Anatoly Sikoza stands amid the rubble of a house where Russian forces killed seven men and one woman, hands bound, blindfolded and shot at close range, before blowing up the site in a bid to cover the killings in a village on the outskirts of Kherson on November 27, 2022 in Kherson, Ukraine.
Anatoly Sikoza stands amid the rubble of a house where Russian forces killed seven men and one woman, hands bound, blindfolded and shot at close range, before blowing up the site in a bid to cover the killings in a village on the outskirts of Kherson on November 27, 2022 in Kherson, Ukraine. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Ukraine Justice Report - Issue 67

14 November 2023

IWPR's Frontline Updates – unique insights from our network of local reporters and updates from our programmes.

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IWPR’s weekly Ukraine Justice Report provides an overview of key events and links to essential reading from Ukrainian and international reports alongside dedicated IWPR reporting and analysis.

Police record human remains as forensic experts and war crimes prosecution teams exhume a burial site containing the bodies of six civilians that were executed by Russian forces in the yard of a house in the town of Pravdyne on the outskirts of Kherson on November 28, 2022 in Kherson, Ukraine.
Police record human remains as forensic experts and war crimes prosecution teams exhume a burial site containing the bodies of six civilians that were executed by Russian forces in the yard of a house in the town of Pravdyne on the outskirts of Kherson on November 28, 2022 in Kherson, Ukraine. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images
INTERVIEW

Torture, Sexual Violence, Murder: Investigating War Crimes in Kherson

One year after its de-occupation, investigators continue to record thousands of war crime cases amid continuous shelling.
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On November 2, the Borodyan District Court, in Kyiv region, started the hearing of the case against Russian corporal Radik Hukasyan accused of group shooting a civilian car, killing the driver, and looting a house in Borodyanka in March 2022. The accused joined the hearing via video link from Kyiv's pre-detention centre where he's been detained for over a year.
On November 2, the Borodyan District Court, in Kyiv region, started the hearing of the case against Russian corporal Radik Hukasyan accused of group shooting a civilian car, killing the driver, and looting a house in Borodyanka in March 2022. The accused joined the hearing via video link from Kyiv's pre-detention centre where he's been detained for over a year. © Irina Domashchenko
COURTSIDE

Russian Corporal Feared Backlash for Him and His Family in Russia

The defendant pleaded guilty to offences allegedly committed during the occupation of Borodyanka in March 2022.
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Video report by Anthony Borden and Mykhaylo Shtekel in the Kharkiv Region, north-eastern Ukraine.
UKRAINE WAR DIARY BY A. BORDEN

Kupiansk: Fireworks in the Rain

Eastern town sees a third wave of departures, as even the most stalwart residents see little future there.
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UKRAINE JUSTICE BRIEFING

Tuesday, 14 November ‘23

This week’s overview of key events and links to essential reading.

•  Suspicion Issued to Russian Orthodox Church’s Patriarch Kirill
•  Acting Regional Governor of Occupied Kherson Sentenced in Absentia
•  Russian Commander Sentenced to 12 Years for Ordering Forceful Dispersal of Rally
•  Nearly a Quarter of Ukrainian Courts not Operational due to War
•  Armenia Joins the International Criminal Court, Angering Moscow

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