international crimes
Russians tortured to death two 16-year-old teens from occupied Melitopol
In late May 2024, the occupiers informed the parents of Dakhov and Hrymak that their children had allegedly died from a homemade explosive device while committing sabotage. However, according to sources for Suspilne Zaporizhzhia, Danylo and Pavlo were tortured to death in April 2024
Russia detains four Crimean Tatar women after mass raids in occupied Crimea
Russian security forces raided the homes of Crimean Tatars and detained four women in temporarily occupied Crimea on the morning of October 15, 2025, Refat Chubarov, chair of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, stated
Crimean political prisoner Lenur Khalilov, who was released from a Russian penal colony due to his health condition, has been taken into custody again
The Crimean Muslim had been diagnosed with several illnesses, including primary liver cancer with metastases to the lymph nodes, chronic hepatitis C, Stage II hypertension, small liver cysts, a cyst on the left kidney, and kidney stones
Russian shelling on October 13 kills four, injures dozens across Ukraine
Russian shelling on October 13, 2025, killed at least four civilians and wounded more than 10 others across the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk regions, according to the National Police of Ukraine
EU allocates first 10 million euros toward Special Tribunal to prosecute Russian leaders for crime of aggression
The tribunal will be set up within the framework of the Council of Europe. The Crimea of Aggression refers to the decision to use armed force against another state, in violation of the UN Charter
Russia attacks UN humanitarian convoy in Kherson Oblast, destroys aid trucks (updated)
Prokudin reported Russia deliberately struck four white trucks with UN markings that were carrying humanitarian aid to civilians, using drones and artillery
Russian shelling killed eight people in Ukraine on October 12
Russian shelling on October 12 killed eight civilians and wounded 16 others across the Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, the National Police of Ukraine reported
Since early August, the Russian occupiers have launched nearly 300 attacks on Ukrainian Railways infrastructure
Kuleba awarded and thanked Ukrzaliznytsia workers who ensure the daily movement of trains despite Russian attacks. He added that since the start of the full-scale invasion, the Russians wounded 221 railway workers and killed 37 others while performing their duties
Russian occupiers hold 220 Crimean political prisoners, issue 12,000 illegitimate ‘court decisions’ on deportation from peninsula – the Mission of the President of Ukraine in Crimea
The Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is currently aware of 220 political prisoners from the peninsula being held by Russia. Separately, the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol has statistical data on 12,000 "court decisions" by the occupying authorities ordering the deportation of civilians from Crimea
Russia launches double-tap drone attack on Ukrainian energy workers, killing two
A Russian drone struck a repair vehicle of Chernihivoblenergo in the Semenivka hromada – a local government area that includes one or more nearby settlements – in the Chernihiv region on the evening of October 10, killing two workers and wounding three others
Reporters Without Borders releases details of targeted Russian attack killing journalist Anthony Lallican
French freelance photojournalist Antoni Lallican was killed near Kramatorsk in a deliberate strike by a Russian drone on 3 October. His Ukrainian colleague Georgiy Ivanchenko was critically wounded
Russian attack overnight kills, wounds civilians including child; some Districts of Ukraine’s capital left without power (updated)
Killed and wounded civilians and damaged infrastructure were reported across the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, and Poltava regions following Russian shelling on the night of October 10, 2025. The strikes caused power cuts across several of these regions
Russian strikes killed six people in Ukraine on October 8
Russian shelling on October 8, 2025, killed six people and wounded 15 others across the Kherson, Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions
Unknown actors impersonate ZMINA Human Rights Centre to target civil society organizations: ZMINA calls on recipients to trust only @zmina.ua domain
ZMINA has also asked anyone who receives such emails to report them to the organization at: info@zmina.ua
Russia kills civilians in Sumy, cuts power in Odesa in overnight attacks
Civilians were killed and wounded, and damage was reported in the Odesa and Sumy regions following Russian shelling on the night of October 9
DIU has identified more than 170 cultural properties stolen by Russians from Ukraine
Intelligence officials reported that over 140 artifacts were stolen during illegal archaeological excavations in temporarily occupied Crimea from sites such as the Southern Suburb of Chersonesos Taurica, the Kadykivske settlement (a Roman camp), and the Byzantine architectural monument known as the "Church of John the Baptist."
Russia has destroyed several grain storage facilities and a food production plant over the past several days
On the night of October 4, 2025, Russian drones shelled the Chernechchyna hromada – a local government area that includes one or more nearby settlements – in the Sumy region, hitting a grain storage facility in what reports indicated was a deliberate strike
Ukraine sentences 202 Russian troops for war crimes – the Office of the Prosecutor General
The investigation into war crimes committed by Russian military personnel in Bucha and the Bucha District of the Kyiv region is also ongoing. Investigators continue to document these crimes with international partners
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