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Ukraine names Crimean zoo founder suspect in Askania-Nova looting case

Ukrainian prosecutors have notified the founder of Crimea's zoos of suspicion in a war crimes case linked to the alleged looting of the Askania-Nova biosphere reserve, the Office of the Prosecutor General said on June 30.

30 June, 02:33 PM

Russian drone strike kills three family members in Sumy Oblast

A Russian drone strike killed three members of a family – a child, their father, and grandmother – and wounded three others in their home near Shostka, the Sumy Oblast prosecutor's office reported on June 22.

22 June, 11:12 AM

UN blacklists Russian and Israeli soldiers for conflict-related sexual violence

The United Nations added Russian and Israeli military to its annual blacklist of parties credibly suspected of committing conflict-related sexual violence for the first time, ABC News reported on May 29.

29 May, 02:49 PM

Russia hits maternity hospital in Zaporizhzhya, injuring 6

Russian forces struck a maternity hospital in the city of Zaporizhzhya, injuring six people, regional governor Ivan Fedorov reported on Telegram on Feb. 1.

1 February, 01:35 PM

Russian guided aerial bomb kills 2 in Sumy Oblast grocery store strike

Russian troops dropped a guided aerial bomb on a store in the Velyka Pysarivka municipality, Sumy Oblast, while people were inside, regional governor Oleg Hryhorov and the regional prosecutor's office reported on Dec. 11.

11 December 2025, 08:02 PM

Russian troops execute five civilians in Donetsk Oblast after demanding info on Ukrainian forces

Russian forces shot and killed five civilians in the village of Zvanivka, Bakhmut district, Donetsk Oblast on Oct. 20, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office reported.

23 October 2025, 02:19 PM

Russian officer involved in Kupyansk civilian shootings named by SBU

Ukraine's SBU Security Service identified a Russian military commander who ordered the execution of three civilians attempting to evacuate Kupyansk on Oct. 2, 2025, the SBU announced in a Telegram post.

9 October 2025, 03:30 PM

Russian troops execute family, take young girl hostage in Donetsk Oblast - video

Russian occupying forces executed a civilian family and took a minor girl hostage in the village of Shandryholove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps reported on Sept. 24.

24 September 2025, 02:02 PM

Russian strike on pensioners in Yarova: death toll rises to 25

The death toll from Russia’s airstrike on the village of Yarova, Donetsk Oblast, on Sept. 9 has risen to 25, Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on Sept. 10.

10 September 2025, 01:28 PM

Russian soldier shoots civilian evacuating from Donetsk village - video

A Russian soldier has shot and killed a civilian man who was attempting to evacuate from the village of Udachne, in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk Oblast, Prosecutor General's Office reported on Aug. 6.

6 August 2025, 02:47 PM

Justice Ministry publishes footage from Russian airstrike on penal colony in Zaporizhzhya Oblast

Russian airstrike on the Bilenkivska colony in Zaporizhzhya Oblast destroyed the dining hall, both the administrative headquarters and the quarantine unit sustained significant damage, Justice Ministry wrote on July 29 and posted the photos.

29 July 2025, 12:30 PM

TIME dedicates cover story to Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia

The U.S. magazine Time featured a cover story in its July 2025 issue on how representatives of Putin’s regime are abducting Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territories.

18 July 2025, 10:20 AM

Russia ramps up chemical weapons use in Ukraine, European intel says

Intelligence services of the Netherlands and Germany found that Russia has increased its use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, according to a statement from the Dutch intelligence service's press office on July 4.

4 July 2025, 04:58 PM

Russia targets Ukrainian 'Venice' in drone strike on water infrastructure

The Russian forces attacked the infrastructure of the town of Vilkove in the Izmail district of Odesa Oblast using drones, local administration reported on June 25.

25 June 2025, 02:46 PM

FSB electrocuted Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna - interview with UP’s Sevgil Musaieva

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Viktoriia Roshchyna was fulfilling her journalistic functions, trying to report on the Russian occupation and the fate of Ukrainians in southern Ukraine. But in August 2023, she disappeared in the occupied territories.

1 May 2025, 02:11 PM

SBU identifies Russian commanders in Ukrainian soldier’s beheading

Служба безпеки України у середу, 30 квітня, повідомила, що ідентифікувала російських командирів, які віддали наказ обезголовити бійця ЗСУ. Про це повідомили у Telegram відомства.

30 April 2025, 04:55 PM

Trump’s spiritual guide slams Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih

Mark Burns, spiritual advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, condemned Russia’s ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih, calling it a “tragic loss of innocent lives” and urging global solidarity with Ukraine, in a message posted on X on April 6.

7 April 2025, 12:01 PM

Russia carries out widespread abductions across Ukraine’s occupied territories — UN

Russian authorities have committed "widespread and systematic" crimes against humanity, including enforced disappearances, during their full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine's latest report says on March 19.

19 March 2025, 05:19 PM

Russian forces likely behead Ukrainian soldier, preliminary identification made

Ukrainian authorities have preliminarily identified a Ukrainian soldier whose beheading was reportedly captured in photos circulated by Russian media, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reported on Feb. 3.

3 February 2025, 05:22 PM

Russian army hits Sudzha boarding school, elderly residents trapped

The Russian army struck a boarding school in the city of Sudzha at 5:54 p.m. on Feb. 1, where civilians were sheltering, according to Oleksii Dmytrashkivskyi, press officer for a temporary military commandant’s office in Russia. He said 95 people remained trapped beneath the rubble.

2 February 2025, 09:20 AM

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