Ukraine
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is a classic neo-colonial war for the enslavement of an entire people
Serhiy Kyslytsya stated that Russia's war against Ukraine is a neo-colonial war, and also emphasized that for the Kremlin, Ukrainians are a resource for restoring an imagined empire
Ukraine invites nations across Africa, South America, and Asia to join a global justice alliance
At the Crimea Global forum in Kyiv, Iryna Mudra appealed to states of the Global South to join the Special Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression, arguing that justice for Crimea and Ukraine is inseparable from the safety and sovereignty of countries worldwide.
Seven civilians killed in wave of Russian strikes across Kyiv (updated)
At least seven people were killed and 35 more injured in a wave of Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv
Russian forces killed two people in Ukraine on October 6, among the injured are children
Russian shelling on November, 2025, 6 killed two civilians in the Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions, and more than three dozen others sustained various injuries in the Donetsk, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions, according to the reports of the National Police of Ukraine
Сourt in Kyiv region has acquitted a Russian serviceman for the first time after he was charged in absentia with looting
The victim in the Bucha court case managed to leave her home on February 26 and only learned of the robbery in April upon her return
Polish military exposes Russian psyops targeting Ukraine support
The rise in anti-Ukrainian sentiment is being observed in places where there are hubs providing assistance for the transfer of weapons or support for Ukraine's war effort (for example, Gdynia and Gdańsk)
Russia strikes Ukraine with missiles and drones overnight: people killed and injured, including children, some regions without power
The National Police of Ukraine, the State Emergency Service (SES), and regional military administrations reported civilian casualties. Russians also caused damage, including to energy and railway infrastructure, across the Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Lviv, and Mykolaiv regions following Russian shelling on the night of October 30, 2025
Ukraine closes Cuba embassy and downgrades ties over Havana’s complicity in Russian aggression
Ukraine voted against the United Nations General Assembly resolution "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba," adding that this step has serious grounds
Russia has killed 661 Ukrainian children since start of its full-scale war
Kravchenko said that Ukrainian law enforcement agencies have been investigating 5,363 criminal proceedings concerning crimes against children during the war
Former Lithuanian NATO representative accuses Merkel of blocking Ukraine’s Crimea defense
In recent years, Germany has been subject to influence from the Russian Federation through financial, political, and lobbying levers, particularly in the context of the Nord Stream 2 project, which authorities promoted following the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014
Feminist diplomacy: How France promotes women’s and girls’ rights in global politics
How can we unite, act and resist together in order to defend gender equality and the rights of women and girls? This will be the guiding question of the 4th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy, which France will host on 22 and 23 October 2025
Coalition of Ukrainian organizations, including ZMINA, publishes shadow report on EU accession
The report includes more than 500 recommendations, ranging from legislative changes to institutional reforms. These are designed to help public authorities address current challenges, secure sustainable results, and, together with international partners, set clear reform priorities
“How can there be any deal without us about us?”: Zelenskyy rejects ceding more territory, ready to join Trump-Putin Budapest meeting
Zelenskyy, who called Putin a terrorist in the interview, confirmed his readiness to meet with him face-to-face
Reporters Without Borders releases details of targeted Russian attack killing journalist Anthony Lallican
French freelance photojournalist Antoni Lallican was killed near Kramatorsk in a deliberate strike by a Russian drone on 3 October. His Ukrainian colleague Georgiy Ivanchenko was critically wounded
Unknown actors impersonate ZMINA Human Rights Centre to target civil society organizations: ZMINA calls on recipients to trust only @zmina.ua domain
ZMINA has also asked anyone who receives such emails to report them to the organization at: info@zmina.ua
DIU has identified more than 170 cultural properties stolen by Russians from Ukraine
Intelligence officials reported that over 140 artifacts were stolen during illegal archaeological excavations in temporarily occupied Crimea from sites such as the Southern Suburb of Chersonesos Taurica, the Kadykivske settlement (a Roman camp), and the Byzantine architectural monument known as the "Church of John the Baptist."
Ukraine, EU prosecutors sign cooperation deal to prevent misuse of aid funds
The document was signed following a meeting between SAPO Head Oleksandr Klymenko and European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi
“I didn’t want this war”: Indian student says Russia coerced him into military service after drug conviction
The man said he had traveled to Russia to study but was imprisoned on drug-related charges and later offered "freedom" in exchange for signing a military contract
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We cannot allow war to become humanity’s everyday reality again
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is a classic neo-colonial war for the enslavement of an entire people
Ukraine invites nations across Africa, South America, and Asia to join a global justice alliance
“Sharper than physical pain – the feeling of helplessness”: speech of the imprisoned journalist
