Ukrainian investigators identify Russian prison guard who beat civilian POW to death
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“They did not want to kill civilians”: Why did Ukraine let Russians escape with 52 abducted Ukrainians from border village?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has shared details about Russia's abduction of 52 Ukrainian civilians from the border village of…
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…
Russia breaches Ukrainian border, abducts entire population from one Sumy Oblast village
Forced deportation continues.
UN General Assembly condemns Russia’s war crimes in occupied Ukraine, demands prisoner access
Resolution strengthens torture provisions, invokes "list of shame" for child killings
Russia’s war kills 644 Ukrainian athletes. Chess Federation’s response: Restore Russian flags and host events in Belarus
61 countries voted to restore full Russian rights.
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.
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.