Vladimir Putin

Russians killed one person and injured another in attack on Pokrovsk, Donetsk region
News - 02 February 2025

Russians killed one person and injured another in attack on Pokrovsk, Donetsk region

According to Filashkin, Russians killed a 55-year-old man and injured a 63-year-old man. The wounded man was taken to hospital

Putin tries to exterminate us as a nation, as Hitler tried to exterminate the Jewish people during World War II
Columns - 31 January 2025

Putin tries to exterminate us as a nation, as Hitler tried to exterminate the Jewish people during World War II

Roman Shvartsman was born in Bershad, to the north of Odesa in Ukraine, in 1936. As a child, he was deported to the Bershad ghetto in the summer of 1941 because of his Jewish faith. Today, Shvartsman is chairman of the Ukrainian Association of Jews – Former Prisoners of Ghetto and Nazi Concentration Camps, among other positions

Environmental disaster in Kerch Strait: Russian forces hinder cleanup efforts in temporarily occupied Crimea – human rights advocate
News - 13 January 2025

Environmental disaster in Kerch Strait: Russian forces hinder cleanup efforts in temporarily occupied Crimea – human rights advocate

After the Ukrainian military successfully landed special forces on Crimea's western shore in 2023, the Russian military built a defence barrier and prohibited local residents and tourists from going to the majority of the beaches in the area

Ukraine assembles coalition to strategise war diplomacy
News - 09 December 2024

Ukraine assembles coalition to strategise war diplomacy

The spokesperson announced that Ukraine plans to hold a meeting of these countries in December "to coordinate and develop a unified position" to ensure Ukraine's strength "in any scenario – both at the negotiation table and on the battlefield"

Russia сontinues illegal child deportations despite ICC arrest warrants – Almenda’s report
News - 19 November 2024

Russia сontinues illegal child deportations despite ICC arrest warrants – Almenda’s report

Despite International Criminal Court arrest warrants issued in March 2023 against Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova for child deportations, Russia continues its practices. In 2024, the scale of unlawful child transfers has increased, with camp programs explicitly aimed at destroying Ukrainian children's national identity, human rights advocates emphasise

“Mongolia lacks independence”: Zelenskyy on country’s failure to arrest Putin
News - 02 November 2024

“Mongolia lacks independence”: Zelenskyy on country’s failure to arrest Putin

Zelenskyy criticised countries that continue engaging with Russia, specifically addressing Mongolia's stance. He suggested Mongolia's actions reflect its lack of independent decision-making, likely due to its energy dependence on Russia

Russia plans to attack three Ukrainian nuclear power plants – Zelenskyy
News - 25 September 2024

Russia plans to attack three Ukrainian nuclear power plants – Zelenskyy

The President noted that the Peace Formula aims to protect the UN Charter. He has also invited China and Brazil to the second Peace Summit, while India had already been invited

Ukraine urges Mongolia to arrest Putin during his visit
News - 01 September 2024

Ukraine urges Mongolia to arrest Putin during his visit

The ICC alleged last year that the Russian president was responsible for war crimes, focusing on the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia. It has also issued a warrant for the arrest of Russia's commissioner for children's rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, for the same crimes.

Mexico defies ICC and invites Putin to president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum’s inauguration
News - 09 August 2024

Mexico defies ICC and invites Putin to president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum’s inauguration

The Ukrainian Embassy in Mexico acknowledged in a statement on August 7 that Mexico invites representatives of all countries with which it has diplomatic relations to the inauguration. However. It reminded the country of the International Criminal Court's (ICC) warrant for Putin's arrest

Russians exploit foreigners as “cannon fodder” in their war against Ukraine – Ukraine’s UN envoy
News - 16 June 2024

Russians exploit foreigners as “cannon fodder” in their war against Ukraine – Ukraine’s UN envoy

Ukrainian intelligence states that Russia is running a global effort to recruit foreign mercenaries in at least 21 nations, including several in Africa

Zelenskyy called Putin’s ultimatum a revival of Russian Nazism
News - 15 June 2024

Zelenskyy called Putin’s ultimatum a revival of Russian Nazism

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called another series of statements by Putin manipulative. According to the MFA of Ukraine, Russia's statements aimed at misleading the international community, undermining diplomatic efforts to achieve a just peace and shattering the unity of the world majority around the purposes and principles of the UN Charter

EU explains why it still recognises Vladimir Putin as Russia’s president
News - 12 May 2024

EU explains why it still recognises Vladimir Putin as Russia’s president

Ukraine's Central Election Commission (CEC) declared the results of Russian ruler Vladimir Putin's so-called "elections" to be null and void and the Kremlin leader himself illegitimate

Crimea as a launchpad: Russian Forces utilise temporarily occupied Crimea for deadly attacks on civilians in Ukraine – Crimean Human Rights Group
News - 08 May 2024

Crimea as a launchpad: Russian Forces utilise temporarily occupied Crimea for deadly attacks on civilians in Ukraine – Crimean Human Rights Group

Since late September 2022, Russians have been active in using Iran-made SHAHED kamikaze drones to attack civilian infrastructure. A substantial part of such drones is also launched from the occupied peninsula territory

Russia is ready to export its scheme of passport issuance into EU, post-Soviet countries and other European states – report
News - 21 April 2024

Russia is ready to export its scheme of passport issuance into EU, post-Soviet countries and other European states – report

A human rights lawyer of the Eastern Human Rights Group, Vira Yastrebova, warned countries to pay attention to these markers of their passport issuance

Russians significantly damaged Ukraine’s largest dam, the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant, in mass missile attack (updated)
News - 23 March 2024

Russians significantly damaged Ukraine’s largest dam, the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant, in mass missile attack (updated)

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeated his calls for further military aid over recent days, specifically calling on the West to send Ukraine more air defence systems

Ukrainian Watchdog OPORA urges global community to reject results of the Russian “presidential election”
News - 17 March 2024

Ukrainian Watchdog OPORA urges global community to reject results of the Russian “presidential election”

The NGO explains that the legitimacy of the entire result of the presidential election of the Russian Federation will be called into question by the very inclusion of ballots received in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, especially

What triggers world wars?
Columns - 23 February 2024

What triggers world wars?

ZMINA published a TED Talk by Anton Drobovych, Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory and military serviceman, titled "Remembering the past. Fighting for the future."

Russians killed 5 civilians, injured 129 in Ukraine on January 2. Fires still being put out in Kyiv
News - 02 January 2024

Russians killed 5 civilians, injured 129 in Ukraine on January 2. Fires still being put out in Kyiv

Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged to "intensify" attacks against Ukraine