Russian officers receive life and 12-year sentences for civilian torture and murder in Ukraine
Husband of a local official was tortured for days, then executed.
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US senators condemn Russia’s Christmas strikes that killed civilians across seven Ukrainian cities, despite Zelenskyy’s ceasefire proposal
Even World War I had Christmas truces. In 2025, Russia refused.
“These crimes will not go unanswered”: Estonian FM condemns Christmas-period attack on Ukraine
Estonia's foreign minister has demanded the international community escalate pressure on Russia after Moscow launched a combined missile and drone attack across Ukraine on 23 Dec.
Ukrainians forced to kill Ukrainians: Russia makes occupied Ukrainians choose between debt and killing their own people
Moscow's Donbas strategy: turn Ukrainians into soldiers, send them to the front line.
Russia sends children from occupied Ukraine to North Korean re-education camps, human rights expert tells US Senate
Camps 9,000 km from home teach kids to "destroy" enemies alongside veterans who attacked US sailors
Ukraine names first Russian commander in Bucha war crimes probe
Ukraine has issued a notice of suspicion against a Russian military commander in connection with killings in Bucha,…
Another group of Ukrainian children freed from Russian deportation, propaganda and abuse
Among those returned: a 10-year-old bullied for speaking Ukrainian, children orphaned by medical neglect, and a teenager tortured over family ties to Ukraine's military.
Europe’s tribunal for Russian war crimes runs into Trump problem: who pays?
Euronews reports that European donors are wary of funding €75M annual costs amid reduced US engagement under Trump.
Life sentence for Russian who executed Ukrainian POW exposes stark asymmetry in prisoner treatment
International monitors document systematic Russian violations of POW rights
He got smashed, then drank even more vodka and signed contract: Russian POW shares his story in Ukrainian captivity
“I woke up hungover and went to enlist — still drunk,” he said.
Names and addresses of 300 abducted children to be on the desks of all leaders – Zelenskyy
Thousands of children have been forcibly taken by Russia since 2022 in what Kyiv and international observers classify as war crime.
From restaurant to trench: Iraqi “contract soldier” describes hell of Russian forces
Khalaf said he was detained in Russia for lacking a work permit and offered a brutal choice.
Putin’s order on “foreign journalist corridors” in three Ukrainian cities, could end with war crimes
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry warns journalists against accepting Russia's offer, citing the 2014 Ilovaisk massacre where Moscow promised safe passage through a "humanitarian corridor" before opening fire, killing 366 Ukrainian soldiers who trusted similar Russian guarantees.
US senators seek to question Russian ambassador on more than 19,000 abducted Ukrainian children
Russian ambassador calls the invitation a “provocation.”
Moscow is deliberately driving Ukrainians from their homes, UN investigators find
UN investigators document torture, detentions, and confiscation of property, concluding these acts amount to inhuman treatment and war crimes.
Putin claims Russia prioritizes civilian safety as advances stall, despite years of atrocities – ISW
Putin sought to justify Russia’s slow battlefield advances by citing concern for civilian safety, even as Russian forces continue daily attacks on Ukrainian civilians across the country.
Russia throws female assault units to Pokrovsk axis amid catastrophic losses
Atesh sources confirm that lives of female assault troops depend solely on earning the “mercy” of officers.
Intercepted conversations reveal Russian commanders instructing Colombian fighters to kill Ukrainian women and children in fog
Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence says they are being ordered to execute civilians, making foreign fighters accomplices in atrocities in Donetsk Oblast.
Russia’s new decree: Seize Ukrainian homes for Kremlin loyalists
Russia forces Ukrainians to choose: lose their homes or get a Russian passport
EU ministers condemn Putin’s Budapest visit as Hungary vows to welcome ICC fugitive
The choice of venue carries bitter historical irony for Ukraine, where Kyiv surrendered its nuclear arsenal for security promises Moscow now violates.