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Russian forces execute unarmed Ukrainian POWs near Pokrovsk

Ukrainian prosecutors have launched an investigation into the execution of two captured Ukrainian soldiers by Russian occupation forces, Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported on Dec. 29.

29 December 2025, 12:10 PM

Russian troops abduct over 50 civilians after crossing into Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast

Russian forces crossed Ukraine’s state border near the village of Grabovske in Sumy Oblast and forcibly removed more than 50 civilians, Ukrainian military officials said. Ukrainian Defense Forces have withdrawn from several positions in the area, where stabilization operations are currently underway.

21 December 2025, 11:20 AM

Kyiv protests Russia’s illegal draft in occupied territories

Moscow announcing the start of its seasonal military draft in occupied areas of Ukraine amounts to a clear breach of international law, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Oct. 1.

2 October 2025, 01:22 AM

Prosecuting Putin will take years, but it’s possible—Wayne Jordash explains how

As Russia’s full-scale invasion grinds into its fourth year, Ukraine’s push for justice is quietly gathering force—behind the front lines, in courtrooms and forensic labs, and within the country’s rapidly evolving legal system. Few understand that transformation better than Wayne Jordash KC, one of the world’s leading human rights lawyers and a key architect behind Ukraine’s war crimes prosecution strategy. In this interview, Jordash explains how Ukraine has overhauled its approach to atrocity investigations, why Russia’s sham trials of Ukrainian soldiers are themselves war crimes, and what still gives him hope in an age of rising authoritarianism.

2 July 2025, 04:30 PM

Ukraine charges Russian judges with war crimes over POW sentences

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has collected evidence and officially charged two Russian military judges in absentia with war crimes for sentencing two captured Ukrainian soldiers to 18 years in a maximum-security penal colony.

4 June 2025, 02:25 PM

1.2 million casualties in Russo-Ukrainian war — Kellogg

U.S. estimates suggest that the total casualties in the Russo–Ukrainian war have exceeded 1 million people, U.S. Special Envoy Keith Kellogg said on May 27.

27 May 2025, 09:37 PM

Ukraine says Russian troops violated 'truce' using disguises

A group of Russian troops attempted to infiltrate Ukrainian lines while disguised as Ukrainian soldiers during Moscow’s self-declared three-day “truce,” Ukraine’s 60th Separate Mechanized Inhulets Brigade reported on May 10.

11 May 2025, 10:27 AM

The brutal truth behind Russia’s execution of Ukrainian POWs: motives, patterns, and the road to justice

A group of Ukrainian soldiers, unarmed and defenseless, kneel in the dirt. Their hands are bound. A Russian soldier gives the order. Gunfire erupts. The bodies collapse, lifeless. The video surfaced online on March 13, 2025, offering a horrifying glimpse into the systematic execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) by Russian forces. Ukraine’s Human Rights Ombudsman, Dmytro Lubinets, confirmed its authenticity, calling it yet another war crime added to an already staggering list.

15 March 2025, 01:48 PM

Amnesty International documents 109 executions of Ukrainian POWs in 2024

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has documented 109 executions of Ukrainian prisoners-of-war in 2024, Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform reported on March 4.

4 March 2025, 11:41 PM

Ukrainian ombudsman: Russian commanders endorsing executions of Ukrainian POWs

Russian military channels are circulating videos allegedly showing the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian forces. Ukraine’s Human Rights Commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, reported this on Feb. 17.

17 February 2025, 06:45 PM

Russian POWs kept in five locations across Ukraine

Russian prisoners-of-war are held in five specially designated facilities located far away from the frontline, Bohdan Okhrimenko, spokesperson for Ukraine’s Coordination HQ for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, said on Jan. 22.

23 January 2025, 02:13 AM

SBU investigates execution of two Ukrainian POWs near Volnovakha

Ukraine’s SBU security service has launched an investigation into the apparent execution of two captured Ukrainian soldiers by Russian troops near Volnovakha, Donetsk Oblast, the Prosecutor-General’s Office announced on Jan. 6.

7 January 2025, 01:38 AM

Ukraine investigates POWs execution by Russian troops in Zaporizhzhya Oblast

Five of the six unarmed Ukrainian soldiers captured by Russian troops near the village of Novodarivka, Zaporizhzhya Oblast, were executed on Nov. 24, the Prosecutor General's Office reported on Telegram on Nov. 28.

28 November 2024, 02:40 PM

Russia accused of war crime after executing Ukrainian prisoners near Novodmytrivka

Two Ukrainian prisoners of war killed by Russian soldiers near Novodmytrivka in the Pokrovsk area have been identified, Taras Semkiv, a deputy department head at Ukraine's Prosecutor General’s Office, said on Suspilne on Nov. 22.

22 November 2024, 05:18 PM

Ukrainian paratroopers destroy Russian assault group in Kursk Oblast — video

Fighters from the 95th Separate Polish Airborne Assault Brigade destroyed a Russian assault group involved in the shooting of Russian soldiers on Oct.10 in a settlement in Kursk Oblast, according to a report from the Airborne Assault Troops of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Oct. 13.

13 October 2024, 04:19 PM

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