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Ukraine probes 28 cases of Russian troops executing POWs

Ukraine’s Office of the Prosecutor General is investigating at least 28 incidents, since the Russian invasion began, in which Russian soldiers executed Ukrainian servicemen who had just been taken as unarmed prisoners of war. These incidents have resulted in the deaths of at least 62 Ukrainian soldiers.

6 September 2024, 02:35 PM

War crimes charges for Russian soldier who abused woman in Kherson Oblast

A Russian soldier accused of committing sexual violence against a woman during the temporary occupation of the west-bank part of Kherson Oblast has been charged, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported on Aug. 29.

29 August 2024, 08:10 PM

PACE resolution calls for special Russia tribunal

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) passed a resolution calling for the creation of a special tribunal to investigate Russia's crimes of aggression in Ukraine, Ukrainian MP and PACE delegate Oleksii Honcharenko announced on June 26.

27 June 2024, 01:48 AM

Significance of new ICC arrest warrants for top Russian officials — expert interview

Oleksandr Pavlichenko, acting head of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, spoke in an interview with NV Radio on June 25 about the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov.

26 June 2024, 11:44 PM

SBU charges Russian general involved in mass repressions in Kherson Oblast

Igor Turchenyuk, a Col. Gen. of Russia’s National Guard, has been charged with organizing mass repressions of civilians during the occupation of Kherson Oblast west of Dnipro River, Ukraine’s SBU security service announced on June 25.

25 June 2024, 09:26 PM

Russia kills more than 12,000 civilians, including 551 children, since start of war

The Russian forces killed more than 12 thousand civilians, including 551 children since the start of its full-scale invasion, Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said at the Peace Summit in Switzerland, the Presidential Office reported on June 17.

17 June 2024, 02:05 PM

Russia has stolen billions from Ukraine's agriculture industry - investigation opened

Russia has stolen over 1,700 tons of Ukrainian agriculture products, worth billions of dollars, which Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office is investigating, the agency reported.

31 May 2024, 12:33 PM

Putin to urge Lukashenko to join nuclear exercises during Belarus visit

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin plans to persuade Alexander Lukashenko to participate in Russian exercises with non-strategic nuclear weapons in his visit in Belarus, claimed Russian propaganda agency RIA-Novosti on May 24.

24 May 2024, 03:16 PM

Duchess of Edinburgh visits Kyiv

Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, arrived in Kyiv on April 29, marking the first visit to Ukraine by a UK royal family member since 2014, according to UK newspaper The Independent.

30 April 2024, 02:11 AM

Dozens of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia found in Germany – National Police

Ukrainian and German law enforcement agencies have located and identified 161 Ukrainian children who were abducted by Russia and found in Germany, the Ukrinform news agency reported on April 17, citing Ukrainian National Police chief Ivan Vyhivskyi.

17 April 2024, 11:20 AM

Two civilians killed, four injured in daytime Russian strike on Mykolaiv

Two people are dead and another four injured after a daytime Russian strike on Mykolaiv, Governor Vitalyi Kim reported.

11 April 2024, 03:19 PM

‘Don’t turn a blind eye’ - Zelenskyy pleads for more air defense after latest RU mass missile attack

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on “another vile missile attack” after Russia attacked critical infrastructure in the Kharkiv, Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, and Zaporizhzhya oblasts.

11 April 2024, 11:37 AM

Kharkiv again experiencing power outages after Russia hit region at least 10x in latest mass attack

Explosions rang out in Kharkiv as Russians carried out another mass attack in the early morning on April 11, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported.

11 April 2024, 10:17 AM

Drone attack on Kharkiv: Fifth fatality has not been confirmed, 12 people injured

Four people were killed, and 12 others injured in Russia’s overnight Shahed kamikaze drone attack on Kharkiv, Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported on April 4.

4 April 2024, 10:21 AM

4 dead, including 3 rescuers, as Russia launches waves of drone attacks at Kharkiv homes – photos

Russia attacked Kharkiv with Shahed kamikaze drones overnight on April 4, killing at least three rescuers, and injuring another, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (SES) reported.

4 April 2024, 09:43 AM

11-year-old boy killed in Russian shelling of Kharkiv Oblast, boy’s father also killed

An 11-year-old boy died in a Kharkiv Oblast hospital from injuries sustained in the Russian shelling of the Novoosynove village, Kharkiv Regional Military Administration head, Oleh Synehubov, reported on April 3.

3 April 2024, 01:35 PM

Russian torture facility ex-guard arrested in Kherson

Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) detained a former guard of a Russian prison in Kherson, who was attempting to flee Ukraine, SBU reported on Telegram on March 27.

27 March 2024, 05:47 PM

Drone attack on Kherson invincibility point wounds three

The Russian military dropped explosives from a drone onto an invincibility point – a space guaranteed to have power and internet even during blackouts – in Kherson Oblast, injuring three people, the Kherson Oblast Prosecutor's Office reported on March 23.

23 March 2024, 05:50 PM

Russian officer accused of Bucha killings to be tried posthumously

Ukraine’s SBU security service has completed the pre-trial investigation into the murder of four civilians in Bucha by Russian troops, SBU’s press service told public broadcaster Suspilne on March 22.

22 March 2024, 08:15 PM

‘Terrible morning’: Civilians left dead and injured as Russia pounds Khmelnytskyi Oblast overnight

A Russian attack left Khmelnytskyi residents killed and injured, city mayor Oleksandr Simchyshyn reported on Telegram on March 22.

22 March 2024, 11:50 AM

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