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Dozen Russian sites hit on New Year's Eve, Ukraine's drone forces commander says

Ukrainian troops struck a dozen military and infrastructure targets in Russia and occupied territories on New Year's Eve, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert ‘Magyar’ Brovdi reported on social media on Jan. 1.

1 January, 05:23 PM

Russia legalizes seizing homes of Ukrainian refugees

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin signed legislation authorizing outright confiscation of homes belonging to Ukrainians who fled from occupied areas of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhya oblasts, independent newspaper The Moscow Times reported on Dec. 16.

16 December 2025, 11:52 PM

Ukraine struggles to return its youngest deported children from Russia - Ombudsman

The most difficult group to return from Russia are the youngest Ukrainian children, as they are unable to assert their national identity themselves, Ukraine's Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said, Ukrinform reported on Dec. 10.

11 December 2025, 09:30 AM

Russia expands large-scale russification in occupied Ukrainian oblasts, Putin signs decree

Russia is intensifying its policy of russification in occupied territories and aims for 95% of the country’s population to identify as “Russian” by 2036, Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service said on Nov. 30.

30 November 2025, 07:37 PM

Ukrainian Defense Forces strike a plant in Cheboksary and several Russian military sites in occupied territories

Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a command post of a unit from Russia’s 58th Combined Arms Army in occupied Vasylivka and destroyed a Tor-M1 air-defense system in Mariupol, Ukraine’s General Staff said on Nov. 26.

26 November 2025, 03:19 PM

Drones target Donetsk substation, cities report blackouts

Occupied Donetsk and several other towns in Oblast again experienced power outages following an attack by unidentified drones on a power substation, local Telegram channels wrote on Nov. 17.

18 November 2025, 08:48 AM

SBU strikes Russian military bases in occupied Ukraine using FP-2 drones carrying 105 kg of explosives — video

Ukraine’s Security Service struck Russian equipment and troop positions with drones in temporarily occupied territories, the agency said on Oct. 10.

10 October 2025, 02:45 PM

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

Government failed internally displaced Ukrainians, expert says

The Ukrainian government has “botched” efforts to take proper care of internally displaced persons (IDPs), focusing too much on refugees abroad, Petro Andriushchenko, head of the Center for the Study of Occupation, told NV Radio on Sept. 25.

26 September 2025, 12:39 AM

Partisans cripple Russian military logistics in occupied Berdyansk

A Russian military fuel truck and a UAZ vehicle were torched in the city of Berdyansk in the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhzhya Oblast, the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar resistance movement Atesh reported on Telegram on Sept. 25, posting photos and a video from the site.

25 September 2025, 10:44 AM

Ukraine can fully liberate its territory, Trump says

In a sudden reversal of his usual pro-Russian rhetoric, U.S. President Donald Trump said Ukraine can “fight and win” all its sovereign territory currently under Russian occupation.

23 September 2025, 11:09 PM

Ukraine cripples ammo, drone depots in Russia-occupied territories

Ukrainian forces successfully targeted several key Russian ammunition and drone storage sites in temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine in August and September, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported on Telegram on Sept. 22.

22 September 2025, 10:44 AM

Russia intensifies forced mobilization of Ukrainians in occupied territories

Russian occupation forces are planning to increase the pace of mobilizing Ukrainian citizens in the temporarily occupied territories, Ukraine’s Center for National Resistance (NRC) wrote on Sept. 4.

5 September 2025, 09:11 AM

Russian military trucks spotted hauling stolen watermelons from occupied Ukrainian territory — photo

Russian invaders were seen transporting watermelons on military trucks from occupied Ukrainian territory, a local official said on Telegram on Aug. 22.

22 August 2025, 11:09 AM

Moscow plans to educate Chinese children in occupied Ukraine

Moscow and Beijing are planning to establish a Chinese educational “enclave” in occupied Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, the Eastern Human Rights Group told NV on Aug. 16.

18 August 2025, 10:09 PM

Trump supports Putin’s demand for total Donbas control, frozen front lines

U.S. President Donald Trump supports Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s proposal for Moscow to gain full control over the Donbas region and freeze the front lines in other oblasts as part of a potential deal with Ukraine, Fox News reported on Aug. 16, citing a European diplomat.

17 August 2025, 09:36 PM

Washington, Moscow discussed ‘West Bank–Style’ model for Russian occupation of Ukraine—report

When U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin last week, the parties discussed a “West Bank–Style” model for Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, The Times reported on Aug. 13, citing a U.S. National Security Council source.

13 August 2025, 11:41 PM

Examining transplant Russian judges doling out ‘justice’ in occupied Ukraine

After three and a half years of full-scale war, 20% of Ukrainian territory remains under Russian occupation. As part of its efforts to consolidate the imperial occupation of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson oblasts, Moscow dispatched scores of judges to weaponize law itself. NV presents an investigation into this corps of transplant judges.

11 August 2025, 07:26 PM

Trump on his peace plan: Ukraine would regain some land but give up others

U.S. President Donald Trump said his plan to end the war in Ukraine envisions a territorial swap under which Ukraine would regain part of its land but be forced to relinquish other areas, he wrote on his X account on Aug. 8.

9 August 2025, 10:20 AM

Ukraine rescues 13-year-old girl from Russian-occupied territory

A 13-year-old girl has been returned from Russian-occupied territory to Ukraine-controlled areas, a senior official said on Aug. 4.

5 August 2025, 11:59 AM

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