Russian-Ukrainian war
Ukrainian civil society organisations explain why Ukraine can’t hold elections during martial law
The NGOs reminded the readers that it is Russia’s unprovoked act of aggression against a sovereign state which makes holding presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine impossible
Russian drone strikes clinic in Kherson, injuring eight medical workers
Currently, prosecutors and investigators continue to document war crimes committed by Russian forces
Russians kill 80-year-old civilian man during shelling of Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Fedorov reiterated that the Russians had shelled Orikhiv the evening before. Houses caught fire as a result of the Russian strikes
Moscow weaponizes terror laws against civilians in occupied Crimea – CrimeaSOS
Russian authorities began using the international terrorism article after February 24, 2022. This provision, introduced through the "Yarovaya anti-terrorist package" in 2016, serves as a tool to target pro-Ukrainian activists in newly occupied territories
Russians kill one civilian and injure another in airstrike on Shevchenko, Donetsk Oblast
Emergency workers have retrieved the body of the deceased from under the rubble
Russians hit protective structure at Chornobyl nuclear power plant – Zelenskyy
The Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy also says that Russia is continuing to expand its army and "shows no change in its deranged, anti-human state rhetoric"
Russians kill a civilian with ballistic missiles in Kyiv, child among injured
Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko reported that Russians killed a person in the Obolonskyy district of the capital and injured four others, including a nine-year-old child, with a ballistic missile at dawn on February 12, 2025
Russians drop aerial bombs on Sumy Oblast and kill two people
The Russian attack killed a 40-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman. An agricultural company, several vehicles and a building were also damaged
ECHR reaffirms in ‘Novaya Gazeta and 161 Others v. Russia’ case: Sentences from Illegally сreated by Russia ‘сourts’ are unlawful
Russia has utilised these laws as a means of punishing real or perceived dissent against individuals who reside within the territories under its control, including the temporarily occupied Crimean Peninsula
Kharkiv region resident Mykhailo Slobodian, abducted by Russians in 2023, remains missing
According to witnesses, that evening, occupying forces broke through the metal gate, forced open the front door, entered the house and abducted Mykhailo Slobodian. They turned the entire home upside down, throwing open every cupboard. The floor was covered in muddy footprints, and dead parrots were found in their cage
Russians attack village in Zaporizhzhia Oblast with 10 guided aerial bombs, killing a man
Russians killed a 29-year-old man
Russia must not profit from seized Ukrainian resources – Zelenskyy
The Ukrainian president stated that it is fair to talk about helping to de-occupy territories because a simple ceasefire will only allow Russians to develop the captured resources
Almost 60% of Ukrainian media face crisis as US support suspended – IMI survey
The immediate effects of the funding suspension have already manifested, with 7.5% of outlets reducing staff, 9.5% facing office space issues, 11% cutting content production, and 10.5% implementing salary reductions or transitioning to part-time work
Russian troops attack Izium with ballistic missile, killing six and injuring 56 people
Early reports indicate that the Iskander-M ballistic missile that hit the centre of Izium on February 4 was launched from a military training ground in Russia's Rostov Oblast
Illegal mobilisation sparks 574 criminal cases in occupied Crimea – Crimean Human Rights Group’s report
The Crimean human rights organisation hilighted that the Kremlin and occupation authorities in Crimea keep using targeted and prosecutorial methods to conscript the local population
Russians kill one person and injure another in attack on Pokrovsk, Donetsk region
According to Filashkin, Russians killed a 55-year-old man and injured a 63-year-old man. The wounded man was taken to hospital
Sanctions circumvention equals war participation – Zelenskyy
Zelenskyy: Violation of sanctions must be treated as complicity in war
Russian attack on residential building in Poltava kills 14 civilians including three children and injures 20 others (updated)
The attack caused the destruction of the entrance from the ground floor to the fourth floor, resulting in a fire. Neighbouring buildings and 12 cars were also damaged
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Only 5% of those responsible for deporting Ukrainian children face global sanctions
The human safari: How Russia weaponized precision against Ukrainian civilians
The lesson of Crimea: Rewarding aggression only invites more war
Not just Ukraine — Russia is preparing Ukrainian children for future wars elsewhere
