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In this week’s bulletin: More evidence of Russian torture, shooting of prisoners, deliberate targeting of civilians. Fuel shortages and rail freight collapse within Russia.
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
The face of resistance: The story of Crimean Tatar political prisoner Dilyaver Gafarov (Crimea Platform November 7th)
Young Crimean mother of two abducted by the FSB and held incommunicado for over a year (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group November 6th)
Filter and rule: Inside Russia’s system of abductions and torture in the occupied territories of Ukraine (The Insider November 6th)
The Holos (Voice) track by hatespeech, created in collaboration with the Crimea Platform, has been included in the longlist for the MEGOGO MUSIC AWARDS 2025 (Crimea Platform November 5th)
Political Prisoner Iryna Danylovych Receives the Stories of Injustice Award 2025 (November Crimea Platform 4th)
13-year sentence on `treason’ charges for pro-Ukrainian graffiti in Russian-occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group November 4th)
Weekly update on the situation in occupied Crimea on November 4, 2025 (Crimea Platform November 4th)
Tamara Suju Roa joined the advocacy mentorship initiative for Crimean political prisoners (Crimea Platform November 4th)
Kajsa Ollongren Joined the Advocacy Mentorship Initiative for Crimean Political Prisoners (Crimea Platform November 3rd)
Russia defies its own puppet court to further torment blind and disabled political prisoner (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group November 3rd)
75-year-old Volodymyr Ananiev is facing a massive sentence he can’t survive for a `crime’ that never happened (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group November 3rd)
News from the front and ‘peace’ negotiations:
Russian losses in the war with Ukraine Mediazona count, updated (Mediazona November 7th)
Russian forces close in on Pokrovsk: Meduza’s military analysts on the threat of encirclement and Ukraine’s chances of defense (Meduza November 6th)
How many soldiers have Russia and Ukraine lost? And how do their armies compare? Meduza’s military analysts answer readers’ biggest questions about the war (part 3) (Meduza November 4th)
Will Russia invade the EU? Meduza’s military analysts answer readers’ biggest questions about the war (part 2) (Meduza November 3rd)
Russian Troops Burn Their Own Trucks to Halt Pokrovsk Deployment, Partisans Say (Kyiv Post, November 2nd)
News from Ukraine:
Russian soldier sentenced to life for gunning down an unarmed Ukrainian POW (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group November 7th)
The Ukrainian Parliament has adopted an appeal to the international community to strengthen sanctions against Russia for crimes against journalists (Crimea Platform November 5th)
Kalkan: A Symbol of Unity and Global Protection at the Third International Crimea Global Conference (Crimea Platform November 5th)
War-related news from Russia:
A Russian medical student read about Ukraine’s Azov regiment while riding the bus. Within hours federal agents arrested him for an `illegal internet search’ (Meduza November 6th)
The wheels are coming off: Russia’s rail freight collapse exposes a deeper industrial crisis (The Insider November 6th)
The plunder and violence unleashed in occupied Ukraine has reached Russia’s own towns (Meduza November 5th)
Refineries in the crosshairs: Ukraine’s “deep strike” strategy threatens major fuel shortages in Russia by 2026 (The Insider November 3rd)
Analysis and comment:
Bursting the bubble: Europe is capable of phasing out Russian gas ahead of schedule (The Insider November 7th)
The book “Free Voices of Crimea” was presented at the British Ambassador’s residence, where participants discussed journalists held in Russian captivity (Zmina November 6th)
Meduza talks to analyst Balázs Jarábik about how war and martial law are reshaping Ukraine’s political landscape (Meduza November 6th)
The nuclear option: Russia may be about to steal Europe’s largest power plant – with catastrophic consequences (The Insider November 5th)
Capital vs sanctions (Posle Media November 5th)
Three years of full-scale war in Ukraine: Thoughts, Feelings, Actions (Cedos November 3rd)
Research of human rights abuses:
The Commission visits Kyiv, reiterating its findings (UNHCR November 7th)
Sinister secrecy over Russia’s abduction, torture and imprisonment of Melitopol journalist Anastasia Hlukhovska (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group November 7th)
Russians murder civilians waving a white flag as UN report slams mass-scale and systematic attacks as crimes against humanity (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group November 5th)
ZMINA’s analyst Borys Petruniok took part in a public conference at the University of Vienna (Zmina November 3rd)
The subscriber is out of range (AlterPravo November 1st)
International solidarity:
On silencing voices from Eastern Europe at anarchist events in EU (Solidarity Collectives November 8th)
Crimean political prisoner Iryna Danylovych honoured with “Stories of Injustice Award 2025” in Prague (Zmina November 5th)
Emergency Petition: Belgium Stop Sabotaging Support for Ukraine (European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine n.d)
Upcoming events (timings are GMT)
15/16th November: In Search of Europe (conference organised by the Commons journal) – sessions include `(Un)making Europe: borders, displacement, citizenship’, `Straight into the Abyss: The Rise of Authoritarianism and the Hope for Democracy’ and `The Dilemma of Democracy: Participation and/or Procedure’.
Thursday 20th November, 6.30pm: Try Me for Treason – readings of speeches from Russia’s courts / Book launch for Voices against Putin’s war. Pelican House, 144 Cambridge Heath Road, London E1 5QJ. Ukraine Information Group.
Wednesday 26th November 6.00pm International Public Meeting: What Should Trade Unions do for Ukraine? (organised by the European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine)
Saturday 6th December, the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign will be holding its Annual General Meeting
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