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In this week’s bulletin: “Try me for treason” – antiwar Russian/ Socialists & Ukrainian national question/ Russification drive in occupied areas/ More evidence of Russian torture/ Execution of unarmed prisoners/ UN accuses Russia of crimes against humanity
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
The face of resistance: Crimean citizen journalist Ruslan Suleimanov (Crimea Platform, 30 May)
Russian FSB holds abducted 62-year-old Crimean woman incommunicado for almost four months without vital medication (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 30th)
Ukrainian sentenced to 20 years in ominous twist to Russia’s ‘Crimean Tatar Battalion’ repression (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 28th)
Weekly Update on the situation in occupied Crimea (Crimea Platform, 27 May)
Court frees blind and disabled Crimean political prisoner sentenced to 17 years for protest over Russian repression (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 27th)
Merciless brutality against 74-year-old Donetsk hostage imprisoned since 2018 for supporting Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 26th)
Russians execute unarmed Ukrainian prisoners (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 26th)
The Criminal Palimpsest of Occupation (Alterpravo, 2025)
News from the front and ‘peace talks’:
Ukraine ready for ceasefire, but waiting for Russian memo (Meduza, 30 May)
Weekly war summary: Russian advance in Sumy region (The Insider, 30 May)
News from Ukraine:
Ukrainian Urban Forum 2025 will take place on September 19–20 in Lutsk (Cedos, May 27th)
Enhancing Education Resilience in Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia: Cedos launches new project (Cedos, May 26th)
OPORA Designs a Dashboard Following the Pilot Security Audit in 4 Hromadas (Opora, May 21st)
“Mom, They’re Here for Me.” The Story of Kherson Volunteer Iryna Horobtsova, Held Hostage by Russian Occupiers for Over Two Years (Signal to Resist, February 11th)
War-related news from Russia:
Hidden Bear: the GRU hackers of Russia’s most notorious kill squad (The Insider, 31 May)
Russkaya Obshchina: a nationwide vigilante group (Meduza, 30 May)
Russian manpower: more than 407,000 contracts signed in 2024 (iStories, 30 May)
Andrei Trofimov: “Try Me for Treason” (Russian Reader, May 23rd)
Analysis and comment:
Socialists and the national question in Ukraine, yesterday and today (Links, May 31st)
Russian Drone Campaign Targets Civilians (Human Rights Watch, June 2nd)
Sanctions: Old money, new problems (Meduza, 30 May)
The Mineral Deal: Benefits and Risks for Ukraine (Posle.Media, May 28th)
Putin’s War, Ukraine’s Endurance, Western Wavering (Left Critique of the Left, May 20th)
Research of war crimes and human rights abuses:
Russia has dragged occupied Ukraine far below North Korea and other ‘worst of the worst’ – Freedom House (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 30th)
Bitter frustration over Russia’s (non) release of Ukrainian political prisoners and civilian hostages (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 29th)
Russian armed forces’ drone attacks against civilians in Kherson Province amount to crimes against humanity of murder (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, May 28th)
«Some of these people may not survive until the end of the political process». Briefing of the People First! Campaign (Centre for Civil Liberties, May 27th)
ZMINA participated in the EUAM conference “Building Bridges Through Justice: Overcoming the Consequences of Russian Aggression” (Zmina. May 27th)
International solidarity:
Bulletins for UK trade union conferences (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 31 May)
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