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At least 10 killed and over 100 injured in widespread Russian attacks across Ukraine on 22 October 2026
At least 10 civilians were killed and over 100 injured, including children, in Russian missile, drone, aerial bomb and artillery attacks on Ukrainian cities and villages on 22 October 2026, local authorities and law enforcement reported. Russian strikes damaged residential houses, hospitals, businesses, and transport and energy infrastructure
Police White Angel unit evacuates eight seniors in Sumy Oblast
The White Angel special unit continues to assist border residents who, because of their circumstances, cannot leave the dangerous area on their own
Russian citizens charged in absentia with war crimes over torture of Ukrainian civilians
The new notice of suspicion relates to the torture of four men illegally detained in the Kyiv Oblast in March 2022
Interview with a journalist Olha Zvonariova on being injured and working in frontline Zaporizhzhia
ZMINA spoke with journalist Olha Zvonariova about the circumstances of her injury and rehabilitation process, her work in frontline Zaporizhzhia, and how to find a balance between dedication to the profession and personal safety
Court sentences Russian soldier Ruslan Minkhazov to life in absentia for shooting a civilian car in the Chernihiv Oblast
A Russian soldier who was involved in shooting a car carrying civilians in the region in 2022 has been found guilty of violating the laws and customs of war in absentia, combined with intentional murder.
“Suspilne Donbas” film crew attacked by Russian drone in the Donetsk Oblast
A film crew from "Suspilne Donbas" was attacked in the Donetsk region by a Russian drone.
Railway worker and wife killed in Russian drone attack on bus near Bilopillia
A Russian drone attacked a commuter bus near Bilopillia in the Sumy region, killing a railway worker and his wife, a teacher
Over the past three years, Russians have shelled hotels in Ukraine more than three dozen times
Over three dozen strikes have been carried out by Russian forces against civilian hotels in the past three years, signifying a clear Russian strategy.
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights has called for human rights issues to remain on the agenda of peace negotiations
O'Flaherty suggests that representatives of Ukrainian civil society, whose credibility among citizens is higher than that of the parliament, should be at the negotiating table
Russians injured 22 civilians in a missile attack on the City of Poltava
According to early reports, Russians struck the civilian infrastructure with a Kh-59 cruise missile. Thereby, civilians have been injured. The Poltava Oblast Prosecutor’s Office clarified that 22 people required medical attention
Mariupol resident, Mariana Checheliuk’s health deteriorated significantly due to captivity
According to Mariana’s mother, due to respiratory diseases and angina, Mariana developed complications that turned into a chronic form of bronchitis
A Russian missile strike killed 11 people, including five children, in Donetsk Oblast while Republicans in the US Congress blocked military aid to Ukraine
S-300 missiles hit the town of Pokrovsk in Ukrainian-held territory in Donetsk region
Torture in the occupied territories: global consequences of terror
On December 7, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin reported that 104 torture chambers had been discovered in the regions liberated from the occupiers. There is evidence that in the Zaporizhzhia region, the Ukrainian military found places of illegal detention and torture immediately after deoccupying new territories this past summer
One day with volunteers in the destroyed Vuhledar, Donetsk region
The ZMINA journalist, together with volunteers Andriy and Roman from the Lion's Heart military volunteer association, managed to get to Vuhledar, which was burned by Russian shelling, and saw with her own eyes how this point of invincibility was being equipped
Over 1300 Ukrainian children have been evacuated abroad for treatment since Russia’s war
Ukrainian children and adults with complex mine-blast wounds, burn injuries, oncological pathology, and diseases requiring complex, specialized treatment can be evacuated for treatment in foreign clinics
Families of POWs and missing persons unite to oversee the work of state bodies in Ukraine
The press conference was devoted to the government’s intention to withdraw the position of the Commissioner for Persons Missing in Special Circumstances from the structure of the Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine and distribute the powers vested in the institution of the Commissioner for these issues to three other agencies
Four stories of missing persons in the occupied territories of Ukraine
ZMINA retells four stories about the abduction and disappearance of Mykola Harbar, a hunter; Vasyl, a handyman; Volodymyr Khorolsky, a territorial defense volunteer; and Artur Baranets, a policeman
Almost 80% of Ukrainian refugees and IDPs plan to return home, UN study
76% of refugees and 82% of internally displaced Ukrainians plan to return home whenever possible. At the same time, about 15% of both refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) say they want to do so within the next three months. Karen Whiting, Deputy Representative of the UN Refugee Agency in Ukraine, shared in the podcast […]
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