Ukrainians
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
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
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
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
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)
The Prosecutor General’s Office reported that the number of fatalities has risen to nine, with 14 people being injured
Two women killed in Russian missile strike in Mykolaiv
At 23:30, the SES reported that the missile strike had hit the premises of a food industry company
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.
Russians killed three people in ballistic strike on central Kyiv
Three people were killed in Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi district in the Russian attack – two men aged 43 and 25, and a woman, 41. Three more people received medical assistance on site
“You promised to stay alive”: a letter to a peer in occupation
ZMINA has published a letter by a 9th-grade, Karina Hryzlyuk, a student from the Municipal Institution "Lyceum of Natural Sciences" of the Kropyvnytskyi City Council, which won second place in the competition
Russian ballistic missiles kill four, injure five in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
The attack claimed the lives of three women and one man. Three people have been injured: a woman, 22, and two men aged 34 and 56
Zelenskyy questions future of Ukraine’s army without NATO support
The president stressed that, first of all, Ukraine needs security guarantees for peace, but this requires preventing escalation. He considers that this should be taken into account to prevent Russia from preparing for another attack. Zelenskyy believes that Ukraine needs NATO, weapons, and other support to guarantee its security
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