Russians may have killed civilians who refused deportation from Hrabovske, says Ukrainian official
Ukrainian civilians abducted by Russian troops from the village of Hrabovske in Sumy Oblast may have been taken…
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Russian occupiers turn Luhansk’s river into open sewer for industrial waste
Regulators have ceased to exist as occupation trades environmental protection for factory loyalty.
Moldova drafting Transnistria reintegration plan with Western partners, but keeping details under wraps
Old international formats collapsed; Moldova and Transnistria now talk directly.
Russian occupiers told Ukrainian teen: accept passport or die in childbirth
Ukrainian leaders tell of torture, occupation, brainwashing in US Senate
Command center, drone depot, three air defense systems – Ukraine’s Navy guts Saky airfield in joint strike (VIDEO, MAP)
Navy and special forces wipe out Orion drone storage, Tor-M2, Pantsir-S1, and truck-mounted gun.
Russian courts freed two seriously ill Crimean Muslims. Months later, both are back in prison.
One has cancer, the other is blind. Both were re-arrested after brief releases on medical grounds.
Another group of Ukrainian children freed from Russian deportation, propaganda and abuse
Among those returned: a 10-year-old bullied for speaking Ukrainian, children orphaned by medical neglect, and a teenager tortured over family ties to Ukraine's military.
Stop fighting now, talk borders later: RFE/RL uncovers EU’s hush-hush plan to lock the Russia-Ukraine war in place
The first phase would freeze the frontline and bar Ukrainian offensives, with negotiations on territorial governance deferred to the next phase
Russia isn’t just stealing land—it’s stealing children, homes, and identities
This approach by a high-level Russian official is mirrored across occupied territories, where authorities enforce Russian schooling with threats to seize children, militarize youth through combat training, prosecute Ukrainian identity as terrorism, and control information access.
Ukrainian paratroopers liberate Donetsk village in daring raid, capturing 50 Russian troops and rescuing trapped civilians
Intercepted Russian orders instructed troops "not to take civilians alive" before retreating.
Russians confiscate 25,000 Ukrainian homes under “ownerless property” scheme in occupied territories
Russia spent a decade perfecting home confiscation in Crimea, where a 2020 Putin decree cut foreign property owners from 13,859 to 5,500. Now Moscow applies the same tactics across newly occupied territories
Russia forces Europe’s largest nuclear plant into unprecedented 3-day blackout as safety fears mount
Emergency diesel generators are keeping cooling systems running at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after its last external power line was cut, with experts warning the record outage heightens the risk of a nuclear accident.
Trump: slow occupation of Ukraine damages Russia’s reputation
Despite deploying 900 drones in single-night attacks on cities like Kyiv, Russia has captured "very little territory" in recent months, President Trump said during White House remarks
Russian empire nostalgia covers occupied Mariupol as authorities paint imperial quotes on apartment walls
All Ukrainian symbols in Mariupol were replaced with Soviet military propaganda, imperial Russian quotes, and re-written history that presents Russia's invasion as "liberation."
Russia seeks entire Donbas in exchange for ceasefire promises, Zelenskyy says it would take them four years to occupy it
Zelenskyy stressed that Russian forces have only managed to seize about one-third of Donetsk Oblast since the full-scale invasion began.
Ukraine says Russia teaches children from occupied territories to hate democratic world in brainwashing military camps
Russian investment in teenage military camps reveals preparation for extended war rather than peace.
Unseen footage shows another evidence of Russian war crimes: troops kill Bucha civilian, steal goods while body remains on street
Russian forces occupied Bucha for 33 days, leaving evidence of mass killings discovered after liberation on 31 March 2022. Authorities documented over 9,000 war crimes, 1,700 civilian deaths during the occupation.
Zelenskyy honors Ukrainian teenagers who recorded farewell video before being executed by Russians in Berdiansk
“This is death. Guys, goodbye."
British intelligence: Russia moves to erase Ukrainian language in occupied schools
Kremlin pushes a sweeping Russification drive targeting Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts from September 2025.
“Trying to exploit any opening”: Ukrainian officer warns of Russian tactics near Lyman in northern Donetsk
Moscow seeks to retake the city it briefly held in 2022, but Ukrainian forces are holding strong.