Ukraine secures release of 10 civilians in Vatican-brokered exchange, including Crimean Tatar leader
Liberation gives hope for other Ukrainian civilians languishing in Russian prisons
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OSCE launches special mechanism to investigate Russia’s arbitrary detention of Ukrainian civilians
For the first time, an international mechanism is being used to address the issue of detained Ukrainian civilians by Russia.
Campaign about Ukrainians who are in Russian captivity launched abroad by Ukraine MFA
On Human Rights Day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine announces the launch of the Captured information…
“My legs were black and blue from beatings” – Ukrainian hostage recalls Donbas militants’ torture
It was the morning of 9 November 2017 when Maryna Yurchak, a chemical technologist from Donetsk, was detained…
Russia builds up troops near Ukraine for blackmailing, not invasion, ex-DNR hostage Stanislav Aseyev believes
Starting from 2015, Stanislav Aseyev worked for different media in his hometown of Donetsk, wring his op-eds mostly…
Three warders who tortured prisoners in occupied Donbas “concentration camp” ID’d as Russian citizens
Ukrainian journalist Stanislav Aseyev, a former captive of the Russian-run “Donetsk People’s Republic,” has reported on his Facebook…
First public photos of Russian-run Donetsk concentration camp leaked online
Cells, torture tools, and the yard: these are the first-ever public photos of the Russian-hybrid-forces-run Izolyatsia prison. The…
“Three days of torture, then a day off, and over again”: the plight of a Jewish-Ukrainian woman in occupied Donbas
“She called me about three days ago, it was a ten-minute conversation. I know that she still has problems…
I narrowly escaped death in dungeons of the “Luhansk People’s Republic.” This is what saved me. Part 2
Communication with the outside world A very colorful type appeared in the cell. They tossed in a person…
I survived the basement prisons of the “Luhansk People’s Republic.” Here is what I saw. Part 1
Summer of 2014. At that time I worked as the deputy chief of the Luhansk Regional State Hospital…
These four stories show anybody can be jailed in occupied Donbas (and you, too)
Despite the intended all-for-all exchange of prisoners negotiated last fall by the Ukrainian and Russian presidents in Paris…
Donetsk art center turned into concentration camp: former hostages share their memories
Over the five years of its existence, several hundred people – both militants and locals suspected of spying…
A businessman, nurse & food technologist: stories of three civilian hostages in occupied Donbas
Mariya Tomak, one of the coordinators of the organization, has published an infographic, according to which 13 civilians…
West must boycott FIFA World Cup or face an even more dangerous Putin afterwards
If the West doesn’t recall the 1936 Nazi Olympics when thinking about the FIFA World Cup competition to…
Putin outdoes Potemkin for World Cup
In 1787, Prince Grigory Potemkin erected special villages to impress his lover, Catherine the Great, on her trip…
A month of freedom: released hostages tell about captivity and torture in occupied Donbas
Read the prisoner swap story: Largest prisoner swap in Donbas: 73 Ukrainians released from captivity of Russian-run “republics” Three…
Ukrainians travelling to Russia are playing Russian roulette
After yet another detention of Ukrainian citizens in Russia, Ukrainian officials began to speak again about the danger…
BBC: How the “DNR” special services & troll factory scare Russians with terror attacks
Masked faces, distorted voices, poses from action movies and ready-to-use firearms – the Russian-language Internet is full of…
The dangerous life of pro-Ukrainian activists in occupied Donbas
As we reported earlier, the occupation authorities of the Luhansk People’s Republic,” a Russian-backed proxy statelet in Ukraine’s east,…
Luhansk militants tortured disabled Ukrainian woman to make her “confess” she is a spy
Abduction of Liudmyla Surzhenko On 16 July, Donbas activists shared urgent calls about the suspected abduction of Liudmyla…