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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 and could lead to compensation.

23 Jul 24

Tuesday, 23 Jul ‘24

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

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

Tuesday, 16 Jul ‘24

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

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

Ukraine: 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

Tuesday, 9 Jul ‘24

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

9 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

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Ukrainian National Sentenced for Collaboration

Landmark European Ruling Over Crimea Offers Fresh Hope

Tuesday, 23 Jul ‘24

Russian Captain to be Tried for Kherson Torture

Pursuing Russian Propagandists

Tuesday, 16 Jul ‘24

Ukraine: Hospital Attack Continues Russia’s War on Children

Tuesday, 9 Jul ‘24

Can the Council of Europe Create A Tribunal for Putin?

Russian Soldier to be Tried for Murdering Bucha Resident

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