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Items are seen inside a cell at a preliminary 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

FSB Officer Convicted for Abduction and Torture

Crimes carried out as part of a “search and destroy” operation to dismantle the Ukrainian authorities.

6 Feb 26

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

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

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 soldiers look towards Russian positions near Bakhmut, Ukraine. © John Moore/Getty Images

Conscription in Occupied Lands: Russia’s War Crime

Ukrainian law enforcement agencies are documenting and securing convictions against organisers of the illegal draft.

20 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

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, Ukraine. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Russian Soldier Handed Ten Year Term for Torture

Woman detained and abused due to the fact her son was serving in the armed forces of Ukraine.

6 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

Daily life in prison #101 for Ukrainian men convicted of treason or aiding and abetting the enemy on October 4, 2024 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. © Misha Friedman/Getty Images

Former Ukrainian Police Officer Sentenced for War Crimes

He was found guilty of the cruel treatment of civilians as well as unlawful imprisonment and pillage.

18 Dec 25

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