Ukraine says Russia ignoring ceasefire proposal, giving only ultimatums and escalating attacks
After proposing a ceasefire and humanitarian steps recently in Istanbul, Kyiv says Russia stayed silent.
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Ukraine targets Millerovo air base, cripples energy in occupied south
Drone attacks plunged occupied Ukrainian territories into darkness, complicating Russia’s plans to reactivate the occupied Zaporizhzhia power station.
Seven Hermitage museum employees named in illegal Crimean excavation report
Seven employees of Russia's State Hermitage Museum have been conducting illegal archaeological excavations in occupied Crimea for nearly a decade, according to a new human rights report.
Ukrainian partisans sabotage railway used by Russian forces in Luhansk Oblast
The Atesh movement destroyed a relay box north of occupied Luhansk.
UK intel: Putin’s decree pressures Ukrainians to accept Russian passports or leave occupied areas
This move is part of ongoing Russian efforts to enforce Russification policies in these areas, aiming to eliminate Ukrainian culture, identity, and statehood.
Russia falsely promises work on occupied areas to migrants from Central Asia but sends to trenches instead
Russia lures migrants from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan by offering them high-paying jobs in "reconstruction" on occupied Ukrainian territories and a potential Russian citizenship, but many end up in the military service due to unprotected rights and manipulations.
If martial law is suspended for elections, Ukraine will lose its army, Zelenskyy warns
Ukraine would be legally required to drastically reduce its wartime-sized army. Moreover, millions - most refugees abroad, soldiers, and those in occupied territories - would be unable to vote.
Almost 63,000 people considered missing in Ukraine, says Interior Ministry
The missing persons registry lists both military personnel and civilians.
Russian attacks damage over 1,300 cultural monuments across Ukraine, Culture Ministry says
The Russian invasion damaged 1,333 cultural heritage sites and 2,185 cultural infrastructure facilities across Ukraine, with January 2025 seeing 78 additional sites affected
Russians shift to civilian fuel trucks for military logistics amid Ukrainian strikes
Atesh resistance movement in occupied Crimea claims Russia is adjusting logistics by employing civilian fuel trucks after Ukrainian strikes, arguing this tactic violates international law.
Ukraine returns 8 children from Russian-occupied territories
Eight Ukrainian children, aged 6 to 16, have been successfully returned from Russian-occupied territories through diplomatic negotiations.
Ukrainian patients in occupied territories to be denied free medications without Russian passports
The Eastern Human Rights Group has said that from next year, access to free subsidized medications in Russian-occupied territories will be available only for those who hold a Russian passport.
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry protests Russian conscription in occupied territories
The Ukrainian government is urging its citizens in Russian-held areas to resist conscription attempts by Russian occupying forces.
“War returns home,” says Latvian defense minister about Kursk incursion
While acknowledging Ukraine's seizure of over a thousand square kilometers of Russia's Kursk Oblast, Latvian Defense Minister Andris Sprūds cautioned against underestimating Russia's capacity for prolonged war, citing its disregard for human life and readiness to mobilize all resources.
Stolen childhood: Ukrainian teens recount grim experiences under Russian occupation
Fear, violence and forced conscription drive Ukrainian teens to leave occupied towns
Ukrainian NGO repatriates six more children from Russian occupation
Save Ukraine returned 290 children from Ukraine’s Russian-occupied territories in total, while the official number of illegally deported children stands at 19,546, representing only the documented cases.
Russia destroys over 60,000 hectares of Ukrainian forests worth over $ 360 mn – investigation
About 80% of the protected natural area of the Svyati Hory National Nature Park in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast has been devastated due to the intense combat.
Fraud, coercion, 90%+ for Putin: how Russia staged a sham election in occupied Ukraine
After Russia reported impossible turnouts amid "voting" under gunpoint in a land that is not it own, Ukraine is calling on the world to declare Putin an illegitimate president
British Intel: Occupation authorities force Ukrainians into sham Russian presidential vote
Russian occupying authorities increase their push for residents to vote in presidential election polls. In Luhansk, 2,600 Russian officials have been tasked with visiting homes and pressuring residents to participate in the Kremlin's illegal voting exercise.
Russia to hold presidential vote in occupied Ukraine, violating Ukrainian Constitution
Ukrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets called on world to condemn the illegal elections, Russia is preparing in four Ukrainian oblasts occupied by Russian forces
