A member of Ukraine's 72nd Brigade Anti-air unit drives to a position through a destroyed frontline town on February 23, 2024 near Marinka, Ukraine.
A member of Ukraine's 72nd Brigade Anti-air unit drives to a position through a destroyed frontline town on February 23, 2024 near Marinka, Ukraine. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Ukraine Justice Report - Issue 81

5 March 2024

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

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.

Inside the basement of the school in the village of Yahidne where 368 civilians were kept by Russian forces for nearly a month in March 2022.
Inside the basement of the school in the village of Yahidne where 368 civilians were kept by Russian forces for nearly a month in March 2022. © Irina Domashchenko
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Yahidne: Hearing Against 15 Russian Soldiers Ends

In March 2022, nearly 400 civilians were crammed into a cellar and used as human shields by occupation forces.
President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded the Order "For Courage" to judge Yulia Matveeva on December 16, 2022.
President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded the Order "For Courage" to judge Yulia Matveeva on December 16, 2022. © Supreme Court of Ukraine

Ukraine: "I Want Justice to be Done”

How a local judge was imprisoned for refusing a Russian request to serve on the “supreme court” of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic.
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Anthony Borden interviews Oleksandra Matviichuk, 2022 Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient & Head of the Centre for Civil Liberties, Ukraine.
UKRAINE JUSTICE BRIEFING

Tuesday, 5 March ‘24

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

•  Russian General Suspected Over Attacks on Civilian Infrastructure
•  Russian Soldier Issued Suspicion For Sexual Abuse
•  Lithuania Prosecutors Launch War Crimes Investigation
•  Damage to Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage Estimated at 19 Billion Dollars

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