Russian-Ukrainian war
“Everything depends on us”: Tetiana Pechonchyk on building Ukraine’s human rights infrastructure amid war
Tetiana Pechonchyk grew up in a village contaminated by the Chornobyl fallout, where her parents measured mushrooms with a dosimeter before putting them on the table. She organised her first protest as a schoolgirl - calling on her classmates to boycott the unpaid fieldwork in the collective farm fields - and has never really stopped since
Melitopol journalist Anastasiia Hlukhovska declares hunger strike in Russian detention centre
Anastasiia Hlukhovska has been held in Russian captivity for almost three years in an incommunicado status. Since her abduction in August 2023, Russia has effectively held her without contact with the outside world and without officially confirming her place of detention
Russian strikes kill five and wound 29 across five Ukrainian regions overnight
Russians killed five people and injured 29 others in strikes across Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions on June 22, 2026
UN Secretary-General calls on Russia to preserve the legal identity of Ukrainian children and to return them
The UN Secretary-General's annual report on children and armed conflict, covering 2025, also verified 1,899 grave violations against 781 children in Ukraine - 447 boys and 334 girls
Russian attacks kill at least six civilians across Ukraine overnight, Egyptian sailor dies after strike on cargo ship in Black Sea
In the Sumy Oblast, Russian shelling killed a 13-year-old boy, his father and his grandmother. The boy's 31-year-old mother, his 10-year-old brother and his 13-year-old sister have been injured
Russian FPV drone kills three civilians, including elderly mother and son, in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region
According to Hanzha, those killed are an 87-year-old mother and her 51-year-old son. "Law enforcement officers are currently establishing the identity of the third victim," the administration reported
“War is when your sister dies of her wounds in your arms while Russians torture your son for ten months”: how a mother searched for missing Ivan Zabavskyi in Russia
Ivan Zabavskyi, a resident of Tavilzhanka in the Kharkiv Oblast, was subjected to such a Russian sham trial. He was abducted while travelling to pick up his mother from occupied territory and was subsequently held in basements, where he was tortured and forced to sign a "confession" to a crime he had not committed
Russian strikes kill at least 13 and set fire to Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (updated)
The city suffered extensive destruction, including the 11th-century Dormition Cathedral in the territory of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and the Anti-Corruption Court building
Death toll from Russian strike on railway infrastructure in Sumy Oblast rises to two
Hryhorov said doctors had battled for almost 24 hours to save her life, but had been unable to do so. Her injuries had been extremely severe
Russian military strikes killed seven civilians in Ukraine on 11 June
Russian military strikes on 11 June 2026 killed seven civilians in the Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Sumy regions and injured 56 others, including in the Kharkiv and Kherson Oblasts
Russian authorities sentenced a Sevastopol resident to five and a half years in prison over comments about the Kerch Bridge, which was illegally constructed by Russian occupiers
In addition, Oleksandr Maliarenko was charged with seven counts of "calling for violence against Russian citizens". In total, he faced 15 charges under articles covering "justification of terrorism" and "extremist activity". The verdict has not yet entered into force and may be appealed
Leaders of Ukraine, the UK, France and Germany outline five conditions for lasting peace
The parties "emphasised that Europe, as a steadfast ally of Ukraine, must play an important role in any settlement"
Russian guided bombs kill three civilians near a public transit stop in Zaporizhzhia region
As of 12:18 p.m., three injured individuals had sought medical assistance
Russian forces strike Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility in Kyiv region
The Centralised Spent Fuel Storage Facility, located in Chornobyl, is a site for the long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel from Ukraine's operating nuclear power plants
Russian strikes kill 12 civilians, injure 49 in Donetsk and Kherson regions on 5 June
Russian strikes in the Donetsk and Kherson regions on 5 June 2026 killed 12 people and injured 49 others, according to the Donetsk and Kherson regional military administrations
Russian military strikes killed nine civilians in Ukraine on 4 June
Russian military strikes on 4 June killed nine civilians in the Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Chernihiv and Sumy regions and injured at least 75 others, including in the Kharkiv Oblast
Putin has no intention of ending the war
Zelenskyy noted he had spoken with his diplomatic team. Ukraine is currently preparing for a series of meetings with its European and U.S. partners
Russian drones killed four civilians in food production facility of Yagotynske for Children plant in Kyiv Oblast
All necessary services are working at the scene. Emergency crews are continuing rescue operations, search efforts, and clean-up activities
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