They were 6 and 4, asleep in their beds—then a Russian drone came for them, their parents, and their unborn twin siblings
Rescuers pulled the bodies of two boys, along with their parents, from the ruins in Chernechchyna, Sumy Oblast.
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Russia stages prisoner inspections by concealing tortured Ukrainian POWs, OSCE experts reveal
The independent expert mission concluded that Russian authorities deliberately hide evidence of torture by showing international monitors only prisoners in relatively good physical condition, while over 90% of returning POWs report abuse in captivity.
Russian commander orders his troops to kill civilians in frontline villages. Soldiers execute parents and take their daughter captive as human shield
Russian troops are still holding a young girl to prevent Ukrainian forces from firing on their positions.
Second Russian double-tap strike in Ukraine’s Chernihiv Oblast leaves firefighters hospitalized mid-rescue
Russian drones returned to hit the exact site first responders had just arrived to contain.
Ukraine’s SOF strike in Kursk Oblast destroys hub for Russia’s 810th Marine Brigade
According to the military report, the attack wiped out depots, equipment stores, and hidden weapons supporting Russian operations near Kharkiv and Sumy.
BBC: Ukrainian civilian freed after years in Russian captivity — his story is one of beatings, starvation, and survival
Journalist Dmytro Khyliuk spent three and a half years in captivity without charges before finally returning home in a rare swap.
33 Russian guards, medics, commanders: InformNapalm links POW abuse in Mordovia to named Russian staff
The OSINT publication exposes those allegedly complicit in systematic violence against Ukrainian captives at IK-10 colony.
Russia claims it only targets “military objects” in Ukraine. But recent Russian strike killed toddler born during war and her mom
Moscow's assertion of targeting exclusively military and defense industry facilities in Ukraine contrasts with the death of civilians spanning ages from toddlers to elderly residents.
Russians captured him, cut his throat, and left Ukrainian POW to die. He survived and wants revenge for tortured comrades
National Guard soldier Vladyslav was dragged into a basement near Pokrovsk and watched how the Russians tortured seven Ukrainian defenders before they slashed his own throat and dumped him in a pit with their bodies, thinking he was dead. He was not.
Ukrainian journalist abducted from his garden in 2022 returns from Russian captivity weighing less than 45 kg
Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Khyliuk returned from Russian captivity in the latest exchange on 24 August, weighing less than 45 kg (99 lbs), as he spent three years in Russian prison after his abduction near Kyiv in 2022.
Ukrainian civilians pay price as Russian attacks continue despite Trump’s peace attempts
Fourteen civilians required medical treatment in northeastern Sumy Oblast after overnight strikes hit residential areas.
Russia kills family with five drones in Ukrainian region, which is under Washington’s negotiation agenda
Moscow's coordinated drone assault on sleeping civilians tests whether targeted family killings can influence the peace talks in Washington.
144 Russian prison guards exposed for torturing Ukrainian POWs—investigation reveals daily routine of cruelty and family life
The Molfar Intelligence Institute, a Ukrainian NGO, traced how guards commit war crimes and then return to allegedly normal homes.
Russian war crimes: Ukraine has evidence occupiers forcibly deported 15 children from special school to Russia
Children were forbidden to speak Ukrainian or display Ukrainian symbols while being forced to participate in pro-Russian events and sing Russian anthem.
Russian terror continues: drones hit civilian cars, then ambulance
Three people died in two different locations.
Russia opens “slave market” of stolen Ukrainian children — users can choose them by color of eyes
Since 2014, nearly 20,000 children have been taken from occupied territories, and now Moscow is cataloging them online like items in a store.
Partisans: Russia’s 247th Air Assault Regiment crumbles amid desertions in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Desperation grows as Russia treats locals like expendable pawns.
“They broke all 10 rules”: Ukraine calls to eject Russia from OSCE
Moscow blocks European security watchdog's operations to hide atrocities.
Russian daily terror of civilians in Ukraine continues: five injured and extensive damage
Three people were injured in Kharkiv as the drone debris landed on residential areas.
Russia uses thirst as tool of genocide against civilians in occupied Donetsk, says expert
Civilians survive up to 72 hours without water as Russian forces build military hubs atop the ruins of Ukrainian infrastructure.