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Ranking illegitimate “judges” in Crimea who illegally force the local population to serve in the Russian army
Articles - 27 November 2025

Ranking illegitimate “judges” in Crimea who illegally force the local population to serve in the Russian army

This ZMINA article examines the most active illegitimate judges who ensure "successful" conscription campaigns for the Russian armed forces in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

Russian military killed eight people in Ukraine in shelling on November 25
News - 26 November 2025

Russian military killed eight people in Ukraine in shelling on November 25

According to the National Police, Russian shelling on November 25, 2025, killed eight civilians in Kyiv and the Chernihiv region, with more than four dozen others injured, including those in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Odesa, and Zaporizhzhia regions

US revising plan after ‘most productive’ talks with Ukraine — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
News - 23 November 2025

US revising plan after ‘most productive’ talks with Ukraine — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington's team is making "some changes" to the peace plan, seemingly based on Ukrainian suggestions

US and Russia draft “peace plan” legitimizing Russian violations of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and internal interference
News - 19 November 2025

US and Russia draft “peace plan” legitimizing Russian violations of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and internal interference

Two of Ukraine’s security guarantors under the Budapest Memorandum -- the United States and the Russian Federation -- have drawn up a so-called peace plan that legitimizes the violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity and interference by Russia in its internal affairs

Russia strikes Ukraine with missiles and drones overnight: people killed and injured, including children, some regions without power
News - 30 October 2025

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
News - 29 October 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

“How can there be any deal without us about us?”: Zelenskyy rejects ceding more territory, ready to join Trump-Putin Budapest meeting
News - 19 October 2025

“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

Russian attack overnight kills, wounds civilians including child; some Districts of Ukraine’s capital left without power (updated)
News - 10 October 2025

Russian attack overnight kills, wounds civilians including child; some Districts of Ukraine’s capital left without power (updated)

Killed and wounded civilians and damaged infrastructure were reported across the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, and Poltava regions following Russian shelling on the night of October 10, 2025. The strikes caused power cuts across several of these regions

Overnight Russian attacks hit railway in Poltava, energy site in Sumy, civilians in Kherson; two killed, five injured (updated)
News - 07 October 2025

Overnight Russian attacks hit railway in Poltava, energy site in Sumy, civilians in Kherson; two killed, five injured (updated)

Civilians were killed and wounded, and material damage was reported in the Sumy, Poltava, and Kherson regions following Russian shelling on the night of October 7, 2025

During Crimea Platform Summit at the UN, Zelensky urges world to resist normalizing Russian occupation
News - 25 September 2025

During Crimea Platform Summit at the UN, Zelensky urges world to resist normalizing Russian occupation

Ukrainian President called for continued sanctions coordination among partners. He also thanked participants for maintaining sanctions and urged the international community not to allow killings and occupation to become something "the world can simply turn a blind eye to."

Crimea Platform Expert Network warns against separate talks on Crimea, calls for Black Sea security measures
News - 24 September 2025

Crimea Platform Expert Network warns against separate talks on Crimea, calls for Black Sea security measures

The statement, released during the Fifth Summit of the International Crimea Platform at U.N. headquarters, emphasized that all occupied Ukrainian regions -- including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sevastopol, and parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions -- must be treated as "parts of a single space of armed aggression" by Russia

No peace decisions without Ukraine’s participation – MFA of Ukraine
News - 15 August 2025

No peace decisions without Ukraine’s participation – MFA of Ukraine

The MFA said negotiations would only make sense after Ukraine and Russia reach a ceasefire

Remember Munich and Yalta – ensure history does not repeat
Columns - 12 August 2025

Remember Munich and Yalta – ensure history does not repeat

EU Ambassador to Ukraine Kataryna Maternová has issued a direct appeal to democratic leaders, arguing that any peace agreement negotiated without Ukraine's participation would reward the aggressor and repeat historical mistakes

76% of Ukrainians reject Russian “peace terms” – poll
News - 07 August 2025

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

Ukraine proposes a leaders’ summit with Trump and Erdoğan by end of August, amidst direct talks with Russia in Istanbul
News - 23 July 2025

Ukraine proposes a leaders’ summit with Trump and Erdoğan by end of August, amidst direct talks with Russia in Istanbul

After the talks between the two countries, Russian propagandistic media, including pro-Kremlin Meduza, reported that Medinskyi announced that Ukraine and the Russian Federation's positions in the memorandum are "quite far from each other. Earlier, Volodymyr Zelenskyy called this document an ultimatum

Russian attack kills at least two and injures 38 across two Ukrainian regions
News - 12 July 2025

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.

Putin’s attack after Trump call shows ‘complete disregard’ for US – MFA of Ukraine (updated)
News - 04 July 2025

Putin’s attack after Trump call shows ‘complete disregard’ for US – MFA of Ukraine (updated)

The Minister called for the international community to punish Russia with "the toughest sanctions" and to provide Ukraine with all the necessary defence assets

Russian missile strike hits town of Samar in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing five and injuring 23 (updated)
News - 27 June 2025

Russian missile strike hits town of Samar in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing five and injuring 23 (updated)

Earlier, the Air Force reported that a high-speed target was flying towards Dnipro and urged the residents of Samar to take shelter