Russian forces kill another surrendering Ukrainian servicemember, prosecutors say
Pretrial investigation launched under Ukraine's war crimes statute as prosecutors document yet another POW execution.
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UN General Assembly votes to demand Russia return deported Ukrainian children without conditions
The UN GA overwhelmingly backed a resolution calling for the immediate return of deported Ukrainian children taken by Russia, with 91 countries voting in favor. Ukrainian officials estimate that at least 20,000 children were taken.
“Historic mistake”: EU warns Trump’s amnesty plan for Russia forgiving war crimes, including Bucha invites next aggression
EU commissioner condemns any deal that frees Russia from accountability for war crimes.
One killed, dozens injured as Russian Shahed drones hit Kyiv Oblast residential area
Four children are among the injured, as a Russian drone struck a high-rise in Vyshhorod.
Russian troops tied POW’s hands, beat him, then shot him, Ukrainian prosecutors say
Incident near Pokrovsk adds to pattern of illegal executions documented across frontline.
Five Ukrainian soldiers surrendered. Russian troops shot them lying face-down anyway
Soldiers were unarmed and lying on the ground when Russian forces opened fire with automatic rifles on 19 November.
Ukraine shoots down only half of Russian drones as Moscow terror attack targets power facilities in three regions
Russia's drones hit infrastructure in Odesa, Donetsk, and Kharkiv oblasts, injuring at least one civilian.
Russian drones and bombs injure civilians, hit homes and energy infrastructure in nine oblasts
The Russians killed a Kherson man and injured at least eight more civilians across Ukraine.
Life sentence for Russian who executed Ukrainian POW exposes stark asymmetry in prisoner treatment
International monitors document systematic Russian violations of POW rights
ISW: Russia sends reinforcements to consolidate infiltration gains in Pokrovsk sector
Ukrainian forces say Russian troops are using poor weather and disguises to penetrate further, while also bringing in support units.
Ukraine documents 190,000 war crimes — and believes they prove Russia’s plan to erase the nation
Ukrainian prosecutors report over 5,100 Russian drone assaults on civilians in early 2025 — twice as many as in all of 2024.
Targeting the lifesavers: Russia’s repeated assaults killed five Ukrinian rescuers, injured dozens over three months
Emergency personnel have come under sustained, deliberate Russian attacks — a disturbing trend tracked by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry.
Ukraine extradites Russian soldier to Lithuania over war crimes against Lithuanian citizen
A rare act of international justice sees a suspected war criminal handed over for alleged torture in occupied Melitopol.
Ukraine kills Russian officer from unit linked to Bucha massacre
Ukrainian Defense Intelligence announced that Veniamin Mazzherin was killed in a car explosion on 25 October in Russia's Kemerovo Oblast.
Russian drone directly strikes civilian vehicle. Two Ukrainian journalists die
Olena Hubanova and Yevhen Karmazin died on 23 October while documenting the war and Russian crimes in their native Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian prosecutors detail beating injuries that killed mayor who refused to collaborate with Russian occupiers
Yevhen Matvieiev was abducted at a checkpoint in March 2022 and spent two years and 8 months in Russian captivity.
Swedish MP becomes OSCE special envoy for abducted Ukrainian children. Russia erases their identity and turns into future soldiers
Carina Ödebrink will lead international efforts to address Russia's forced removal of more than 19,000 Ukrainian children from occupied territories.
“The world is simply watching”: Russian strike kills 15-year-old Anastasia, her mom and grandparents in their Lviv Oblast home
Rescuers found the bodies of 15-year-old Anastasia Hrytsiv and another relative in severely damaged condition.
Russian drone killed French photojournalist Antoni Lallican in eastern Ukraine
Journalist unions call the killing a war crime and demand an investigation into the attack. French President Emmanuel Macron expressed sorrow over the death of Lallican, killed by a Russian attack.
US senators urge use of $300 billion frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s defense at no taxpayer cost
Republican senators John Kennedy and Lindsey Graham joined Democratic senators Richard Blumenthal and Sheldon Whitehouse in the resolution, arguing that increasing the financial costs of continued military operations would pressure Putin to end the war.