31 October 2025
Articles
Ranking illegitimate “judges” in Crimea who illegally force the local population to serve in the Russian army
This ZMINA article examines the most active illegitimate judges who ensure "successful" conscription campaigns for the Russian armed forces in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Systemic pressure on the anti-corruption ecosystem: challenges facing NABU, activists, and the media in 2025
ZMINA has collected information about well-known and widely discussed cases to show how pressure on anti-corruption actors manifests in various forms and why their work remains critically important for democracy in Ukraine.
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We cannot allow war to become humanity’s everyday reality again
The President of Ukraine emphasized that Ukraine will continue to work with partners, seek compromises, and explain how dangerous it is to pretend that aggression can be simply overlooked and moved past
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is a classic neo-colonial war for the enslavement of an entire people
Serhiy Kyslytsya stated that Russia's war against Ukraine is a neo-colonial war, and also emphasized that for the Kremlin, Ukrainians are a resource for restoring an imagined empire
Ukraine invites nations across Africa, South America, and Asia to join a global justice alliance
At the Crimea Global forum in Kyiv, Iryna Mudra appealed to states of the Global South to join the Special Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression, arguing that justice for Crimea and Ukraine is inseparable from the safety and sovereignty of countries worldwide.
“Sharper than physical pain – the feeling of helplessness”: speech of the imprisoned journalist
Iryna Danylovych, a Crimean civic journalist and activist who has been held in Russian custody since 2022, has been named a laureate of the "Story of Injustice" human rights prize, which honors victims of political persecution. On November 3, 2025, in Prague, Tetyana Pechonchyk, head of the Human Rights Centre ZMINA, accepted the award on behalf of Iryna Danylovych and delivered her speech. ZMINA published the text of that speech
News
As a result of the Russian attack on Vyshhorod, one person was killed and 19 others were injured, including four children
A total of two other multi-storey residential buildings, 14 houses, a business, and seven vehicles were damaged in the city
Deadly Russian barrage hits Kyiv and other regions while negotiators discuss a draft “peace plan”: three killed, dozens injured
Russians killed three and injured 37 in Ukraine's capital on November 29, 2025, according to local authorities
Russian forces beat Ukrainian POW with rifle butt, then execute him on Pokrovsk axis
Law enforcement officers emphasise once again that the deliberate killing of prisoners of war is a grave violation of the Geneva Conventions and constitutes a serious international crime
Russia executes five Ukrainian POWs near Zelenyi Hai in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
The analysts did not specify when the incident occurred
Russian military killed eight people in Ukraine in shelling on November 25
According to the National Police, Russian shelling on November 25, 2025, killed eight civilians in Kyiv and the Chernihiv region, with more than four dozen others injured, including those in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Odesa, and Zaporizhzhia regions
Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine open to global participation — Dr. Anton Korynevych
As part of the Third International Conference "Crimea Global. Understanding Ukraine through the South," the seventh panel discussion, titled "Can Latin America Contribute to Upholding Justice in Ukraine?", took place in Kyiv, Ukraine
Russian forces kill three Ukrainians, including university associate professor and injure three others in strikes on Kherson Oblast on November 24
The Kherson Oblast Prosecutor's Office reported that Russians killed three civilians and injured three others with various types of weapons in strikes on the Kherson Oblast on November 24, 2025
During Switzerland “peace talks” Russian forces kill six, injure 38 in Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv Oblasts (updated)
At least five people were killed and 36 injured on November 23 when Russian forces struck Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv oblasts with FPV drones, UAVs, and artillery, damaging residential buildings, energy infrastructure, and heating networks
US revising plan after ‘most productive’ talks with Ukraine — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington's team is making "some changes" to the peace plan, seemingly based on Ukrainian suggestions
Moscow escalates attacks during Switzerland peace discussions: Russian overnight strike on Dnipro injured 15, including child
According to Vladyslav Haivanenko, head of the Oblast Military Administration, the Russian army struck Dnipro and the region with drones on the night of November 23, wounding at least 15 people
Russian soldiers executes 5 Ukrainian POWs in Donetsk Oblast — Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office
Law enforcement officials have initiated a pre-trial investigation into the commission of a war crime resulting in death under Part 2, Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
Russia killed eight people in Ukraine on November 20; among the wounded are children, a volunteer from the US and a journalist
The National Police reported that Russian shelling on November 20, 2025, killed eight civilians across the Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Chernihiv regions, and at least 25 others sustained various injuries in the Donetsk, Kherson, and Kharkiv regions
Russian strikes kill civilians on November 19 across Ukraine, including in Sumy region, as U.S.–Russia “peace plan” proposes concessions to Moscow
Sumy Oblast Prosecutor’s Office has opened a criminal case under Article 438.2 (commission of war crimes) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
US and Russia draft “peace plan” legitimizing Russian violations of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and internal interference
Two of Ukraine’s security guarantors under the Budapest Memorandum -- the United States and the Russian Federation -- have drawn up a so-called peace plan that legitimizes the violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity and interference by Russia in its internal affairs
Russians killed at least 36, including six children, and injured 93 civilians in their attack on Ternopil city (updating)
Nine-storey blocks of flats were hit in the strikes, as Russia fired more than 470 drones and 47 missiles at Ukraine overnight in a "brazen attack"
Russia persists in illegal prosecution of Crimean Jehovah’s Witnesses, jails man for six years — Crimean Human Rights Group
The Crimean Human Rights Group considers these lawsuits as violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. According to the Crimean human rights defenders, the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses violated Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which addresses freedom of thought, conscience, and religion
Russia has illegally drafted 46 thousand Ukrainians in the temporarily occupied territories, most of them in Crimea
Russian occupying authorities illegally mobilized 5,368 Ukrainians in the occupied Donetsk Oblast, 4,650 in the Luhansk region, 560 in the Zaporizhzhia region, and 478 in the Kherson region. Additionally, 35,272 individuals were mobilized in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and 5,368 in Sevastopol
Russian attacks on five regions of Ukraine killed at least five and injured 16 civilians on November 15 (updated)
Russian forces launched massive strikes on a number of Ukrainian regions on November 15, killing at least four people and injuring 16 civilians, according to the local regional military administrations
Russian forces execute two Ukrainian POWs in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
DeepState also reported that Ukrainian forces killed these Russian soldiers with an FPV drone within 20 minutes
Russians killed seven people in Ukraine by shelling, including two families, on November 13
Seven civilians were killed and 10 injured in Russian shelling on November 13, 2025, with strikes hitting the Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions and causing further casualties in Donetsk, Kherson, and Dnipropetrovsk, according to the National Police
Seven civilians killed in wave of Russian strikes across Kyiv (updated)
At least seven people were killed and 35 more injured in a wave of Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv
Ukrainian soldiers document Russian drone strike that killed three evacuating civilians
Soldiers of the 77th Separate Airmobile Brigade of Ukraine's Air Assault Forces documented the killing of three civilians and an animal by Russian troops
Russian shelling killed three people in Ukraine on November 11
As a result of Russian military shelling on November 11, 2025, three civilians were killed in the Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Dnipropetrovsk regions, while more than 10 others sustained various injuries, particularly in the Odesa, Kherson, and Kharkiv regions
On Ocbtober 9, Russians killed one person in shelling, among the injured are elderly people and a female doctor
Russian shelling on November 9, 2025, killed one civilian in the Kherson Oblast and wounded more than 10 others across the Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Donetsk regions, the National Police reported
Russia strikes substations powering Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear power plants; Sybiha calls for IAEA meeting
Sybiha reported that the Russian military shelled the substations again that supply electricity to the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne Nuclear Power Plants
Russian forces kill cyclist, elderly minibus passengers and police officer in Donetsk drone attacks
Russian military killed three civilians in a drone attack on a route taxi minibus in the Kramatorsk District, Donetsk Oblast, on November 8, 2025, according to the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office and Serhii Horbunov, head of the Kostiantynivka city military administration. A man was killed in a Russian FPV drone strike on Kostiantynivka
Russian forces carried out another massive attack on Ukraine: two killed and dozens injured
On the night of November 8, 2025, Russian forces launched a massive attack on a number of Ukrainian cities, using Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles, Kalibr cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and drones. The strikes killed at least two people, wounded dozens, and destroyed residential buildings and energy infrastructure facilities
Russia damages apartment building in Dnipro in overnight strikes
Several floors of a staircase section in an apartment building in Dnipro were damaged
Russian forces killed two people in Ukraine on October 6, among the injured are children
Russian shelling on November, 2025, 6 killed two civilians in the Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions, and more than three dozen others sustained various injuries in the Donetsk, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions, according to the reports of the National Police of Ukraine
Сourt in Kyiv region has acquitted a Russian serviceman for the first time after he was charged in absentia with looting
The victim in the Bucha court case managed to leave her home on February 26 and only learned of the robbery in April upon her return
Russian shellings killed five people in Ukraine on October 4
The National Police of Ukraine reported that Russian shelling on November 4, 2025, killed five civilians and wounded nearly two dozen others across the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Kharkiv regions, with injuries also reported in the Sumy and Kherson regions.
Russian military in Kharkiv region killed civilians and their dog who were trying to escape danger — Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Russian military filmed the crime themselves and intended to use the video in propaganda to accuse the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the murders. Such incidents are not uncommon
Polish military exposes Russian psyops targeting Ukraine support
The rise in anti-Ukrainian sentiment is being observed in places where there are hubs providing assistance for the transfer of weapons or support for Ukraine's war effort (for example, Gdynia and Gdańsk)
Russian soldiers killed five Ukrainians on November 2
Russian shelling on November 2, 2025, killed five civilians and wounded at least 26 others across the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kherson regions, with injuries also reported in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions, according to the National Police
Russians kill at least 9 civilians, including 2 children, in strikes across 4 Ukrainian regions
Seven civilians were killed in Donetsk, Kherson, and Kharkiv oblasts due to Russian attacks on November 1, 2025, according to the Donetsk, Kherson, and Kharkiv oblast military administrations
