More than 400 cases of brutal sexual abuse by Russian troops have been reported to the Ukrainian authorities, Liudmyla Denisova, the plenipotentiary of the Verkhovna Rada for human rights, says. And their numbers continue to grow each day...
Pictures of Ukrainians fleeing from Russian aggression with their pet dogs and cats in their arms have become a regular feature on Facebook and other social media and have touched the hearts of animal lovers and other people of good will...
Rape – a “standard tactic” of the Russian military On 12 April, President Zelenskyy said that hundreds of rapes committed by Russian soldiers have been reported. Taking into account the numbers that appeared in the...
There is a classic Soviet joke which ever more frequently comes to mind given Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and his obsession with ensuring that the only version of reality Russians hear about is the one he prefers, a joke that...
Morning report day 58 – April 22 The report is based on media reports, expert analyses, and official information posted online. Situation According to information from the General Staff: The Russian Navy continues operating in the...
An unusual poll in Kazakhstan conducted by Demoscope for the Adenauer Foundation highlights why it is so important for the governments of non-Russian countries to promote the language of their titular nationality in place of Russian that...
Ninety percent of ethnic Latvians support Ukraine against Putin’s war there, but the ethnic Russian community in that Baltic country is divided: 22 percent support Ukraine, 21 percent support Russia but a majority do not have or are...
Now that Ukrainian forces have retaken Bucha and other villages near Ukraine, the horrors of the Russian military occupation of those places are being reported, shocking people of good will everywhere and marking a turning point in...
When Russian commentator Timofey Sergeytsev published his horrific plan for the destruction of Ukraine and Ukrainians, many in the West questioned whether he spoke for the Kremlin or only for himself, an approach the Kremlin was...
Many people of good will in Russia, Ukraine and around the world have been horrified by the recent RIA Novosti article by Timofey Sergeytsev outlining what Moscow should do to “de-Nazify” Ukraine – on that article, see...
Putin’s goals and philosophy Sławomir Sierakowski: What is Putin’s ultimate goal in this war? Timothy Snyder: That’s no big secret: to destroy Ukraine as a state and exterminate Ukrainians as a nation. I’d...
