Oksana Cooper

Kyiv-based writer & researcher

Oksana is a Kyiv-based freelance writer, researcher, analyst and translator. A lawyer, she is the former editor of IWPR’s Ukraine Justice Report and her work focuses on legal, economic and government policy.

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Policemen and forensic personnel catalogue 58 bodies of civilians killed in and around Bucha before they are transported to the morgue at a cemetery on April 6, 2022 in Bucha, Ukraine. The Ukrainian government has accused Russian forces of committing a "deliberate massacre" as they occupied and eventually retreated from Bucha, 25km northwest of Kyiv. Hundreds of bodies have been found in the days since Ukrainian forces regained control of the town. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

How Ukraine Will Find Justice

Concerted international action will be needed to hold senior figures to account.

2 Aug 22

Russian troops occupied Volodymyr Semiryaga’s farm, in Peresadivka, a village in Mykolaiv region, for one week in March, destroying most of it. The area is now back under Ukraine's control but as fighting continues about 40 kilometres from his farm, the farmer cannot receive any credit to finance farming activities and purchase new equipment. © Oksana Cooper

Ukraine: How Russia is Emptying the World’s Breadbasket

Moscow is accused of using hunger as a weapon as it blocks ports, bombs storage facilities and takes grain reserves.

5 May 22

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Oksana Cooper

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How Ukraine Will Find Justice

Ukraine: How Russia is Emptying the World’s Breadbasket

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