Donetsk region
Russian attacks kill at least two civilians, injure dozens across Ukraine on December 15
Russian attacks killed at least two civilians and injured dozens across several Ukrainian regions, including Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Kherson, and Donetsл Oblasts on 15 December 2025, according to Vladyslav Haivanenko, Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, and Oleh Hryhorov, Head of the Sumy Oblast Military Administration and the National Police. More than 10 people were injured in the Kherson and Donetsk regions.
World must ensure Russia is held legally accountable for the war — Zelenskyy
Zelensky thanked the Netherlands for agreeing to host legal bodies to hold Russia accountable, including the Compensation Commission, which countries plan to establish through an agreement to be signed in The Hague on December 16
United States pressed Ukraine to give up Kyiv-controlled Donbas areas during Berlin talks — AFP
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff stated that "a lot of progress" was made during the December 14 meeting, which also involved Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Ukraine, which has been fighting a "grinding war" since Russia invaded in February 2022, hopes to persuade the United States that any ceasefire must be agreed upon without prior territorial concessions to Russia
Russian military killed five people in Ukraine through shelling on December 13
The National Police reported that as a result of shelling by Russian forces on December 11, 2025, five civilians were killed in the Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Sumy Oblasts. Another 12 people were injured in the Kherson and Chernihiv regions
In Kostiantynivka, elderly woman died at home without heating and medicine
Kostiantynivka is 80% destroyed, yet residents remain — as of September, approximately 6,000 people still reside in the city
Russian strikes claimed the lives of four people in Ukraine on December 8
According to the National Police of Ukraine, Russian shelling on December 8, 2025, killed at least four civilians in the Donetsk and Kherson regions, while nearly 50 people sustained various injuries, including in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy regions
Russian strikes kill 3, injure 16 in Donetsk Oblast on December 8, including family of four
Two civilians were killed, and six were injured in Kostiantynivka, one person was killed, and five were injured in Druzhkivka, and one person was injured in Serhiivka as a result of Russian attacks. Four people were injured by a Russian aerial bomb in Kramatorsk
Russian shelling killed five people in Ukraine on December 3, including a 6-year-old girl
The National Police of Ukraine reported that Russian shelling on December 3, 2025, killed five people and wounded more than two dozen others in the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kherson regions
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
Russia kills 3 in rocket strike on Sloviansk
The attack also damaged apartment blocks, houses, a boiler house, and several cars
A life in defence of dignity: Oleksandr Hatiiatullin’s legacy, devoted to human rights
This article tells the story of how Oleksandr Hatiiatullin came to human rights work, the projects he led, the passions that inspired him, and how, through his own example, he motivated colleagues, friends, and even his daughter
Russian shellings killed eight Ukrainians on October 23
The National Police of Ukraine reported that Russian shelling on October 23, 2025, killed eight civilians across the city of Kyiv and the Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Kherson Oblasts, with over three dozen others wounded, including those in the Zaporizhzhia and Sumy regions.
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