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At least four people, including a child, killed in the Russian attack on Kyiv (updated)
A "massive attack" by Russia against Ukraine's capital killed at least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, and injured at least 27 others at night and in the morning on September 28, 2025
US could impose sanctions on the entire ICC soon, Reuters reported
Three diplomatic sources said some of the ICC's 125 member countries would try to push back against additional U.S. sanctions during a U.N. General Assembly in New York this week. But all indications are that Washington will scale up its attack on the ICC, four diplomatic sources in The Hague and New York said
Yesterday, Russian shelling killed nine people in Ukraine
As a result of shelling by Russian troops on September 21, 2025, nine civilians were killed in the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv regions (Oblasts). At least 17 were injured in the Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, and Kherson Oblasts, according to the National Police of Ukraine
Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia kills 1 and wounds 30 including 3 children
Russian forces launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine on the night of August 30, with attacks targeting Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, and the Volyn Oblast
76% of Ukrainians reject Russian “peace terms” – poll
KIIS conducted the poll from July 23 to August 4, 2025, using telephone interviews in all regions of Ukraine under the Ukrainian government's control. Researchers interviewed 1,022 respondents aged 18 and older living in government-controlled Ukraine
Russian attack kills at least two and injures 38 across two Ukrainian regions
Russians launched a total of 339 Shahed drones out of 597 total drones and 26 missiles.
Russian attack on Kyiv kills at least 2, injures 16 as Slovakia blocks EU sanctions
City residents were urged to shelter until the air raid siren was lifted, and also close windows when they returned to their homes because there was a "lot of smoke" in Kyiv
Russians kill elderly woman in Kherson
The law enforcement officers have initiated criminal proceedings in connection with the commission of a war crime that caused the death of a person (Article 438.2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)
Sevastopol’s “Tauric Chersonese” museum-reserve added to EU sanctions list
The "Tauric Chersonese" cultural site, located in temporarily occupied Crimea, has been included in the European Union's 17th package of sanctions against Russia
North Korean missile used in Kyiv attack contained at least 116 foreign components, mostly American
Zelenskyy thanked Ukraine's partners for helping protect civilian lives, supplying air defense systems and missiles, and maintaining pressure on Russia and its accomplices over the war
Trump: “Crimea will stay with Russia”; Zelenskyy: “Only Ukrainians decide our territories”
Donald Trump's statements contain factual errors. At the time of Russia's military aggression in February 2014, Ukraine had no aspirations to join NATO. Since 2010, under President Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine had adopted a non-aligned status, formally renouncing its pursuit of NATO membership
Ukraine pushes back against US proposal to unblock Russian agricultural trade
The White House claimed that both Russia and Ukraine have agreed to ensure safe passage for commercial shipping and stop military strikes in the Black Sea
The International Criminal Court says Trump’s sanctions threaten the court’s existence
Trump's actions have had a "broad impact on the banking system, insurance, and IT systems of the ICC." Consequently, companies have ceased cooperating with the court, and staff members are leaving due to fear of persecution. This jeopardizes the functioning of critical court services, from paying staff salaries to conducting field investigations
Sanctions circumvention equals war participation – Zelenskyy
Zelenskyy: Violation of sanctions must be treated as complicity in war
Fifty-six-year-old man dies in hospital after being injured by Russian drone in Kherson Oblast
Zelenskyy highlighted on the World Economic Forum that Putin invests heavily in defense, while Europe does not. He called for the EU to establish robust security guarantees for the future.
Why it is important to compile a blacklist of officials involved in human rights violations in Crimea
Through politically motivated persecutions, arbitrary imprisonment in trumped-up criminal cases, illegal house searches and trials in the occupied Crimea, deportations of political prisoners and ignoring their situation in detention, Russia systematically violates its obligations under international humanitarian law and international human rights law
Russians launch massive strike on Ukraine’s power infrastructure, casualties reported
Ukrainian authorities fear that attacks like those this morning could mark the beginning of another concerted Russian attack to knock out key elements of the power grid as winter arrives
2,000 Russian drones hit Ukraine in October alone using 170,000 components from China, US and Europe – Zelenskyy
Bohdan Bernatskyy, a member of the Sanctions Policy Working Group of the Crimean Platform Expert Network, revealed at the Third Parliamentary Summit in Latvia that over 1,300 Russian military companies and 2 million industry workers continue operating, many without international restrictions
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The human safari: How Russia weaponized precision against Ukrainian civilians
The lesson of Crimea: Rewarding aggression only invites more war
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