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Yale project tracking stolen Ukrainian children shuts down after Trump cuts funding

A leading organization monitoring Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children — the Conflict Observatory at Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab — will cease operations on July 1 as Trump administration cuts its funding, CNN reported on June 11.

12 June 2025, 09:07 AM

Russia’s war on Ukrainian children — opinion

As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine grinds well into its fourth year, children remain among the war’s most vulnerable victims. Ballistic missiles have struck homes, schools, hospitals, and playgrounds.

31 May 2025, 12:14 AM

Rubio refuses to call Putin a war criminal during House hearings

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sidestepped a direct question about whether Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is a war criminal during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on May 21.

21 May 2025, 10:19 PM

Russia ‘restores’ the scene of its bloodiest massacre in Mariupol

Petro Andryushchenko, former advisor to the Mariupol mayor shared photos of the city's Drama Theater — the very building where, in March 2022, Russian forces dropped a massive aerial bomb, killing hundreds of civilians.

13 May 2025, 02:31 PM

Ukraine says Russian troops violated 'truce' using disguises

A group of Russian troops attempted to infiltrate Ukrainian lines while disguised as Ukrainian soldiers during Moscow’s self-declared three-day “truce,” Ukraine’s 60th Separate Mechanized Inhulets Brigade reported on May 10.

11 May 2025, 10:27 AM

Finland pledges continued backing for Ukraine

Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen reaffirmed her country’s firm support for Ukraine, calling it a top priority of the OSCE under Finnish chairmanship during remarks to the 17th annual Kyiv Security Forum on May 10.

10 May 2025, 10:55 AM

Russian colonel responsible for Bucha atrocities buried in Moscow

Colonel Abdulaziz Shikhabidov, commander of Russia’s 76thAir Assault ‘Pskov’ Division, has died and was buried in Moscow on May 5, independent Russian outlet Agentstvo reported on May 6.

6 May 2025, 08:33 PM

Russian war crimes tribunal could begin work in 2026, Kyiv says

The international tribunal to investigate Russia’s crimes of aggression against Ukraine could become operations “as early as next year,” Ukrainian Presidential Office official Iryna Mudra said on May 5.

6 May 2025, 02:14 AM

Russian court jails soldier for surrendering in Ukraine

A Russian military court has sentenced a soldier to 15 years in a high-security penal colony after convicting him of surrendering to Ukrainian forces and attempting to surrender a second time, Russian outlet Kommersant reported on April 15, citing sources familiar with the case.

15 April 2025, 01:45 PM

Russia strikes Sumy with ballistic missiles on Palm Sunday

On Palm Sunday, April 13, Russian forces launched one of their deadliest attacks since the start of the full-scale invasion, striking the center of Sumy with ballistic missiles. Over 30 people were killed and more than 110 injured. The attack has sparked widespread outrage and mourning in Ukraine and abroad.

14 April 2025, 11:06 AM

Ukraine slams X for blocking war crime by Russian invaders

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi accused X of covering up Russian war crimes by blocking information about Ukrainian children killed in the invasion. He shared the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' post on April 11.

12 April 2025, 04:02 PM

Russian troops execute four Ukrainian POWs in Zaporizhzhya Oblast, video shows

Russian forces shot four Ukrainian prisoners-of-war in Piatykhatky, Zaporizhzhya Oblast, in March, the Associated Press reported on April 10, citing video footage obtained from sources.

10 April 2025, 09:38 PM

Moscow-linked cleric caught spying for Russia

Ukrainian security forces have detained a priest with the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC-MP) who agreed to spy for Russia’s FSB in exchange for evacuating his family to the aggressor state, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on April 10.

10 April 2025, 01:30 PM

Ukraine rescues six children from Russian-occupied territories

Six Ukrainian children have been successfully returned from Russian-occupied territories as part of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Bring Kids Back UA initiative, Head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak announced on April 9.

9 April 2025, 05:55 PM

Zelenskyy slams world’s silence on Russia after Russian strike on Kryvyi Rih

Nineteen people, including nine children, were killed and more than 70 others injured after a Russian missile strike hit a residential neighborhood in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on April 4. By Sunday, April 6, residents had begun leaving flowers and stuffed animals at the scene.

6 April 2025, 04:25 PM

Russian commander orders fire on own troops

Ukrainian military intelligence has released another intercepted phone call in which a Russian commander is heard ordering his troops to open fire on fellow Russian soldiers. The Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) reported the incident on April 5 via Facebook.

6 April 2025, 11:55 AM

Ukrainians will ‘never forgive’ Russia — Zelenskyy

The Ukrainian people will “never forgive” Russia for invading their country and committing numerous war crimes, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on March 31.

31 March 2025, 08:41 PM

Inside Bucha: Ukraine hunts the killers behind Russia’s war crimes

More than 2,500 Russian soldiers suspected of involvement in the killings of civilians in Bucha in 2022 had been identified by Ukraine’s National Police as of March 2025, according to an NV investigation. Of those, 34 have been formally notified of suspicion. Investigators are continuing to build cases against seven individuals over the murders of 24 people. Prosecutors have sent indictments to court against 17 suspects in the killings of 12 civilians, and one accused war criminal is currently on trial in person. That level of progress took years of painstaking work.

31 March 2025, 01:44 PM

Ukraine’s Security Service cracks Russian spy ring in Kyiv

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has dismantled another Russian military intelligence spy ring operating in Kyiv, detaining three alleged collaborators, including one Russian citizen, the agency reported on March 31.

31 March 2025, 12:40 PM

Ukrainian police identify 72 murders in Bucha, charge 34 Russian soldiers with war crimes

As of the end of March 2025, Ukrainian police investigators have solved 72 civilian murders committed by Russian troops in Bucha and have charged 34 Russian soldiers in connection with war crimes in Kyiv Oblast, the National Police of Ukraine told NV.

31 March 2025, 10:50 AM

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