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In this week’s bulletin: Fractured futures of Ukraine IDPs/Trump, Putin & Ukraine/ 11 years of Crimea occupation/ Ukraine’s anarchists/ Russian on trial for killing Ukrainian POW/ allegations of Russian torture/ deliberate destruction of Ukraine’s cultural heritage
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
Seventh year of life-threatening torture in Russian-occupied Donbas for supporting Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 21st)
Olha Skrypnyk: Eleven years of the occupation of Crimea (Crimea Human Rights Group, 21 February)
Russian on trial for killing Ukrainian POW with his commander confirming ‘order to not take prisoners’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 19th)
Russia sentences Mariupol mother of four to 14 years on ‘terrorism’ and ‘treason’ charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 18th)
Russia passes 10-year sentence over two years after abducting and torturing 20-year-old Kherson student (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 17th)
Life Under Occupation (Alterpravo, January 2025)
The situation at the front, and peace talks:
Weekly war summary: AFU counter attacks near Pokrovsk (The Insider, 22 February)
Wyborcza reports on Ukrainian border guards fighting on the front line (Eastern Frontier Initiative, 21 February)
The Betrayal of Ukraine: Week 2 (Russian Reader, February 17th)
News from Ukraine – general:
Russia’s weaponization of elections in Ukraine given unexpected boost by President Trump (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 20th)
Russians destroy ancient wooden church in Andriivka – photos (Ukrainska Pravda, February 20th)
A coalition of Human Rights Organizations held a meeting on legislative changes for war victims (Zmina, February 20th)
Fractured Futures: Ukraine’s Internally Displaced (Commons.com, February 19th)
Medicine, heating, reforms: How Trump’s aid freeze hit Ukraine (The Insider, February 18th)
War-related news from Russia:
‘You could call me a partisan.’ Ruslan Siddiqi recounts his anti-war actions (People and Nature, February 19th)
How Russian servicemen bribe their way off the front line (iStories, 17 February)
Ukraine removed from rewritten history of WWII as Russia tries to justify its full-scale invasion (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 17th)
Xenophobia and Schools (Posle, February 12th)
Analysis and comment:
Trump backs Putin against Ukraine. History turns darker (People and Nature, February 23rd)
About the organization of anarchists in Ukraine: point of view of a member of a local action collective (Takku, February 23rd)
Statement of Ukrainian Non-Governmental Organizations on the Impossibility of Holding Democratic Elections without the Sustainable Peace (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 21st)
The US sees China as its main global rival (Michael Karadjis, Facebook, February 19th)
Conspiracy of American and Russian imperialism behind Ukraine’s back (Lis-Isl, February 17th)
Hanna Perekhoda: The fight for freedom in Ukraine is intimately linked to the global struggle against fascist forces (Cross-border Talks, February 16th)
Ukraine’s defeat and the fall of Western power (Owen Jones Battlelines, February 14th)
Research of human rights abuses:
Four women’s stories of torture in Russian captivity (Ukrainska Pravda, February 20th)
90% without documents: report on prisoners deported to Russia (Zmina, February 14th)
International solidarity:
A fundraiser for Roman Nasryev’s cassation! (Solidarity Zone, FB, February 21st)
Permanent settlement for refugees! (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, February 20th)
Members of the European Parliament showed solidarity by writing 150 letters to Ukrainian political prisoners (Zmina, February 20th)
Upcoming events:
Monday 24 February – Monday 3 March. Call for a week of action by Solidarity Collectives. Details of events here.
Wednesday-Thursday 26-27 March. Left solidarity with Ukraine conference in Brussels, supported by the European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine
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