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Russians killed at least seven, injured 22 civilians in their missile attack on Kharkiv oblast and destroyed Vivat publishing house (updated)
The Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office said that Russian forces had launched a series of strikes with S-300 and S-400 missiles on Kharkiv and the town of Liubotyn starting at 10:30
De-identified Crimea: Occupying state massively eradicates ethnic celebrations – Amnesty International
Amnesty International concluded, that Russia has had ten years to implement its policies designed to alter the ethnic makeup of and suppress non-Russian identities in Crimea
Most Ukrainians consider democracy the best system of government
In this trend, it joins European countries, with Sweden, Austria, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland occupying the top five positions
Russia militarizes education and erases cultural identity of children in temporarily occupied Crimea – UN and Amnesty International
The International Court of Justice found that the way in which Russia had implemented its educational system in Crimea after 2014 with regard to school education in the Ukrainian language had violated its obligations under Articles 2(1)(a) and 5(v) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry outraged by Georgian PM’s statement about law on “foreign agents” and Ukraine
The leading members of the European Parliament has stated that the “foreign agent” law passed in the first reading in Georgia is an attack on independent media and civil society and threatens the country's Euro-Atlantic integration
“There are no LGBTQ+ people in Crimea”: Russia cracked down on the LGBTQ+ сommunity in the temporarily occupied peninsula
As of 2014, the number of representatives of the LGBT+ community in Crimea amounted to approximately 16,200 persons. However, the number of people who remain in the territory in 2023 is unknown
Russia struck Kyiv by two ballistic missiles from temporarily occupied Crimea: ten people injured
The officials reported the debris from the rockets fell in the Pecherskyi, Solomianskyi, Holosiivskyi, and Darnytskyi districts of Kyiv, damaging two high-rise buildings and injuring five people, including one child
Russians significantly damaged Ukraine’s largest dam, the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant, in mass missile attack (updated)
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeated his calls for further military aid over recent days, specifically calling on the West to send Ukraine more air defence systems
A decade of repressions: Crimean Tatars and Ukrainains targeted in Russia’s brutal crackdown on dissent
Amnesty International stated that with international crimes, Russia has attempted to change the ethnic makeup of Crimea while suppressing non-Russian identities on the peninsula, including through restricting education in Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar languages, attacking religious minorities, stifling media and culture, as well as undermining representative institutions and abusing the criminal justice system
Ukrainian Watchdog OPORA urges global community to reject results of the Russian “presidential election”
The NGO explains that the legitimacy of the entire result of the presidential election of the Russian Federation will be called into question by the very inclusion of ballots received in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, especially
UN ruling might fuel Crimean Tatar persecution by Russia – Chairman of Mejlis Refat Chubarov
Chubarov believes that in the current circumstances, the best "trial" for the Russians is the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Bundestag rejects opposition proposal to supply Taurus to Ukraine
The CDU and CSU had already wanted to put the issue of the supply of Taurus missiles to a vote in the past. Still, the corresponding proposal was submitted to the committees by the coalition majority
If Hungary blocks EU decision to start accession negotiations with Ukraine, it means Putin’s veto – Zelenskyy
The Ukrainian president noted that Ukraine has done everything to prevent any country from blocking the start of negotiations, but “there is a block from Hungary, and that is a fact.”
“I was defending my home”: Ukrainian soldier Pavlo Zaporozhets illegally sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment in Russia
Zaporozhets pleaded not guilty to the charges. Refusing trial under the Criminal Code, he asserted that as a soldier, he should be tried under the Geneva Convention
Parliamentarians from 51 countries reaffirmed Ukraine’s territorial integrity: Key moments from the Second Parliamentary Summit of the International Crimean Platform
At the end of the plenary session, a Joint Declaration was signed by the participants of the summit, affirming the territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders, including Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as assurance of the sovereignty of Ukraine as necessary preconditions for ending the war and establishing lasting peace in the region
Ghana and Sierra Leone сall on Putin to halt Russian aggression as it damages Africa
Asiamah Amoako pointed out that the Russian war against Ukraine and the occupation of Ukrainian territories has brought "untold hardships, including even hunger," to other parts of the world, including his country
Ukraine must join NATO: eliminating security grey areas in Europe
We must stand with Ukraine until its total victory. That must be very clear to everyone: no semi-peace or other kind of settlements but a victory with regained occupied territories with Zelensky's Peace Formula.
Zelenskyy’s Peace Formula is a good basis to start discussions for ending the war
At the beginning of her speech, Annita Demetriou emphasized that Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine and its attempts to annex Ukrainian territory cannot be legitimized or justified
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Ukrainian parliament appeals for NATO membership as foundation for lasting peace
Ukraine rejects “pacifying the aggressor” as a path to peace
“Appeasement never works”: Lessons from Bosnia’s post-war justice
Liberia demands Russia immediately halt aggression and restore Crimea to Ukraine
