war with Russia
Ombudsman demands the government adopt a state housing program for IDPs
The Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights insists on the adoption of a state program to address funding, resource allocation to address a critical lack of mechanisms for housing internally displaced persons
UN World Food Programme helps feed over 150,000 Ukrainian school children with hot meals
2.2 million hryvnias in aid from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have been approved for the nutrition of primary school students.
Railway worker and wife killed in Russian drone attack on bus near Bilopillia
A Russian drone attacked a commuter bus near Bilopillia in the Sumy region, killing a railway worker and his wife, a teacher
Over the past three years, Russians have shelled hotels in Ukraine more than three dozen times
Over three dozen strikes have been carried out by Russian forces against civilian hotels in the past three years, signifying a clear Russian strategy.
The bodies of 909 fallen defenders returned to Ukraine
The bodies of 909 fallen service members were returned to Ukraine as part of ongoing repatriation efforts
Russians erect Stalin monument in occupied Melitopol
A monument to the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin has been erected in Russian occupied Melitopol
Two Russians receive verdicts in absentia for raping a pregnant woman and torturing a man during occupation in Kyiv Oblast
Two Russian servicemen were found guilty of violating the laws and customs of war in absentia for the brutal treatment of civilians who remained under occupation in 2022.
Ukrainians in Belarusian prisons: persecution, repression and sentences
In this article, we briefly tell the stories of the detention and imprisonment of 15 Ukrainian citizens in Belarus
“The Biggest Danger in Captivity is to Lose a Part of Yourself:” Human Rights Advocate Maksym Butkevych Speaks About Serving on the Front Line, Captivity, and the Rehabilitation Process
Liudmyla Tiahnyriadno, a ZMINA representative, met with Maksym in between the stages of his rehabilitation. They spoke about his experiences on the frontlines and during the years of captivity and imprisonment. Maksym described the process of rehabilitation of the recently freed Ukrainian POWs and the challenges that they face while preparing for civilian life.
Russians have intensified filtration measures among teenagers in the occupied territories
According to the centre, this year alone, 263 minors have been registered by the Russians in the occupied Donetsk region, 16 of whom are considered "extremists".
In occupied Berdiansk, children studying in Ukrainian schools online are threatened to be removed from their families
Viktor Dudukalov explained that it is very difficult for a child not to be in contact with a Russian school under occupation, but parents leave their children in a healthy environment so that they can receive a quality education
By December 31, 2024: occupiers are coercing residents of Donetsk region into obtaining Russian passports through blackmail.
Otherwise they will not be able to "receive the rights and benefits provided by Russia"
In the occupied Donetsk region, the number of members of the Young Guard – Yunarmiya military movement has exceeded 4 thousand
The occupation official added that 330 more people joined the movement this autumn. In particular, 29 young boys joined the ranks of Yunarmiya in Mariupol.
Occupiers admitted stealing more than 12,000 paintings during occupation of Kherson
The exhibits were taken away in October 2022.
“Students who are bullied tend to stop studying or not get an education at all”: human rights defender Maryna Shevtsova on the situation of LGBTIQ children in schools
The problems faced by LGBTIQ students, modern approaches to solving them, examples of successful initiatives, and the role of schools, parents, and the state in supporting these children are discussed in the material.
In Crimea, the occupiers arrested 26 locals for Ukrainian symbols over the year
In total, from June 2023 to June 2024, the experts of the organisation verified 59 cases of prosecution of Crimeans under the norms of the Russian Federation's so called “anti-extremist laws” for demonstrating pro-Ukrainian views
On the left bank of the Kherson region, occupiers threaten to take away the property of people in eight communities
The occupiers demand that their owners bring property documents and a Russian passport to the village of Shchaslyvtseve in the Henichesk community within 30 days
Number of students in Donetsk region schools has almost halved since the start of the full-scale invasion
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the number of students in Donetsk region's schools has almost halved, from 168,000 to 88,600.
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