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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

Ukrainian paratroopers captured a group of Russian soldiers in Russia’s Kursk Oblast

Ukrainian paratroopers have captured five Russian soldiers during an operation in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces reported on March 29.

29 March 2025, 02:50 PM

Ukraine's international fighters reject Russian propaganda 'sentences'

The Command of Ukraine’s International Legion of Defense has sharply criticized recent attempts by the Russian regime to issue in-absentia “sentences” to its foreign fighters, calling the move part of a broader propaganda campaign fuelled by the Kremlin’s battlefield failures.

22 March 2025, 08:52 AM

Trump shuts down probe into Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration terminated funding for an initiative that documented Russia's war crimes, including the mass abduction of Ukrainian children, The Washington Post reported on March 18, citing sources.

19 March 2025, 10:57 AM

Ex-German soldier who fought in Ukraine extradited for rape charges

Ukraine has extradited a former German soldier who fought with the Ukrainian Armed Forces (ZSU) and is suspected of sexually assaulting women in both Germany and Ukraine. BBC News Ukraine reported the development on March 17, citing sources. The Office of the Prosecutor General later confirmed the information to Suspilne.

17 March 2025, 04:40 PM

The brutal truth behind Russia’s execution of Ukrainian POWs: motives, patterns, and the road to justice

A group of Ukrainian soldiers, unarmed and defenseless, kneel in the dirt. Their hands are bound. A Russian soldier gives the order. Gunfire erupts. The bodies collapse, lifeless. The video surfaced online on March 13, 2025, offering a horrifying glimpse into the systematic execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) by Russian forces. Ukraine’s Human Rights Ombudsman, Dmytro Lubinets, confirmed its authenticity, calling it yet another war crime added to an already staggering list.

15 March 2025, 01:48 PM

Former Rusich commander Yan Petrovsky sentenced to life in Finland for war crimes in Ukraine

The Helsinki District Court has sentenced Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovsky), a former deputy commander of the Rusich sabotage and reconnaissance group, to life imprisonment for four war crimes committed in Ukraine, the Finnish outlet Yle reported on March 14.

14 March 2025, 01:10 PM

Russia targets fifth DTEK energy facility in two weeks

The Russian army has launched another attack on a DTEK energy facility in Odesa Oblast, marking the fifth company's site damaged in the past two weeks, the energy provider's press service reported on March 6.

6 March 2025, 12:30 PM

RSF: Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna faced torture, neglect before dying in Russian custody

Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who had been missing for months, was officially declared dead by Russian authorities in September 2024. However, her body has not been returned, and the exact circumstances of her death remain unknown. Reporters Without Borders (RSF), in collaboration with three Ukrainian media outlets, spent months investigating her captivity, uncovering inhumane detention conditions, a complete lack of medical care, and a deliberate effort by Russian officials to conceal details of her fate. The report was published on March 3.

5 March 2025, 04:10 PM

Russian marine confesses to executing Ukrainian POW — video

Public broadcaster Suspilne obtained a video from Ukraine’s SBU security service showing a Russian soldier confessing to the execution of a Ukrainian prisoner of war. The video was released on Feb. 27.

27 February 2025, 08:56 PM

Kherson suffers heavy damage as Russian guided bomb hits residential block

At least six people, including two 14-year-old children, were injured in a Russian airstrike on a 10-story residential building in Kherson overnight on Feb. 20, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported.

20 February 2025, 10:19 AM

Ukrainian ombudsman: Russian commanders endorsing executions of Ukrainian POWs

Russian military channels are circulating videos allegedly showing the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian forces. Ukraine’s Human Rights Commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, reported this on Feb. 17.

17 February 2025, 06:45 PM

EU’s Kallas: Russia’s attack on Chernobyl proves it is not seeking peace

Russia has no interest in peace, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas said on Feb. 14, commenting on a Russian drone strike on the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

14 February 2025, 04:45 PM

Bucha war criminal appointed Deputy Minister in Orenburg local government

Nursultan Mussagaleyev, a Russian soldier accused of war crimes committed in Ukraine in early 2022, has been appointed acting Deputy Minister of Information Policy in Russia's Orenburg Oblast.

6 February 2025, 11:33 PM

HUR exposes Russia’s illegal mobilization of Ukrainians

Ukrainian men illegally conscripted into Russia’s occupation army from temporarily occupied territories face systematic abuse and humiliation, Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence agency reported on Feb. 2.

2 February 2025, 07:35 PM

Two children among 14 killed in Poltava missile attack

The death toll from Russia’s Feb. 1 missile strike on Poltava has risen to 14, including two children, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (SES) reported on Feb. 2.

2 February 2025, 11:07 AM

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