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Ukraine’s denial of alternative service for believers violates international law — UN
Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation fails to launch internal probe into anti-corruption activist Vitaliy Shabunin photo leak
Reservists of Security Service of Ukraine may be behind Telegram attacks on NABU and SAPO — MP Zheleznyak
YesterdayRussian general Roman Demurchievbrags to wife about torturing and executing Ukrainian POWs
At least 1 killed, 15 injured in massive Russian overnight attacks on Kyiv region and Southern Ukraine
21 February 2026Russia kills 4 civilians, including medic and teenager, in deliberate drone attack on ambulance in Sumy Oblast
Moscow again hits American company in Sumy Oblast — Ukraine’s Foreign Minister
Russians attack civilian vehicle in Sumy Oblast, killing two and injuring another civilian
Russian strikes hit Sumy and Odesa: Children among the injured in latest attacks
Just peace in Ukraine must fully protect territorial integrity — UN Secretary-General António Guterres
18 February 2026Russian shelling killed four people in Ukraine on February 17
Greece urges Russia to immediately return forcibly “transferred Ukrainian children”
17 February 2026Moscow launched record number of ballistic missiles against Ukraine in January
An elderly couple from a village on the banks of the Dnipro River rescued from under the rubble following a Russian strike
Russian authorities have sentenced a resident of occupied Tokmak to 15 years in prison for donating to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Russian nighttime attack in Kharkiv region leaves five civilians injured
15 February 2026
Vladyslav Yesypenko
20 February
“Mum, I don’t want to go back there…”: blind political prisoner Sizikov was released from a penal colony on health grounds, but then the decision was overturned
16 February
ZMINA reader survey: Share your feedback
Elina Sulima
16 January
Prison guards at “Izolyatsia” replicated torture methods shown in the American film The Mauritanian: Daniil Bulhakov says after three years in “DPR” prisons
Daryna Dovhopiata
27 December
Government agencies have appointed officials responsible for the temporarily occupied territories: human rights advocate explains what this will change
Olha Madzhumdar
10 December
What the EU Shadow Report is and how independent experts assessed Ukraine’s progress over the past year
Artem Hirieiev
27 November
Ranking illegitimate “judges” in Crimea who illegally force the local population to serve in the Russian army
Marharyta Kravchenko
11 November
Systemic pressure on the anti-corruption ecosystem: challenges facing NABU, activists, and the media in 2025
Liudmyla Tiagnyriadno
29 October
A life in defence of dignity: Oleksandr Hatiiatullin’s legacy, devoted to human rights
Columns
Leila Seiitbek
Why “good Russians” in exile repeat Russia’s and USSR’s colonial narratives?
Hlonipha Mokoena
Reconciliation never ends: on the challenges of decolonization in South Africa
Munira Mustaffa
Russia needs soldiers. The Global South has desperate people. The rest is exploitation.
Wellington Nyongesa
From Nairobi to the Donbas: Nearly 300 deceived Kenyans trapped on Russian front lines
Tamara Sujú Roa
