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In this week’s bulletin: NGOs on supporting Ukrainians in occupied areas/ wartime architecture/ occupied areas in photos/ Russia’s mass trials for ‘treason’/ militarization of childhood/ Russian torture and forced disappearances/ execution of POWs
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
The need to support Ukrainian citizens under occupation (Crimea Human Rights Group, 13 Dec)
Mass ‘treason’ trials and huge sentences for helping Ukraine in Russian-occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 13th)
Russia’s ‘Youth army’ used in occupied Ukraine to recruit young Ukrainians to die for the enemy (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 13th)
Blind and disabled Ukrainian political prisoner taken to Russia for lawless 17-year sentence (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 12th)
In the occupied territories: wartime architecture (Posle.media, 11 December)
The price of truth and freedom of speech: ZMINA participated in a forum on repressions against Crimean journalists (Zmina, December 11th)
Russia effectively acknowledges scale of its war crimes through horrific ‘sentences’ against Ukrainian POWs (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 11th)
Ten years of Russian torment for a photo of cows grazing on a disused aerodrome (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 10th)
Behold Putin’s ‘liberation’: occupied areas in photos (Meduza, 9 December)
Russia concocts 11-year sentence for ‘spying’ almost 3 years after abducting and torturing Vladyslav Bily (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 9th)
The situation at the front:
The Insider’s weekly summary of news from the front (14 December)
Outnumbered and outgunned, Ukraine struggles to halt Russian advance on Pokrovsk (Kyiv Independent, 14 December)
News from Ukraine – general:
Russia deals ‘massive blow’ to Ukrainian power plants (Kyiv Independent, 13 December)
The documentary film “Pravda & Правда” (Justice & Truth): ZMINA told about Ukraine’s path to a just peace (Zmina, December 13th)
International Human Rights Conference: How Ukraine returns prisoners and protects children’s rights during the war (Zmina, December 10th)
XIII Civil Society Development Forum: ZMINA held a panel on volunteering during the war (Zmina, December 9th)
War-related news from Russia:
How a Russian draftee, tortured by his commander, escaped (Meduza, 13 December)
‘A perfect storm’: Russia faces severe labour shortage (Meduza, 10 December)
Analysis and comment:
Shooting Ukraine in the back: Sniper rifles and ammunition from the EU and U.S. are being supplied to Russia despite sanctions (The Insider, December 13th)
Volodymyr Ishchenko: “In case of disintegrating state institutions and a failing economy, Ukrainian nationalists will have strong opportunities to establish their power” (Left East, December 4th)
Research of human rights abuses:
ZMINA addressed the issue of enforced disappearances and torture committed by Russia in Ukraine at the conference in Malta (Zmina, December 13th)
Over 300 civilian Ukrainian women are being held in Russian captivity – human rights activist (Ukrainska Pravda, December 12th)
Russians executed 109 Ukrainian prisoners of war in 2024 – Ukraine’s Human Rights Commissioner (Ukrainska Pravda, December 10th)
Life sentence sought in Finland against Russian neo-Nazi charged with war crimes in Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 9th)
International solidarity:
Ukraine and Syria unite against Russian aggression (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 8 December)
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign meets with defence committee chair Tan Dhesi MP (8 December)
Upcoming events:
Saturday 15 February 2025 11AM — 4PM, Conference: End the Russian invasion and occupation. National Education Union, Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9BD. Register here.
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