Russian-Ukrainian war
Freed prisoners of war could stay in non-combat posts under military ombudsman’s proposal
The military ombudsman’s team developed three proposals in August 2026 to improve legislation protecting service personnel’s rights. These include allowing those released from captivity to choose their roles if they continue serving. They can choose to remain in the military after their release, but cannot choose their roles
Rights group submits findings on suspected breaches of Russia sanctions to EU authorities
Further research and analysis found strong indications that many of these components were intended for the production of weapons Russia uses to commit war crimes in Ukraine, including Su-34, Su-35 and Su-57 aircraft, Kh-59, Kh-101 and Iskander-K missiles, as well as UPMB/UPMK glide bombs
Death toll from 1 September Russian strike on Kyiv rises to nine
The death toll from the Russian strike on Kyiv on the night of 1 September 2026 has risen to nine, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. A 30-year-old man, whose life doctors had been fighting to save for a week, died in hospital. Kyiv officials expressed their condolences to the family of the deceased. Official […]
Russian drone attacks kill five and injure seven in three Ukrainian regions
On the evening of 5 September and overnight into 6 September 2026, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with drones. As a result of the strikes, two people were killed in the Kyiv Region (Oblast), three – including a child – in Chuhuiv in the Kharkiv Oblast, and seven people were injured in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Russian attacks across four Ukrainian regions leave four dead and 13 injured
Four people were killed and 13 others were injured as a result of Russian attacks in the Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kyiv, and Dnipropetrovsk Regions (Oblasts), the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported
Russian attack hits WHO humanitarian warehouse in Kyiv Oblast for third time in three months
In 2026, at least 20 attacks have affected warehouses storing humanitarian supplies, including 15 targeting those holding health-related supplies
Russian drone strike on minibus in Kherson kills one passenger and injures 12
On 4 September 2026, a Russian military attack in Kherson killed one civilian and injured 12 others, the National Police reported
Russian shelling kills 16 civilians and injures 57 across Ukraine on 1 September
On 1 September 2026, Russian military shelling killed 16 civilians in Kyiv and the Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Sumy Regions (Oblasts), and injured at least 57 more, in particular in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Odesa Oblasts
Russian strikes on Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast kill 12, injure 20, including two children
In Kyiv, six of the eight casualties were railway workers of the state Ukrzaliznytsia railway company after a depot was hit. Fires were reported in three city districts. Four people were killed in the town of Boryspil, where a residential building was hit
“I found out about the criminal case from the news”: Why Russia orders the arrest of journalists in absentia and what risks this poses to them
ZMINA spoke to Ukrainian journalists who are being persecuted by Russia because of their work to find out how fabricated criminal cases are changing their lives, whether these cases pose a genuine threat and why the Kremlin is increasingly using illegitimate courts in occupied territories and courts in the Russian Federation as an element of information warfare
Russian shelling killed six adults and a child in Ukraine on 30 August
As a result of shelling by the Russian military over the 24 hours of 30 August in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia Regions (Oblasts), seven civilians were killed, and at least 37 more were injured, in particular in the Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kyiv Oblasts, and in Kyiv, according to reports of the National Police of Ukraine
‘Justice must be restored’: Ukraine puts ‘judge’ who sentenced journalist Semena in occupied Crimea on trial
Read the full article by ZMINA to learn how Mykola Semena was tried in occupied Crimea, why the actions of illegitimate judge Nadiia Shkolna constitute a war crime and how the case against her is progressing in a Ukrainian court
Russian strikes kill nine civilians in Ukraine on 27 August
Russian strikes on August 27 2026, killed nine civilians in the Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Sumy Regions (Oblasts), and wounded 47 others, including in the Kyiv Oblast
‘I’m not a spy – I just want to live here’: What children leaving occupied territories go through
ZMINA tells the story of Sofiia, whose name has been changed for security reasons. She left temporarily occupied Donetsk to enrol at a Ukrainian university. Sofiia's experience shows that reintegration is about more than documents, education and safety
First sentence for ‘activities against Russian security’ handed down in occupied Yalta
Article 280.4 of the Russian Criminal Code provides for liability for public calls for activities that the Russian authorities consider directed against the state's security. In Russian judicial practice, this article has been used, in particular, to persecute people over public statements related to the war against Ukraine
Russian court sentenced occupied Melitopol resident to six years over Telegram comments
The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, has sentenced a resident of occupied Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhia Region to six years in a general-regime penal colony over comments posted on Telegram
Russian strikes kill eight civilians in Ukraine on 23 August
Russian strikes on 23 August 2026 killed eight civilians in the Kharkiv, Donetsk and Sumy Regions (Oblasts) and wounded 48 others across the Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Chernihiv, and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts
Russian strikes kill 16 civilians in Ukraine in one day
Russian strikes on 8 September 2026 killed 16 civilians in Kyiv and the Kyiv, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts, the National Police reported. At least 82 others were injured, including in the Poltava Oblast
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