Armed Forces of Russia
Eleven Peruvians killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine, more than 100 missing – Peru’s government
The Foreign Affairs Ministry said in total more than 450 Peruvians had joined Russia's military
Russian forces executed a captured Ukrainian soldier in the Donetsk region
Ukrainian authorities have launched an investigation into the fatal shooting of a captured Ukrainian soldier by Russian forces in the Volnovakha District
Three killed, including a child, in overnight Russian attack on Kyiv and surrounding region
Russians killed at least three people, including a child born in 2022, in overnight ballistic attacks near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv
Russian drone strike on market in Sumy Oblast injures 10, two critically
Moreover, on the night of 5-6 August, Russian forces launched four guided aerial bombs in an attack on Sumy, leaving at least 12 people injured and causing extensive damage
Russian “human safari”: Video shows drone chasing and attacking street vendor in Kherson
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russian soldiers of taking pleasure in killing people. After footage emerged showing a Ukrainian market trader being chased by a drone, the 52-year-old was selling vegetables in the Kherson Region (Oblast) when a drone circled his vehicle and then exploded, leaving him with a concussion and shrapnel wounds
Children killed and others wounded as Russian strikes hit Odesa, Sumy, Donetsk, and Kherson regions
Russian military strikes overnight and on the morning of August 4, 2026, killed and wounded civilians across the Odesa, Sumy, Donetsk and Kherson Regions (Oblasts
Russian strike on petrol station in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Oblast kills three, including 8-year-old child
Russian forces killed three people, including an eight-year-old child, in their strike on a petrol station in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the afternoon of 3 August
Russian drone strikes kill two civilians and injure 12 in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 1 August
Russians killed two and injured 12 other civilians, including a 16-year-old young man, with an FPV drone in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 1 August 2026
Russians kill at least nine in Kyiv in ballistic missile strikes overnight (updating)
Russian forces launched a combined strike on Kyiv and the Kyiv region overnight on 1 August 2026. At least nine people have been killed in Russian ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv, local officials stated. A further 28 people were injured in the attack on the Ukrainian capital overnight, according to the country's State Emergency Service
Russian FSB operative Yagudin Eldar faces prison time over torture in occupied Kherson
An officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has been charged in absentia with cruel treatment of civilians and other violations of the laws and customs of war for allegedly torturing a civilian in the occupied Kherson Region
A society speaking out: Who is protesting against Zelenskyy’s government appointments and dismissals in Ukraine – and why
The Human Rights Centre ZMINA has been following the peaceful protests since they began in July. Read ZMINA report to learn how the protests started and developed, and what motivates Ukrainians to gather in city squares every evening
Russian National Guard commander Zelimkhan Akhmerzoev tried in absentia for extorting families of tortured POW and civilians
A Ukrainian court has convicted in absentia a Russian National Guard commander who tortured a prisoner of war and civilians during the occupation of the Zaporizhzhia Region
Two captured Russian soldiers charged with torturing elderly man seeking food for sick mother in Kharkiv Oblast
Two privates from the Russian Armed Forces' 128th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade, part of the Leningrad Military District's 44th Army Corps, have been charged with the cruel treatment of a civilian for torturing a man during the occupation of the Kharkiv Region
Six Russian commanders sentenced in absentia for 2022 assault on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Ukrainian court has convicted six Russian National Guard (Rosgvardia) officers in absentia of violating the laws and customs of war over the assault on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
Russia strikes Kyiv and Donetsk regions: At least 15 dead, dozens injured on 24 July
Russian military strikes on July 24, 2026, killed 10 people and injured about 100 others in the Kyiv Region (Oblast), while another five civilians were killed and nine were injured in the city of Sloviansk in the Donetsk Oblast
Russian aerial bomb strike on Sloviansk kills at least five, injures nine
At least five people have been killed, and nine have been injured in a Russian attack on Sloviansk in the Donetsk Oblast
Russia launches missile strikes on civilian ship in Black Sea, killing at least 10 civilians onboard (updated)
Ukrainian Navy stated that Russian forces launched a missile strike on a Guinea-Bissau-flagged civilian vessel carrying a cargo of grain in the Black Sea off the coast of Odesa. Russians killed 10 crew members
Massive overnight Russian attack on Ukraine leaves four dead, others injured (updated)
One person was killed, and 15 others were injured in an overnight Russian attack on Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko and Ukraine's State Emergency Service (SES) stated. Nine of the injured were hospitalised, including three who remain in critical condition
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