Ukraine

A 33-year-old Russian soldier, Alexander Kuleshov participated in the occupation of the Kupiansk district of the Kharkiv region and is linked to at least two kidnappings of police officers in March 2022. © Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Closed-Door Trial for Russian Soldier Accused of Torturing Police Officers

Due to security concerns, the victims requested the proceedings not be open to the public.

25 Feb 25

A member of the Ukrainian military walks through the basement rooms of a restaurant local residents say was used as a torture site by Russian forces during their occupation of Snihurivka on November 23, 2022. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Russian Captain Convicted for Torturing Ukrainian Police Officers

The court classified the victims as civilians who maintained their protective status, rather than combatants.

20 Feb 25

Items are seen inside a cell at a temporary 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 Soldier Accused of Sexual Assault of Kherson Man

Civilian was among residents held and tortured during the first weeks of the occupation.

20 Feb 25

A Ukrainian cameraman filming a metal cage built by Russian troops for detentions. The Ukrainian prosecutor’s office is investigating several criminal cases related to the abduction of local reporters in Melitopol, an occupied city in the Zaporizhzhia region. © Scott Peterson/Getty Images

Investigating Crimes Against Ukrainian Journalists

NGOs and prosecutors log hundreds of cases of aggression, intimidation and attacks on media workers.

19 Feb 25

Crosses remain in exhumed graves in a mass gravesite on January 21, 2025 in Izyum, Ukraine. © Carl Court/Getty Images

Two Izyum Murder Cases Combined in One Proceeding

One of the alleged victims has never been found; the other was buried in a mass grave.

18 Feb 25

More than a thousand missiles and rockets fired by Russian forces and collected by the Kharkiv prosecutors office to be included in future war crimes investigations are seen at a cataloguing depot on December 18, 2022 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Investigating Ecocide in the Kharkhiv Region

Five senior Russian commanders have already been charged over environmental crimes in the oblast.

10 Feb 25

A heavily damaged church in Mala Komyshuvakha village, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine. © Carl Court/Getty Images

How Can Ukraine Reclaim its Stolen Treasures?

Restitution mechanisms could include both financial compensation and ensuring the return of cultural heritage.

7 Feb 25

The trial of the Russian servicemen Konstantin Smirnov and Denis Podgorny began in July 2024 and the verdict was announced by a three-judge panel of the Chernihiv District Court on February 3, 2025. © Oksana Matsopa/IWPR

Russian Soldiers Convicted of Executing Brothers

One brother survived and was able to identify those responsible for killing his two siblings.

6 Feb 25

Anti Putin demonstrators gather at the Brandenburg Gate to show solidarity with Ukraine on the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. © Sean Gallup/Getty Images

What’s Holding up the Special Tribunal for Putin?

Ukraine is battling to build an international consensus over the denial of immunity.

31 Jan 25

People hold banners, flags and photographs during a rally to raise awareness of Ukrainian soldiers who are being held prisoners of war by the Russians, on January 18, 2025 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. © Carl Court/Getty Images

Russian Soldier Faces Trial for Murder of Ukrainian POW

Case marks first time defendant in such a case has been physically present in court.