News
Yesterday
Russian 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 2026Disqualified skeleton racer Heraskevych and German initiative Athletes for Peace launch campaign for fallen Ukrainian athletes’ families (updated)
Over the four years of the full-scale war, Russians have killed 45 employees of Ukrposhta
14 February 2026Russian attacks killed over 160 people in Ukraine during January — UN report
Zelenskyy compares Donbas withdrawal risk to Afghanistan pullout
Prosecutor General Kravchenko is attempting to control NABU and SAPO; anti-corruption bodies remain under pressure — Ukrainska Pravda news outlet
On February 12, Russian shelling killed eight adults and child in Ukraine
13 February 2026Russian military has been killing children in Ukraine with shelling for four consecutive days
Russian strike kills three brothers, injures their mother and grandmother in Kramatorsk
Russians killed six adults and three children in Ukraine with shelling on February 11
12 February 2026Ukraine condemns IOC disqualification of Ukrainian athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych over helmet honoring killed by Russians 650 sportspeople
Bodies of two Nigerian mercenaries found in Luhansk region, Ukraine’s intelligence says
11 February 2026
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
Oleksandra Yefymenko
06 October
You sit like a potted plant: you may be watered, or you may not, and then you will wither – journalist Dmytro Khyliuk. A story of captivity and freedom
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
