News from Ukraine bulletin no. 129 (13 Jan)

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In this week’s bulletin: 1000 days of Russian hell for defending Ukraine/ Alterpravo’s latest report on occupied territories/ Spanish volunteer in Russian captivity/ How Ukrainians’ views of war changed/Ukraine labour code threatens workers’ rights/Military blocs in Europe/

News from the territories occupied by Russia:

Luhansk: 196 abductions documented in 2024 (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 10 January)

Russia to cut pitiful compensation for homes destroyed in Mariupol (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 6 January)

Our Super Mario: a Spanish volunteer in Russian captivity (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 8 January)

Life Under Occupation: a report (Alterpravo, December 2024)

The situation at the front:

Russian forces bypass Pokrovsk to approach Dnipropetrovsk oblast (Ukrainska Pravda, 11 January)

Russia claims capture of Kurakhove (Meduza, 6 January)

News from Ukraine – general:

How Ukrainians’ views of war have changed over three years (Meduza/ Ukrainska Pravda, 10 January)

Be Like Nina! A year of activities 2024 (Be Like Nina!, 30 December 2024)

War-related news from Russia:

Russian oil depot remains ablaze on fifth day after attack (Ukrainska Pravda, 12 January)

Anti-war pianist Polina Osetinskaya cancelled in Russia’s cultural capital (The Russian Reader, 7 January)

“I can’t stifle my feelings”: translator faces criminal charges for antiwar pickets (The Russian Reader, 6 January)

Analysis and comment:

The new labour code is a threat to workers’ rights (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 11 January)

The storming of Grozny, thirty years later (The Russian Reader, 11 January)

Ilya Budraitskis and Grigory Yudin: Overcoming the rivalry between military blocs in Europe (Posle.Media, 8 January)

Kremlin’s hybrid strategy in Transnistria (European Pravda, 7 January)

Funds for reconstruction or war? What Ukraine must do to successfully confiscate Russian assets (European Pravda, 6 January)

Research of human rights abuses:

More than a thousand days of Russian hell for defending Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 10 January)

Russia’s fake “terrorism” trial for Ukrainian, 61, with cancer (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 10 January)

Horrific torture and rape details emerge in terrorism “trial” (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 7 January)

Upcoming events:

Saturday 18 January, 1.0 pm, US Consulate in Edinburgh, 3 Regent Terrace Edinburgh EH7 5BW. Ukraine Solidarity Campaign Scotland will demonstrate: “Stand with Ukraine. Don’t betray the Ukrainian people.” Details here.

Saturday 18 January, 12.0 midday. National March for Palestine. Assemble BBC, Portland Place, London. Unite the Struggles, Ukraine Information Group and others will meet at 11.30am at the corner of Margaret Street and Great Portland Street, and march with our banner, “From Ukraine to Palestine, Occupation is a Crime”.

Saturday 15 February 2025 11.0 am — 4.0 pm, Conference: End the Russian invasion and occupation. National Education Union, Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9BD. Register here.

Solidarity events in January (Solidarity Collectives on X/twitter, 9 January)

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