Russian war crimes

Ukraine calls Russian State Duma elections in occupied territories illegal and void

Russia will hold so-called State Duma elections from Sept. 18 to 20 in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories, elections that are illegal and whose results are legally null and void, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sept. 18.

18 September, 02:15 PM

Russian troops execute two captured Ukrainian guardsmen near Dobropillia

Russian troops executed two captured Ukrainian National Guard soldiers near Dobropillia in Donetsk Oblast. Law enforcement opened a war crimes investigation, the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported on Sept. 11.

11 September, 07:18 PM

Russian forces target shopping mall in Kharkiv

Russian forces struck a shopping mall in Kharkiv on August 28, the city’s mayor Ihor Terekhov reported.

28 August, 01:54 PM

SBU names Gerasimov suspect over Russia’s largest July 2 attack on Kyiv

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service and the Prosecutor General’s Office have formally named Army Gen. Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff and first deputy defense minister, a suspect in absentia.

24 August, 03:36 PM

Russian forces target passenger bus in Kherson, killing four

A Russian drone strike hit a passenger bus in Kherson on August 19, killing four people, the National Police reported.

19 August, 12:16 PM

Five killed in Russian artillery strike on Buhaivka in Kharkiv Oblast

Russian forces launched a massive artillery strike on a residential area in the village of Buhaivka on August 10, killing five people, according to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.

10 August, 12:40 PM

Russian drone strikes crowded market in northern Ukraine

Russian forces struck a market in Sumy Oblast on Friday, Aug. 7, injuring at least 10 people, regional military administration chief Oleh Hryhorov said.

7 August, 12:20 PM

Zaluzhnyi warns ‘war against cities’ will spread unless world responds

Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, urged Ukraine’s partners to act after an overnight Russian attack killed 17 people in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, he wrote on social media on Aug. 5.

5 August, 12:53 PM

Kharkiv prosecutors charge two captured Russian troops with war crimes against civilians

Two Russian soldiers captured in Kharkiv Oblast in May 2026 have been charged with cruelty to civilians after holding a man captive in inhumane conditions, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported on July 28.

29 July, 01:27 PM

Case against one suspect in Olenivka prison attack may be closed

Proceedings against one of the collaborators suspected in the July 2022 attack on the Olenivka prison may be closed, according to a report published by hromadske on July 28.

28 July, 05:43 PM

Russian guided bombs hit Zaporizhzhya, killing two and injuring nine

Russian forces struck residential areas of Zaporizhzhya with guided aerial bombs on Tuesday, July 21, killing two people and injuring nine others, Ukrainian officials said.

21 July, 02:31 PM

Two killed, 10 injured as Russian guided bombs hit Kramatorsk

Russian forces dropped nine guided aerial bombs on Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast, striking residential neighborhoods and the community’s largest hospital complex, killing two people and injuring 10 others, local officials said.

20 July, 03:51 PM

Estonian foreign minister urges deeper sanctions and greater pressure on Russia

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna called for Russia’s complete isolation following a large-scale missile attack on Kyiv overnight on July 19.

20 July, 10:12 AM

Kherson Art Museum marked with international Blue Shield protective emblem

The Blue Shield protective emblem was installed on the Oleksii Shovkunenko Kherson Regional Art Museum, marking a step towards safeguarding the cultural heritage site during the ongoing war, the museum administration announced on July 7.

7 July, 03:00 PM

Intensified Russian airstrikes push Ukraine civilian toll to highest level since 2022

The number of civilian casualties in Ukraine reached its highest level since April 2022 in May 2026, driven by a sharp escalation in Russian airstrikes, UN Assistant Secretary-General Mohamed Khaled Khiari said at a Security Council meeting on June 22, Ukrinform reported.

23 June, 08:45 AM

Prosecuting Russia’s crimes must not endanger child victims

Air raid sirens have become the background sound of childhood in Ukraine. War has never been about headlines or statistics: for Ukrainian children it is the memories of missile attacks on their houses, schools and hospitals; weeks spent in basements without basic necessities; sudden unexplained destruction of their routine and education; urgent need to leave their homes; and for some interrogations at checkpoints, family separation, abduction, deportation and forcible transfer and the transformation of identity under Russian occupation.

16 June, 05:45 PM

Hordes, empires, and Soviet bombs: What Kyiv's Lavra survived before June 15

Russia committed a grave war crime against global cultural heritage by launching a targeted strike that ignited a massive fire at the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Ukrainian officials and church leaders said on June 15.

15 June, 09:37 AM

Russian drone strike ignites the roof of Kyiv's historic Dormition Cathedral

A Russian overnight strike ignited the roof of the Dormition Cathedral at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of the greatest shrines in the Christian world, Metropolitan Epifaniy, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, reported on X on June 15.

15 June, 08:04 AM

New report accuses Russia of obstructing Kakhovka dam rescue operations

Russian forces and occupation authorities systematically obstructed rescue efforts after the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant dam on June 6, 2023, and in some cases made them impossible, according to a new report released by Ukrainian human rights organization Truth Hounds on June 6.

8 June, 04:48 PM

Ukraine’s UN Ambassador calls to strip Russia of Security Council seat over war crimes

Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN Andrii Melnyk called for a legal and political mechanism to strip Russia of its permanent membership in the UN Security Council amid aggression against Ukraine and systematic crimes against civilians, Ukrinform reported on May 19.

21 May, 09:30 AM

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