Russia
Сourt in Kyiv region has acquitted a Russian serviceman for the first time after he was charged in absentia with looting
The victim in the Bucha court case managed to leave her home on February 26 and only learned of the robbery in April upon her return
Polish military exposes Russian psyops targeting Ukraine support
The rise in anti-Ukrainian sentiment is being observed in places where there are hubs providing assistance for the transfer of weapons or support for Ukraine's war effort (for example, Gdynia and Gdańsk)
Russia strikes Ukraine with missiles and drones overnight: people killed and injured, including children, some regions without power
The National Police of Ukraine, the State Emergency Service (SES), and regional military administrations reported civilian casualties. Russians also caused damage, including to energy and railway infrastructure, across the Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Lviv, and Mykolaiv regions following Russian shelling on the night of October 30, 2025
Ukraine closes Cuba embassy and downgrades ties over Havana’s complicity in Russian aggression
Ukraine voted against the United Nations General Assembly resolution "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba," adding that this step has serious grounds
Former Lithuanian NATO representative accuses Merkel of blocking Ukraine’s Crimea defense
In recent years, Germany has been subject to influence from the Russian Federation through financial, political, and lobbying levers, particularly in the context of the Nord Stream 2 project, which authorities promoted following the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014
“How can there be any deal without us about us?”: Zelenskyy rejects ceding more territory, ready to join Trump-Putin Budapest meeting
Zelenskyy, who called Putin a terrorist in the interview, confirmed his readiness to meet with him face-to-face
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
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
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."
“I didn’t want this war”: Indian student says Russia coerced him into military service after drug conviction
The man said he had traveled to Russia to study but was imprisoned on drug-related charges and later offered "freedom" in exchange for signing a military contract
You sit like a potted plant: you may be watered, or you may not, and then you will wither – journalist Dmytro Khyliuk. A story of captivity and freedom
ZMINA met with Dmytro Khyliuk at the hospital where he is currently undergoing treatment and rehabilitation. She spoke with him about the first days of the occupation of the Kyiv region, the conditions of detention for Ukrainians in Russian colonies, what helped him maintain his psychological resilience in captivity, and what he plans to do in the future
Russian strikes kill at least 5 civilians, wound 32 in eastern and southern Ukraine over the past 24 hours
The Sumy Oblast Military Administration and Andriy Yermak, head of the Office of the President, reported that Russians deliberately struck a local health care facility with a drone in Sumy, causing the roof of a perinatal center to catch fire. At the time of the strike, 166 people were inside the center, including 11 children and 35 patients
Russia tortures Crimean Tatar prisoner Mamut Belyalov again – human rights defenders
26-year-old Mamut Belyalov, who is already serving a 12-year sentence on fabricated charges, has been brought back to occupied Crimea and subjected to so-called ‘interrogation’ in the form of savage beatings, without a lawyer present
Russian forces kill French photojournalist Anthoni Lallican in targeted drone attack in Donetsk Oblast (updated)
Ukrainian journalist and freelance photographer Heorhiy Ivanchenko, a member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers, was working with him at the time. He was injured but is in stable condition
Russia’s attacks extend beyond Ukraine and threaten all of Europe — PACE resolution
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a new resolution on Russian aggression. According to the document, Russia's attacks go beyond Ukraine and threaten all of Europe, and the Ukrainian state has the sovereign right to membership in any international organizations, including NATO
During Crimea Platform Summit at the UN, Zelensky urges world to resist normalizing Russian occupation
Ukrainian President called for continued sanctions coordination among partners. He also thanked participants for maintaining sanctions and urged the international community not to allow killings and occupation to become something "the world can simply turn a blind eye to."
Russian occupiers sentenced in absentia the activist and transgender woman Lilia Khvylka from temporarily occupied Crimea
At the same time, the activist noted that the "verdict" from the occupation court has taken a toll on her emotional and psychological state, but she plans to focus on it less
Russian drone attacks on civilians amount to crimes against humanity – UN Commission
Recurrent attacks have gradually destroyed entire localities. Many of the victims suffer from the loss of loved ones or of their houses and livelihoods and feel that they have "lost everything." Closer to the frontlines, older persons have been particularly affected, as many are unable to flee, making them vulnerable to risks of attacks, the Chair of the Commission, Erik Møse, said.
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