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In June 2025, Stepan Suminin – a corporal in the 10th Separate Special Purpose Brigade of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate - was found guilty of operating a Mavic quadcopter with an attached munition to attack two civilians in the village of Odradokamianka in the Beryslav district of Ukraine. © Slidstvo.Info

Ukraine: “Any Male is a Target”

For the first time, Russian drone operator convicted of war crimes in the Kherson region.

4 Sep 25

Sexual harassment and stalking are the most commonly reported forms of technology-facilitated violence experienced by women and girls. © Kiwistocks/Freepik

Digital Abuse Knows No Borders

This is a global issue that crosses national borders and spans contexts, although with grimly similar consequences.

1 Aug 25

A Ukrainian drone operator from the 3rd Assault brigade lands his drone after a surveillance flight on July 16, 2023 near Bakhmut in the Donetsk Region of Ukraine. © Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Ukraine: The Drone Wars

A rapid innovation boom has been driven by existential needs; but the human toll is enormous.

9 Jul 25

Service members of Ukraine's 13th Brigade Khartiia wait for the target's coordinates in a former house's garage to operate an American-supplied M101 howitzer on Russian combat positions on March 06, 2025, in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine. © Diego Fedele/Getty Images

Ukraine: The Database Helping Solve War Crimes

A vast digital resource, based on material abandoned by Russian forces, is proving critical to investigators.

14 Mar 25

Moldovans Face Bomb Threats and Cyberattacks

Attacks are tracked to pro-Kremlin forces as tools to put pressure on Chisinau in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

5 Sep 22

A message appeared on several Ukrainian government websites on January 13 as part of a massive cyber attack. It reads in part: "Ukrainians! All information about you has become public, be afraid and expect the worst. This is for your past, present and future."

Cyberattacks Undermine Ukraine’s Security

Analysts highlight key weakness in hybrid war, alongside military build-ups and disinformation.

27 Jan 22

An installation of the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women featured red ribbons with the names of women killed by their partners, 1 October 2021. © Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women Armenia

Armenia: App Tackles Domestic Violence, One Tap at a Time

An all-women team turned to mobile phone technology to provide a free and easy-to-use tool.

13 Dec 21

Hundreds of Kyrgyz protest against a draft law they say will hit press and internet freedoms with a man holding up a portrait of MP, the bill initiator Gulshat Asylbayeva, Bishkek, June 29, 2020. © Danil Usmanov/AFP via Getty Images

Central Asia’s “Digital Authoritarianism”

The pandemic has allowed the authorities to further abuse technology and restrict freedom of speech.

1 May 21

A soldier inspects the remains of a downed Azeri drone on the outskirts of Askeran on October 13, 2020 in Nagorno-Karabakh. (Photo: Alex McBride/Getty Images)

UAVs a Gamechanger in Karabakh

The scale of hostilities, including the use of precision-guided weapons, has already exceeded previous escalations.

30 Oct 20

The new IT Park in Uzbekistan. (Photo: IT Park)

Startup Success for Uzbekistan?

Hopes for hi-tech entrepreneurship as an emerging market.

6 Nov 19

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