international crimes
Russians illegally detain Crimean activist Yunus Masharipov in a psychiatric hospital for five years
Russian security forces also use compulsory psychiatric treatment and commitment to psychiatric hospitals to persecute Crimean Tatars in temporarily occupied Crimea
Russians kill three and injure six people in attacks on Donetsk region
Eight settlements were targeted: Druzhkivka, Kostiantynivka, Lyman, Mykolaivka, Pokrovsk, Zorya, Ivanopillya, and Poltavka. A total of 92 civilian objects, including 72 residential buildings, were damaged
Blind political prisoner Oleksandr Sizikov sent to tuberculosis hospital for examination
Sizikov has been using a blood pressure monitor more frequently, indicating that he has high blood pressure. Doctors prescribed him medication for hypertension and promised to provide him with the pills he brought with him
Russians kill two people and injure another civilian in Russian drone attack on Kharkiv Oblast
Russians killed two people and severely injured another person in a drone strike on the village of Ivashky in the Kharkiv Oblast on March 9, 2025
Rescuer killed in Russian attack on Dobropillia
It is reported that at the moment when Russian occupiers launched a devastating strike on residential areas of the city, Civil Protection Service Sergeant, firefighter-rescuer of the 52nd State Fire and Rescue Unit Vladyslav Hostiev was at home during his off-duty hours. Upon hearing the first explosions, he rushed to help the victims without hesitation
Ukraine death toll reaches 25 as Russia launches multi-region attacks
The European Union's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said Russia's overnight strikes show the Kremlin has "no interest in peace". Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk says: "This is what happens when someone appeases barbarians. More bombs, more aggression, more victims."
Russian occupiers plan to export stolen Ukrainian coal through the port of occupied Mariupol
According to experts, the Mariupol seaport is currently an element of military logistics for the invaders and a tool for robbing the occupied territories: Russians are exporting coal, grain, metal and other cargo
The number of Ukrainians killed in captivity will be established only after all bodies are returned – UN Special Rapporteur
In her recommendations last year, Katzarova also demanded the immediate release of all Ukrainian prisoners and Russian political prisoners. She pointed out that Russians who spoke out against the war paid for it with imprisonment
Russia sentences four Ukrainian prisoners of war captured in the Kursk region to 17 years in prison
The Second Western District Military Court of Moscow has sentenced Ukrainian prisoners of war Ivan Furlet, Yuriy Zadorozhny, Yuriy Sychenko, and Yuriy Khayuk to 17 years in prison, accusing them of "terrorism" in the Kurs’k Oblast
Russian occupiers sentence Nataliia Shulha, employee of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, to 15 years for alleged sabotage in Enerhodar city
The mayor of Enerhodar, Dmytro Orlov, later expressed his conviction that the recording was staged by Russian security forces after the woman's detention
Nobel laureates call for frozen Russian assets to be directed towards Ukraine’s reconstruction
The statement's signatories recalled that approximately 300 billion euros of the Russian Central Bank's global capital has been frozen due to sanctions. This sum is held in accounts around the world, but predominantly in EU and G7 countries: Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom
PEN Ukraine calls on writers worldwide not to remain silent and to resist the new tyranny
The writers called on their colleagues not to stand aside, to speak about the events in Ukraine, to appeal to the governments of their countries, to resist tyranny, and to garner international support. They stressed that light in the darkness can only appear through a common struggle
Russians killed civilian man in attack on Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Fedorov reported that rescuers recovered the body of a 49-year-old man from the rubble, adding that they had completed the rescue operation
Russians attacked passenger bus in Kherson with drone; one killed and six injured
Medical personnel transported them to the hospital, where they are now receiving treatment
Russian occupiers have sent the case of Crimean Tatar Charaz Akimov to the ‘supreme Court,’ in occupied Crimea where it will be heard behind closed doors
The "Tribunal" recalled that Russian ruler Vladimir Putin, at a meeting of the FSB board, called for "seriously strengthening" the work of counterintelligence. In this regard, as noted in the report, an "abnormal increase in the number of criminal cases" on charges of espionage, treason and "confidential cooperation" is expected, as well as an acceleration of the pace of their "solving."
One civilian woman killed in Russian attack on Beryslav
According to the statement, a 63-year-old woman sustained injuries incompatible with life as a result of the hit on a house
Russians hit Odesa port with ballistic missile, injuring staff and damaging foreign vessel Levante F
Two port employees were injured
Russia kills four civilians and injures ten more in Donetsk and Kherson Oblasts
The Russians killed four residents of the Donetsk Oblast: two in Lyman, one in Myrnohrad and one in Siversk
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