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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
Court in Moscow confiscates 123 real estate assets belonging to Jehovah’s Witnesses
A Moscow court has confiscated more than 123 properties belonging to Jehovah's Witnesses and transferred them to the Russian state on 31 July 2026
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
Russian appeal court upheld sentence against 66-year-old Melitopol resident Iryna Sukhovii
In May 2025, FSB officers detained pensioner Iryna Sukhovii. The illegitimate "Zaporizhzhia Regional Court" subsequently sentenced her to 12 years and six months in a general-regime penal colony for "high treason". The Russian occupying authorities accused her of providing financial support to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In 2026, the First Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction in Moscow upheld the sentence and dismissed Sukhovii’s appeal. Aleksandr Pushkin, a judge at the court, issued the ruling
Killing of 19 surrendering Malian soldiers may amount to war crime – Amnesty International
Summary killings of at least 19 Malian soldiers by members of armed groups in Tabrichat, a village in the Gao region, in northern Mali, must be investigated as war crimes, Amnesty International said after analyzing video footage of the incident which took place after the soldiers were ambushed on 18 July
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
Russian strikes kill nine civilians across Ukraine on 27 July
Russian military strikes on 27 July 2026 killed nine civilians in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Donetsk and Kharkiv Regions (Oblasts), while at least 77 others were injured in attacks that also struck the Zaporizhzhia and Sumy Oblasts
OSCE condemns Russian strikes on Ukrainian newsrooms
The statement also refers to other recent attacks on Ukrainian regional media, including damage to the newsroom of Kordon.Media in Sumy on 17 July and to Inform.zp.ua in Zaporizhzhia on 21 July
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
Losing home for a second time: How Russian occupiers are “nationalising” flats and houses in Mariupol
The article also explains how Ukrainians who have left the TOT can find out whether their homes have been "expropriated", and what steps they can take to document the loss of property and preserve the prospect of redress
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
“Reaching an agreement with the US on what we disagree on”: What the campaign against ICC means for Ukraine
In this column, Kateryna Rashevska, expert at the Regional Centre for Human Rights, explains what consequences this decision will have for the U.S., the ICC and Ukraine
UNESCO adds Tauric Chersonese in temporarily occupied Crimea to “in danger” heritage list
The ruins of Chersonesus date back over two millennia. Chersonesus, which is under the control of the occupying state, the Russian Federation, has suffered large-scale unauthorised excavations, major construction projects and the removal of artefacts. These actions, carried out by the occupying authorities, have caused irreversible damage to the integrity and authenticity of the archaeological site
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“Reaching an agreement with the US on what we disagree on”: What the campaign against ICC means for Ukraine
ICC must remain free from political pressure to bring justice to victims of world’s gravest crimes
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The human safari: How Russia weaponized precision against Ukrainian civilians
