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Russians launch largest drone attack on Ukraine since the full-scale invasion, striking 13 regions with 267 UAVs
News - 23 February 2025

Russians launch largest drone attack on Ukraine since the full-scale invasion, striking 13 regions with 267 UAVs

The Russians also launched three Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from temporarily occupied Crimea

Ukrainian civil society organisations explain why Ukraine can’t hold elections during martial law
News - 21 February 2025

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
News - 19 February 2025

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
News - 18 February 2025

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
News - 18 February 2025

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
News - 14 February 2025

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
News - 14 February 2025

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 drop aerial bombs on Sumy Oblast and kill two people
News - 11 February 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
News - 11 February 2025

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

Russians attack village in Zaporizhzhia Oblast with 10 guided aerial bombs, killing a man
News - 10 February 2025

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
News - 08 February 2025

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
News - 05 February 2025

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
News - 05 February 2025

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
News - 04 February 2025

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

Sanctions circumvention equals war participation – Zelenskyy
News - 01 February 2025

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)
News - 01 February 2025

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

Why African countries believe Russian propaganda and how to prevent it
Columns - 31 January 2025

Why African countries believe Russian propaganda and how to prevent it

It is astonishing that we are compelled to such lengths to elucidate the position of the victim, as if it required justification – a nation under daily bombardment. Victims should not bear the burden of explaining their position. It is incumbent upon us to exert every effort to secure justice. This is not a matter of ideology, but of fundamental humanity, Raymond Acquah said.

Russians killed eleven civilians in airstrike on an apartment building in Sumy (updated)
News - 30 January 2025

Russians killed eleven civilians in airstrike on an apartment building in Sumy (updated)

The Prosecutor General’s Office reported that the number of fatalities has risen to nine, with 14 people being injured