News from Ukraine Bulletin 172 (24 Nov)

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In this week’s bulletin: Responses to Trump plan from Sloviansk residents, Ukrainian MP and Ukrainian and Russian media/ Kyiv corruption scandal/ Ukraine unions/ UN slams air raids/ Voices against war book launch/ Russian bribes: ‘what about Farage?’

News from the territories occupied by Russia:

FSB targets Crimean Tatar father and son (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 21 November)

Melitopol man sentenced to 14 years for protesting and writing on social media (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 18 November)

Dangerously ill Crimean Tatar political prisoner denied life-saving medication (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 17 November)

News from the front and ‘peace’ negotiations:

Ukrainian parliamentarian Kira Rudik’s response to Trump plan (CNN, 22 November)

Members of US Congress criticise Trump plan (Ukrainska Pravda, 22 November)

Steve Witkoff pushed pro-Ukraine officials out of White House (Kyiv Independent, 22 November)

A view from Kyiv: the latest on Trump’s 28-point plan (Kyiv Independent, 22 November)

Sloviansk residents who faced occupation before say: ‘Insane nonsense to hand Donbas over to Russia’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 21 November)

How a Russian operative used the American media on risible ‘peace deal’ (The Insider, 21 November)

Trump wants Russia to surrender its frozen assets (Meduza, 21 November)

Four years of ‘peace’ initiatives listed (Meduza, 20 November)

‘Outright capitulation’: responses to Trump’s new plan listed (Meduza, 20 November)

Rescue work: the heroic exploits of the Maul robot (Ukrainska Pravda, 17 November)

News from Ukraine:

Notes on how to survive a war (Open Democracy, 21 November)

Trade unions fighting for Ukraine’s future (Open Democracy, 20 November)

‘I’ll die as a gay man’: LGBTQ+ rights in wartime (Open Democracy, 20 November)

This should have come much earlier: Ukrainian appeal court decision to free Viktor Sleptsov (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 18 November)

Mindichgate: Ukraine’s corruption scandal (Ukrainska Pravda, 18 November)

Soldiers’ democracy powers Ukrainian resistance (Europe Solidaire Sans Frontieres, 15 November)

War-related news from Russia :

Reports say pro-Ukrainian partisans set locomotive ablaze (Kyiv Independent, 23 November)

Revenge on Ukrainian defenders of Mariupol: two fake trials and massive sentences (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 20 November)

Fantasy maps and real losses: why a Russian military draftsman deserted (Mediazona, 20 November)

Patriarchy in education: Lessons in childbirth (Posle.Media, 19 November)

Reclaiming whiteness: in search of the ‘good Russians’ (The Russian Reader, 18 November)

Analysis and comment:

Russian losses: Mediazona’s count updated (Mediazona, 21 November)

Russia refracted: attitudes to the war (Open Democracy, 21 November)

UN resolution on human rights in Crimea (Crimea Platform, 20 November)

One in ten rescued Ukrainian children sexually abused (Open Democracy, 20 November)

No place of refuge: Germany’s tougher migration policy hits Russian and Belarusian dissidents (The Insider, 19 November)

Yulii Daniel: civil responsibility vs unfreedom (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 15 Nov)

UN human rights chief ‘appalled’ by rise in long-range missile attacks (UN high commissioner for human rights, 19 November)

International solidarity:

Global call: Ukraine must receive all it needs to win a just peace (petition, 22 November)

Nathan Gill jailed over Russian bribes: ‘What about Farage?’ (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 21 Nov)

Try Me For Treason: watch the livestream of this launch event for the book Voices Against Putin’s War, in London on 20 November (Ukraine Information Group)

Solidarity Collectives supports new fighters (Solidarity Collectives on facebook, 18 November)

2000 miles to Kharkiv: Ukraine Solidarity Campaign delivers aid to front lines (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 17 November)

Upcoming events

Wednesday 26 November, 6.0pm UK time: What should trade unions do for Ukraine? International public meeting Register here.

Saturday 6 December: Ukraine Solidarity Campaign Annual General Meeting

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