This is what genocide looks like: Russian torture chambers in Kharkiv Oblast
After the crimes near Kyiv in March of this year, when the Russian army shot at unarmed residents,…
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Russian War Crimes in Ukraine, Chechnya, Syria, and other countries.
Killed in their own homes. Putin’s war with Ukrainian residential districts
On Thursday, October 13, an 11-year-old boy died in the Mykolaiv hospital. He became the sixth victim of…
The smell of death from Izium does not go away
Contents The odor of mass gravesWhat’s in a smell?“The horror, the horror”Related:The odor of mass graves “The stench…
“This is ordinary genocide in the 21st century.” Ukrainian police chief on Russian war crimes
After the liberation of Izium from Russian occupation on 10 September in Ukraine’s offensive in northeastern Ukraine, a mass…
Russia corners Ukrainians in filtration and deportation
As of 20 June 2022, over 1.2 mn Ukrainians, according to Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk,…
Mass graves in liberated Izium: Photo report
After the liberation of Izium from Russian occupation on 10 September in Ukraine’s offensive in northeastern Ukraine, a…
“Thin fingers raised like a final plea for help.” Exhuming the Izium massacre
121, 122, 123… Carelessly knocked together wooden crosses are marked with numbers. Their barely visible inscriptions blur into…
Killed for refusing to shout “Glory to Russia!”: Russian war crimes in Trostianets
On 24 February 2022, two powerful columns of the Russian army broke into Sumy Oblast. One was intended…
She hid her daughters in the cellar for a month: how a village near Kyiv survived Russian occupation
In early May, my friends and I decided to take a trip to the village Bohdanivka with to…
Russian war crimes: “denazifying” Ukrainians through deportation, torture, detention and filtration camps
Putin’s brutal approach to eliminating the Ukrainian population currently centers on eastern and southern Ukraine. For journalists and…
Only 53% of Kadyrov’s troops in Ukraine are ethnic Chechens
Ukraine’s intelligence service has established that only 53 percent of the men who are listed as volunteers from…
Russian war crimes. Mutilated bodies of Ukrainian soldiers found in trench in Kyiv Oblast
The two Ukrainian soldiers lived on Myru Street in the village of Zdvyzhivka in Kyiv Oblast. Pavlo Kholodenko…
He was a Putin fan. Then Russians bombed his house
Before the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, each trip I took to the beautiful city of Chernihiv was…
Russian soldier sentenced for life in Ukraine’s first Russian war crimes case
In Ukraine’s first sentence over Russian war crimes, 21-year-old Russian sergeant Vadim Shishimarin was sentenced to life for…
War crimes: identifying and recording mass graves in Ukraine
Mass graves are being documented daily in Ukraine, both in the liberated villages of Kyiv and Chernihiv Oblasts…
Russian attack on Ovruch: greenhouses bombed, death, devastation, and ruins all around.
My decision to go to Ovruch was pretty spontaneous. The city is located very close to the border…
EU, UN: focus on human rights abuses against women in Ukraine
In a resolution passed on Thursday, 5 May, in Strasbourg, the European Parliament condemned the use of rape…
Russian war crimes in Katiuzhanka: torture chamber, toilets in classrooms, and stolen lingerie
The picturesque village of Katiuzhanka is located 47 km north of Kyiv and is hidden in the deep…
Ukrainians report over 400 cases of rape and other forms of sexual abuse by Russian troops
More than 400 cases of brutal sexual abuse by Russian troops have been reported to the Ukrainian authorities,…
Threatening Kherson farmers, Russian troops steal grain from Ukraine
Contents “Give us your property or you will end up beheaded” Ukrainian grain is stolen and transported to…
