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Ukrainian citizen Hryhoriy Drahunenko, 62, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for collaborating with Russian troops in finding, arresting and beating civilians during the occupation of Novokiivka, a village in the Mykolaiv region. © National Police of Ukraine

Ukrainian National Sentenced for Collaboration

A pensioner helped the occupying forces identify Ukrainian men during the occupation of his village in the summer of 2022.

23 Jul 24

Crimea, an internationally recognised Ukrainian territory with special status, was annexed by the Russian Federation on March 18, 2014. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found Russia guilty of systematic violations of human rights in Ukraine’s occupied Crimean peninsula. © Alexander Aksakov/Getty Images

Landmark European Ruling Over Crimea Offers Fresh Hope

Decision by top European court provides basis for resolving hundreds of individual Ukrainian cases.

23 Jul 24

Russian forces occupied the southern port city of Kherson in late February 2022 and set up torture chambers where civilians were interrogated, beaten and tortured. © Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office

Russian Captain to be Tried for Kherson Torture

At least 68 victims are listed as having undergone cruel and abusive treatment while illegally detained.

16 Jul 24

Security Service of Ukraine served notice of suspicion to Russian propagandist Mardan who called for repressions against Ukrainians. © SSU

Pursuing Russian Propagandists

Activist groups want arrest warrants issued for key figures inciting hatred against Ukrainians in the Russian media.

16 Jul 24

Julia views her one-week-old daughter Veronica in the intensive care for newborns at Okhmatdyt Hospital on December 06, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Earlier this week the same hospital was hit by Russian missile with many killed and injured including 4 children. © Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Hospital Attack Continues Russia’s War on Children

Rather than undermining Ukrainians’ resolve, such attacks convince them that there is no other option but to continue fighting.

11 Jul 24

The Council of Europe has started the process of creating a Special Tribunal to try the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine. © Sergey Guneev - Host Photo Agency via Getty Images

Can the Council of Europe Create A Tribunal for Putin?

Ukrainian human rights defender argues this could be the platform on which the prosecution for the crime of aggression can be built.

9 Jul 24

On July 2, the Irpinsky court, in Kyiv region, heard the case against Aleksandr Kashin, a Russian soldier accused of killing a civilian in Bucha and attempting to murder his teenage son in March 2022. © Irina Domashchenko

Russian Soldier to be Tried for Murdering Bucha Resident

The victim’s teenage son survived by playing dead after he was shot and wounded.

9 Jul 24

A row of destroyed apartment blocks in Mariupol.

Russia’s Weaponisation of Starvation in Mariupol

Civilians deprived of health care, food, and water in what may constitute a war crime.

2 Jul 24

Items are seen inside a cell at a preliminary detention centre which is believed to have been used by Russian forces to jail and torture civilians on November 16, 2022 in Kherson, Ukraine. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Russian Commander Convicted for Ordering Detentions and Torture

Officer ordered children of local officials to be seized in order to pressure them to collaborate.

2 Jul 24

National guard special operations soldier checks the ruins of a building previously used as a local headquarters by Russian occupying forces during a search for evidence of war crimes by police investigators, on October 14, 2022 in Vyshneve, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine. © Carl Court/Getty Images

Investigating War Crimes Under Daily Attack

In Kharkhiv region, constant shelling of the border territories is a significant obstacle to inspecting incident scenes and collecting evidence.

25 Jun 24

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