Russian war crimes

Ballistic missile hits Kharkiv during air raid

A ballistic missile strike rocked Kharkiv on Sunday, Dec. 15, during an air raid alert, according to NV correspondent reports.

15 December 2024, 04:36 PM

Russian strike on Zaporizhzhya: death toll climbs to 10, child among injured

The death toll from the Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhia has increased to ten, with 22 people injured, including a child, local governor Ivan Fedorov reported on Dec. 11.

12 December 2024, 08:00 AM

Ukrainian mayor tortured to death in Russian captivity, body returned during exchange

Yevhen Matveiev, the mayor of Dniprorudne in Zaporizhzhya Oblast, was tortured to death after spending nearly three years in Russian captivity, Zaporizhzhya local governor, Ivan Fedorov, confirmed.

4 December 2024, 04:53 PM

Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant survives third blackout threat in November

Ukrainian energy workers repaired damage to a high-voltage power line that supplies electricity to the occupied Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) after a Russian attack overnight on Nov. 30, Ukrenergo reported on Dec. 1.

2 December 2024, 07:59 AM

Ukrainian family recounts torture by Russian forces in occupied Kherson

Olha Cherniak, her husband, and their son lived in Kherson when Russia's full-scale invasion began. They chose to stay in the city after the occupation to care for her ailing parents. Later, the family became victims of torture at the hands of Russian forces, BBC News Ukraine reported on Nov. 26.

27 November 2024, 01:04 PM

Ukraine's human rights commissioner calls for action after execution of POWs near Pokrovsk

Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets has condemned the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian forces near Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, calling it a grave war crime and urging international action in a Telegram post on Nov. 26.

26 November 2024, 02:55 PM

Russia systematically uses torture in occupied Ukraine — UN report

The Russian military and authorities continue to use torture against Ukrainian military personnel and civilians across all territory under Moscow’s occupation, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine said in a report on Oct. 29.

13 November 2024, 10:08 PM

Finland charges Russian neo-Nazi commander Petrovsky with five war crimes in Ukraine

Finnish prosecutors have charged former commander of neo-Nazi unit Rusich, Yan Petrovsky, with five war crimes committed in eastern Ukraine in 2014, Finnish outlet Yle reported on Oct. 31.

31 October 2024, 05:30 PM

Russian forces kill four captured Ukrainian National Guard soldiers near Selydove

Russian troops have killed four captured soldiers of the Ukrainian National Guard near Selydove in Donetsk Oblast, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported on Oct. 23.

24 October 2024, 10:55 AM

Ukraine returns almost 4k citizens from Russian captivity, most requiring medical treatment and rehabilitation — Zelenskyy

Ukraine successfully returned 3,767 citizens from Russian captivity, most required long-term medical treatment and rehabilitation after enduring torture, humiliation, and hunger in Russian prisons, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Oct 21.

21 October 2024, 12:57 PM

Journalist Roshchyna killed in Russian captivity as Ukraine seeks answers

On Oct. 10, it was confirmed that 27-year-old Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna died in Russian captivity. She passed away on Sept. 19, likely while being transferred from Taganrog to Moscow. Roshchyna had been on a prisoner exchange list, and Ukraine was hopeful she would return home.

11 October 2024, 10:41 AM

Schoolchildren from occupied Luhansk Oblast spend month at military training camp in Siberia

Teenagers from the temporarily occupied Bilovodsk in Luhansk Oblast spent more than a month at a camp near Novosibirsk, where they took a basic soldier training course conducted by Russian forces, Luhansk governor Artem Lysohor reported on Sept. 2.

2 September 2024, 11:15 AM

Russian forces strike Kurakhove with Uragan MLRS, killing at least four

Russian forces attacked the town of Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast, with an Uragan multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), Donetsk governor Vadym Filashkin reported on Telegram on Sept. 1.

1 September 2024, 06:43 PM

Ukraine remembers fallen defenders: Zelenskyy vows never to forgive Russia

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy published a message on Aug. 29 on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of Defenders who died in the struggle for the country's independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.

29 August 2024, 03:05 PM

Russian attack on Kyiv Oblast kills father and 4-year-old son, leaves 3 people seriously injured

The Russian army launched an attack on Kyiv and its suburbs overnight on Aug. 10, resulting in the deaths of a 35-year-old man and his 4-year-old son in the Brovary district, the State Emergency Service reported on Telegram.

11 August 2024, 11:04 AM

Mexico rejects Ukraine's request to arrest Putin should he attend presidential inauguration

Mexico will not arrest Russian dictator Vladimir Putin should he visit the country for the upcoming presidential inauguration in October, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at governmental press conference on Aug. 8, Reuters reported.

9 August 2024, 10:36 AM

Russian aggression is primary reason for ongoing hostilities in Kursk Oblast

Russia's aggression and its attempt to seize foreign territories is the main reason for hostilities, shelling and any escalation taking place in Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian Presidential Office head advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said on Aug. 8.

8 August 2024, 01:49 PM

Ukraine's embassy in Mexico calls for Putin's arrest at presidential inauguration

Ukrainian embassy in Mexico responded to the country's decision to invite Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to the inauguration of newly elected President Claudia Sheinbaum, on Facebook on Aug. 8.

8 August 2024, 11:26 AM

Ukrainian ombudsman condemns alleged POW mutilation by Russian forces

Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets announced that a graphic photo has surfaced online, purportedly showing the mutilated body of a Ukrainian prisoner of war whose head and limbs were allegedly severed by Russian forces.

3 August 2024, 10:39 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

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