Murder of Ukrainian POWs in Olenivka prison: everything we know
On the morning of 29 July 2022, Russian propaganda media claimed a penal colony in Olenivka, near Russian-occupied…
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Intercept shows Russia behind Olenivka prison explosion that killed POWs; Wagner PMC involved – Ukrainian SBU, intelligence
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) and Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) have said Russia is behind the explosion that…
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…
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…
Portnikov: The goals of Zelenskyy and Putin for the “Big Exchange”
Putin succeeded in securing alleged MH17 accomplice Tsemakh, discrediting the Ukrainian position in the West, and continuing the…
Major MH17 witness Putin’s trump card in Ukrainian prisoner exchange – Portnikov
First, it may be urgent and important for Putin to accelerate the lifting of sanctions and Russia’s return…
New UNGA resolution: Crimea temporarily occupied by Russia, Russia must release political prisoners & stop repressions
On 22 December, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution A73/L.48 titled “Situation of human rights in…
Putin treating captured Ukrainian sailors the way Stalin would have, Eidman says
The international community must do everything possible to save the Ukrainian sailors Russian forces took prisoner because Vladimir…
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…
Savchenko free, Russians furious and confused
“One Ukrainian woman is worth two Russian men,” many commentators noted as they witnessed an obviously unsymmetrical comeback…
Ukraine: the country that cares
The difference in the welcomes given the released prisoners in Kyiv and Moscow says more about the Russian-Ukrainian…
“We will live a dignified life in Ukraine as it should be” -Savchenko’s first words at home
After 707 days of imprisonment, the kidnapped and unlawfully convicted on fabricated charges Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko was…
Punishing Russia for war crimes in Ukraine is possible, but will take time
Who can punish Russia for war crimes in Donbas? First of all, every state has an obligation to…
Compelling proof: Polish parliamentarian published report on Russian war crimes in Ukraine
Polish parliamentarian Małgorzata Gosiewska of Poland's Law and Justice Party published a report titled "Russian War Crimes in Eastern…
Cyborg Oleksandr Mashonkin’s spirit unbroken after 197 days of captivity
“They beat us with pipes, stools, and table legs. We were struck on the head, in the groin.…
Raped, tortured, buried alive: Horrific crimes of pro-Russia militia in Ukraine
Internecine warfare has broken out among the volunteer fighters of LNR [so-called "Luhansk People's Republic" is a hybrid military…
‘It’s important the world knows about inhuman torture used against Ukraine’s POWs,’ says father
A 64-year-old Urzuf resident whose son, a volunteer soldier with Ukrainian forces, was killed by Russian militants, recorded…
More than 1,000 Ukrainian POWs held in Russia — human rights activist
Volunteers have irrefutable evidence that more than a thousand Ukrainian POWs are currently in hospitals, clinics, and prisons…
Crimes of pro-Russian militants against civilians in Donbas: kidnapping, looting and executions
Over 300 instances of violence against civilian residence of the conflict zone in Donbas were documented during a…