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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska commemorated the third anniversary of Bucha's liberation from Russian occupation on 31 March

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“That’s how Russian flag arrives” — Zelenskyy links Bucha massacre to broader destruction pattern of Ukrainian cities

The Ukrainian president contrasted "our European system, in which human life and dignity matter" with Russia's, "in which anyone can be killed, anyone can be abused, anyone can be deprived of their home."

byVira Kravchuk

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RFE/RL: US cuts funding for Yale research about Ukrainian children deportations to Russia

Yale Humanitarian Research Lab experts were cut off from their extensive three-year archive documenting Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia, according to the executive director.

byVira Kravchuk

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Opinion: Tribunal establishment crucial before potential bad peace deal

Trump administration may negotiate peace favoring Russia and potentially include amnesty for Putin, undermining international justice norms.

byYuri Zoria

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“I don’t give a damn about their tribunal.” Why prosecuting Russian propagandists is so difficult

Ukraine has sentenced a Russian state TV host for inciting genocide but he remains free in Moscow, one of 400 propagandists who may never face justice. The question remains: can propaganda be a crime if no one enforces the verdict?

byVira Kravchuk

Russian forces launched a missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, on the evening of 5 March, resulting in two fatalities and at least 14 injuries when a five-story hotel was struck

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Russian missile destroys hotel, kills two, while US aid pause threatens Ukraine’s air defenses

Emergency responders continue searching for survivors after a Russian missile strike demolished part of a five-story hotel in Kryvyi Rih on 5 March 5, killing two people and injuring 14 others.

byVira Kravchuk

A Russian drone attack targeted Feldman Ecopark in the suburbs of Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, on 3 March, resulting in the deaths of multiple animals.

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Russian drone strike kills animals at Kharkiv’s Ecopark, targets civilian areas

Russia's invasion of Ukraine caused environmental damages exceeding €72.9 billion, with over 7,000 ecological crimes documented.

byVira Kravchuk

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Russian executions of Ukrainian POWs part of systematic policy, FT investigation reveals

FT identified a suspected Russian soldier from the 30th Brigade, and documented over 30 cases across the frontline since February 2022.

byYuri Zoria

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Reuters: US funding freeze threatens probes into Russia’s war crimes

The Trump administration’s foreign funding freeze has stalled $89 million in US-backed Ukrainian projects, affecting war crimes probes, anti-corruption efforts, and prosecution reforms.

byYuri Zoria

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UN monitors report “alarming rise” in Russian executions of Ukrainian POWs

The UN says 79 cases of summary executions by Russians have been recorded since August 2023. Ukrainian authorities investigate dozens of such cases.

byYuri Zoria

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“Putin’s Hitler-Jugend.” Russia builds tomorrow’s army with stolen Ukrainian children, Yale lab reveals

Russian military recruiters visit facilities housing deported Ukrainian children, delivering combat readiness lectures while the Kremlin creates special quotas for orphans in cadet schools.

byVira Kravchuk

Ukraine's National Police identified 12 Russian paratroopers responsible for killing 16 civilians in Bucha during March 2022.

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Ukraine’s police shows faces of Russian soldiers who murdered civilians in Bucha

Ukraine's Police identified a commander who gave orders to intentionally shoot civilians who appear at a strategic intersection in Bucha.

byVira Kravchuk

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“You torture Russians, too” UN says, as skeletal Ukrainian prisoners of war return from captivity

While Ukraine grants UN monitors full access to its POW facilities, Russian detention centers remain completely closed to outside observers. The condition of returning Ukrainian prisoners—marked by visible signs of torture and neglect—underscores mounting allegations of war crimes.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

Aftermath of the Russian attack on civilians in Zaporizhzhia, 8 January.

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UN reports 574 Ukrainian civilians killed in fall 2024 by Russian attacks

OHCHR’s report also cites Russian attacks damaging infrastructure, grave humanitarian law violations, torture, and 62 executions.

byYuri Zoria

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“People lying without legs, thick black smoke, screaming, and no one around,” eyewitnesses describe horrors of Russian bomb strike on civilians

Russian launched guided bombs at the precise moment workers were streaming out of a major industrial facility in Zaporizhzhia, killing 13 people.

byVira Kravchuk

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US Congress issues resolution to recognize Russian actions in Ukraine as genocide

Beyond documenting Russian mass atrocities in Ukraine, the congressional measure points to Putin's denial of Ukrainian sovereignty and state media's equation of "de-Nazification" with "de-Ukrainianization."

byVira Kravchuk

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Ukraine’s energy system hit by 1,100 Russian missiles in 2024, Ukraine’a UN envoy says

Kyslytsia underscored Russia's declining power, rejected deceptive peace plans, and urged global support to prevent further aggression.

byYuri Zoria

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Russians execute four more Ukrainian prisoners of war near Pokrovsk

Two days before this war crime, the Russian military killed two other Ukrainian POWs in the same area, per the Ukrainian PG Office.

byYuri Zoria

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Ukrainian intel: Russian forces executed five captured Ukrainian soldiers near Vuhledar

Ukrainian officials note that the number of executions of Ukrainian POWs is increasing in the last few months of 2024.

byBenjamin Looijen

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Washington to announce extra defense aid for Ukraine in coming days, US UN envoy says

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield condemns Russia's 1,000-day invasion, highlighting systematic war crimes, nuclear threats, infrastructure damage, and international violations.

byYuri Zoria

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Ukraine’s FM presents KN-23 missile fragment at UNSC meeting as evidence of North Korean weapon use

Sybiha discussed Russia's heavy casualties, war crimes, threats to international security, calling for stronger sanctions and continued Ukraine support.

byYuri Zoria