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In this week’s bulletin: Ukrainian socialist Denys Pilash vs John Mearsheimer/ Trump’s ‘deal’/ Ukrainian solidarity with Gaza/ Donetsk fortress belt/ More evidence of Russian torture, including sexual torture
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
Political prisoner Kostiantyn Davydenko returns to Ukraine (Crimea Platform, 25 August)
News of political prisoner Halyna Dovhopola’s condition (Crimea Platform, 23 August)
The face of resistance: Crimean Tatar activist Enver Khosh (Crimea Platform, 23 August)
Russia sentences young Crimean woman to 15 years after abducting and holding her incommunicado for ten months (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 22nd)
Seven months of torture for Russian show trial of Ukrainians abducted from occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 22nd)
Russia releases gravely ill Crimean Tatar political prisoner after causing the death of several others (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 21st)
Russian court sentences young Crimean to 15 years for fictitious ‘planned terrorist attack’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 19th)
Mustafa Dzhemilev: Any ‘peace deal violating Ukraine’s territorial integrity will prepare the ground for new Russian invasion (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 18th)
Russian invaders sentence Ukrainian pensioner to 12.5 years after torturing out ‘confession’ to links with ‘British spies’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 18th)
Life Under Occupation (Alter Pravo, July 2025)
News from Ukraine:
‘How old do you think I am?’ Disabled Ukrainian man returns home after deportation to Russian children’s facility (Meduza, 25 August)
“Nikitin, I, a gay man, tell you that you are a faggot!” (Solidarity Collectives, 19 August)
Ukraine also knows artificial famine – solidarity with Gaza (Facebook, August 17th)
News from the front:
The dealbreaker: Donetsk region’s fortress belt (Meduza, 20 August)
Those who stayed: Ukrainians who refused to leave their war-torn towns and villages (The Insider, 20 August)
The so-called peace negotiations:
Worlds apart: Russian foreign minister confirms, Russia did not make the concessions Trump talked about (Meduza, 20 August)
Negotiations in Alaska (Posle.Media, August 16th)
The summit that peacewashed genocide (Euromaidan Press, August 16th)
Alaska surrender: Putin scores total victory, Trump turns pressure on Ukraine (Euromaidan Press, August 16th)
War-related news from Russia:
Tax and bomb: Russia tightens squeeze on its citizens to pay for war (The Insider, 25 August)
Fake wounds. Paratroopers charged in scheme of shooting each other for cash and medals (Mediazona, 21 August)
Russian court sentences Memorial Head to 6 years for calling persecuted Ukrainian POWs political prisoners (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 20th)
Contract signings to Russian army down in second quarter (iStories, 18 August)
Analysis and comment:
As Nawrocki becomes Polish president, grievances with Ukraine resurface: Why history still divides Warsaw and Kyiv? (Links, 25 August)
Will Russia-Ukraine War End with Diplomacy or Battlefield? John Mearsheimer vs. Denys Pilash (Democracy Now!, August 19th)
Columnist Masha Gessen discusses Putin’s larger goals for Russia (MPR, August 14th)
Mutual ruin? Or working-class revolution? (Tempest, August 1st)
Research of human rights abuses:
Evidence mounting about Russian tactics of sexual torture against Ukrainian civilians: UN expert (UNHCR, August 21st)
Forthcoming events:
Ukrainian film festival 2025 (Ukrainian Institute London, August 2025)
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