 600 illegally abducted children from Russia

Ukraine has already returned 600 children, illegally abducted by Russia, the Ukrainian ambassador to the Netherlands Oleksandr Karasevych said at the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) roundtable discussion, Ukrinform reported.

20 June 2024, 10:25 AM

Teenager abducted by Russia back in Ukraine

A 17-year-old girl was returned to Ukraine from Russia, Save Ukraine reported on Facebook on June 9.

10 June 2024, 10:29 AM

Ukraine and Chile to deepen cooperation to return home Ukrainian children abducted by Russia

A Ukrainian delegation headed by Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Daria Herasymchuk visited Chile to deepen cooperation on the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, the presidential press service reported on May 29.

29 May 2024, 05:43 PM

Argentina may join coalition to rescue abducted Ukrainian children — President’s Office

The Argentine government is considering joining the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children in the near future, the Ukrainian President's Office reported on May 25.

26 May 2024, 04:05 PM

Six children escape occupied Kherson, reunite with families in Ukraine

Six children, aged between 5 and 12, have safely returned to government-controlled territory from the occupied region of Kherson Oblast, announced regional governor Oleksandr Prokhudin on May 14.

14 May 2024, 04:13 PM

Kyiv reports Russia’s plans to abduct children from occupied Ukrainian territories

The Russian occupation authorities have begun to compile lists of children from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to abduct them to Russia, Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said on May 3, according to Espreso.

3 May 2024, 05:55 PM

Ukraine rescues mother, her four children, another teen from Russian-occupied territories

Ukraine has managed to return five more children from the temporarily occupied territories, the head of the Kherson Oblast Military Administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, reported on March 13.

13 March 2024, 05:00 PM

Russia's forced ‘re-education’ — turning Ukrainian children into Russians

Russian authorities set up a brutal “re-education” system for forcibly transferred Ukrainian children to Russia to integrate them into Russian society, the Russian outlet Meduza revealed in a shocking investigation on March 11.

11 March 2024, 01:25 PM

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