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Russia bombing Ukrainian infrastructure amounts to crimes against humanity, UN says

Russia deliberately attacked Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure, including energy facilities, in acts that constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine said in a report released on Oct. 26.

26 October, 07:57 PM

Russia stages sham State Duma vote in occupied Ukraine amid coercion

Russia plans to hold another round of so-called State Duma elections on Sept. 18–20, 2026. The criminal Kremlin regime wants to draw occupied Ukrainian territories into the process.

18 September, 12:21 PM

Serbia plans Mladic state funeral as EU accession faces pressure

The body of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who died last week in prison in The Hague, was flown to Belgrade on a government plane, Reuters reported.

4 September, 12:04 PM

Russian lieutenant colonel from regiment accused of war crimes killed in St. Petersburg blast

A Russian lieutenant colonel killed in an explosion in St. Petersburg served in a helicopter regiment that Ukrainian military intelligence has accused of war crimes, AgentstvoNews reported on Aug. 28.

28 August, 06:53 PM

Russian strike wipes out 8 million books at Kharkiv warehouse

A Russian attack on a Kharkiv warehouse used by the Ranok publishing house and the KnyhoLand bookstore chain destroyed an estimated 600,000 textbooks, 28,000 book titles and 8 million copies, Ranok CEO Viktor Kruhlov told Chytomo on Aug. 1.

2 August, 10:55 AM

Russian troops execute Ukrainian POW after interrogation in Donetsk Oblast

Russian troops captured a Ukrainian service member in the Donetsk Oblast village of Yalta on July 13, interrogated him and then shot him dead, the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported.

24 July, 02:53 PM

Russian strike on volunteer aid vehicle injures two

Russian forces attacked a volunteer vehicle delivering humanitarian aid in Kherson on May 15, injuring two people, Kherson City Military Administration head Yaroslav Shanko said.

15 May, 03:35 PM

Two killed as Russian drones strike Zaporizhzhya

Two people were killed and two children injured in a Russian drone attack on the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhya on March 21, regional officials said.

21 March, 11:13 AM

UK confronts Russia over mass child deportations at UN Security Council

UK issued a blistering condemnation of Russia at the UN Security Council, accusing the Kremlin of using tens of thousands of kidnapped Ukrainian children as "instruments of war", Ukrinform reported on Feb. 24.

25 February, 11:49 AM

Human rights groups expose illegal detention of Ukrainians in Russian Taganrog hotel

Russian authorities are unlawfully detaining Ukrainian civilians for months at a refugee holding center inside the Taganrog Hotel in the city of Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, according to the Russian human rights project Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial, which cited internal sources.

29 November 2025, 08:34 PM

Russia executed five Ukrainian POWs in Zaporizhzhya Oblast, prosecutors say

Russian troops shot and killed five Ukrainian soldiers shortly after they were captured near Huliaipole in Zaporizhzhya Oblast, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office stated on Nov. 27.

27 November 2025, 10:10 PM

Russian forces executed five unarmed Ukrainian POWs on the front line — DeepState video

Russian occupying troops executed five unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war on the front line, according to footage published by the DeepState monitoring project on Nov. 22.

22 November 2025, 05:04 PM

Kyiv rescuers recover six dead after Russian strike hits nine-story apartment building

Emergency crews in Kyiv’s Desnianskyi district finished search-and-rescue operations on the morning of Nov. 15 after a Russian strike hit a nine-story residential building, Kyiv’s State Emergency Service (SES) reported.

15 November 2025, 11:20 AM

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

Ukraine’s SBU charges six Russian generals over airstrikes on schools and kindergartens in Sumy Oblast

Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has formally charged six Russian generals in absentia for ordering and carrying out bombing raids on schools and kindergartens in Sumy Oblast, the agency announced on Sept. 25.

25 September 2025, 07:14 PM

Ukrainian intelligence hacks Crimean occupation servers, uncovers lists of abducted children

Cyber specialists of Ukraine’s Military Intelligence (HUR) have once again gained full access to the computers and servers of the self-proclaimed occupation authorities in Crimea, sources in HUR cited by NV reported on Sept. 24.

24 September 2025, 01:09 PM

Ukraine, EU, and 36 states demand Russia face accountability at UN

Ukraine, the European Union, and 36 other states issued a joint statement strongly condemning Russian aggression and urging the Kremlin to immediately end the war.

24 September 2025, 11:39 AM

Russian troops ordered to shoot civilians in Kupyansk — Ukrainian military

Russian forces in occupied areas of Ukraine’s Kharkiv Oblast have been ordered to shoot civilians remaining in Kupyansk, Col. Oleh Sushynskyi of the North Operational Strategic Grouping of Forces said on Sept. 19.

19 September 2025, 05:20 PM

Ukrainian marine shares horrors of Russian captivity

Andriy Kuzmin, a Ukrainian marine who joined the military in 2020, was captured by Russian forces near Mariupol during the ongoing war. He spent over three years in Russian detention facilities, where he lost nearly 40 kilograms. Kuzmin shared his story with public broadcaster Suspilne Vinnytsia on Aug. 18.

20 August 2025, 02:35 PM

Death toll rises to six after Russian strike hits Kharkiv Oblast village

The total number of those killed in the Russian strike on Novoplatonivka, Kharkiv Oblast, has risen to six, with three others injured, regional Prosecutor's Office reported on July 30.

30 July 2025, 01:32 PM

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