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Ukrainian demining team with the Department of State Emergency Service of Ukraine works on the scene after a large scale Russian attack on a residential complex on March 7th that killed 11 people and injured 47 on March 10, 2025 in Dobropillia, Ukraine. © Paula Bronstein / Getty Images

Ukraine Seeks Justice for Deadly Mines

Efforts continue to document incidents - in which hundreds have been killed and injured - to collect evidence for future war crimes trials.

6 Feb 26

Journalists stand as smoke rises after an attack by Russian army in Odessa, on April 3, 2022. © Bulent Kilic/AFP via Getty Images

Ukraine: Why Mental Health Matters

How psychological support is helping Ukrainian journalists navigate war's horrors and carry out essential work.

30 Jan 26

On October 24, 2023, Chernihiv's Novozavodsky District Court of Chernihiv examined the interview that Russian pilot Alexander Krasnoiartsev gave on March 24, 2022 to Ukrainian blogger Volodymyr Zolkin. © Irina Domashchenko

“People over Punishment”: Why Ukraine Exchanges War Criminals

Legal experts argue that trials in absentia – or release in a prisoner exchange – still play an important part in ensuring justice.

27 Jan 26

A Soviet tank monument in the centre of Tiraspol, Transnistria. © Stefan Wisselink/Flickr

Weaponising the Transnistrian Region’s Winter

How Russia is weaponising Moldova's energy crisis in Transnistria.

23 Jan 26

Mykhailo Bakhmanov is accused of conducting a mock execution as well as the robbery and intimidation of civilians during the occupation of a village in the Okhtyrka district in March 2022. © Alexey Furman/Getty Images

War Crimes Trial for Ukrainian Serving with Russian Army

Serviceman staged mock execution as well as robbing and abusing villagers.

21 Jan 26

Ukrainian families of prisoners of war POW wait to see if their loved ones will be amongst the arrivals on May 24, 2025 in Chernihiv, Ukraine. © Paula Bronstein / Getty Images

Investigating POW Executions

Law enforcement agencies argue that such crimes are systemic and that not only direct perpetrators but also their commanders must be held to account.

13 Jan 26

Over the past three years, de facto courts in the occupied territories have issued at least 190 sentences based on fabricated charges, primarily for treason or espionage. Bakhmut, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. © Carl Court/Getty Images

How Russia Fabricates Criminal Cases Against Ukrainians

The imposition of Russian criminal law in the occupied territories has granted its security services sweeping powers.

9 Jan 26

Workers repair infrastructure in a power station that was damaged by a Russian air attack in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. © Ed Ram/Getty Images

Ukraine’s Energy Crisis

Learn how IWPR’s Ukraine team carry on reporting, despite the energy crisis caused by relentless Russian bombing.

2 Jan 26

Yevhen Balytsky during a speech in Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia. Taken during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in 2022. © Kaliper1/Wikimedia

Collaborator Sentenced to Life For Mass Grain Theft

Former politician also fined millions of dollars for confiscation and export of almost half a million tonnes of wheat.

23 Dec 25

Russian President Vladimir Putin stands accused of leading a major disinformation and influence operation across Ukraine, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe. © Alexander Kazakov/Pool/AFP

“The Frontline is Everywhere”

Read about the growing threat of Russia’s malign influence efforts – and the movement to combat them.

19 Dec 25

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