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In this week’s bulletin: Ukrainian socialist Taras Bilous: what peace means/ Crimea resistance to occupation/ Oleksandr Kyselov interview/ Resistance to occupation manifesto/ UK unions on solidarity/ Welsh MP: next steps/ Russian socialists: four years of war/ Russian torture & religious persecution/
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
Brutal Russian roulette with the life of gravely ill political prisoner (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 27th)
Russia brings long sentences for pro-Ukrainian social media posts to occupied Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 27th)
The Face of Resistance: Crimean Tatar Activist Rustem Izmailov (Crimea Platform, February 27th)
Forum “CRIMEA: The Home We Are Fighting For” Opens in Kyiv to Mark the Day of Resistance to the Occupation of Crimea (Crimea Platform, February 26th)
Joint Statement by Participants of International Crimea Platform (Crimea Platform, February 26th)
February 26 – Day of Resistance to the Occupation of Crimea (Crimea Platform, February 26th)
Help force Russia to free abducted and tortured Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant employees! (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 26th)
Crimean Jehovah’s Witness sentenced to six years for refusing to renounce his faith (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 24th)
Brutal FSB set-up to sentence 21-year-old Donetsk woman to 20 years for patriotism (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 23rd)
20 February – The Official Start Date of the Occupation of Crimea (Crimea Platform, February 20th)
News from Ukraine:
Energy system attack a double Crime (Tribunal for Putin, February 28th)
Premiere of Film “Forgive Me, Mom” in Honor of Hennadii Afanasyev (Crimea Platform, Feb 27th)
The story behind ex-minister Herman Halushchenko’s arrest (Meduza, 27 February)
Rail bombing aims at collapse (Tribunal for Putin, February 27th)
Human rights organisations call for veto of law on forced evacuation (Zmina, February 27th)
Gaps in housing and social security provision (Cedos, 26 February)
The ECtHR will examine complaints concerning violations during the July attack on anti-corruption activists (Zmina, February 23rd)
Russian soldier sentenced to life for killing two Ukrainian POWs in cold blood (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 23rd)
Still Standing: The Ukrainian Labor Market at War (Rockwell Foundation, February 2026)
War-related news from Russia:
Cardboard coffins and countertop monuments: Russia is increasingly cutting costs on the burial of its war dead (The Insider, February 28th)
No connection: Blocking Starlink for the Russian military has changed the situation at the front in Ukraine (The Insider, February 27th)
Residents of Russia’s Belgorod are feeling the effects of war (The Insider, February 27th)
Orthodox church helps recruit Kenyans to Russian army (Meduza, 27 February)
Prison sentence increased for protester who told the court “death to Putin, glory to Ukraine” (Mediazona, 27 February)
Anti-war political prisoner’s wife barred from his funeral (Mediazona, 26 February)
Record losses. minimal gains: Assessing 4th year of Russia’s full-scale war (The Insider, Feb 26th)
Russian casualty figures – a corrective (Meduza, 25 February)
Spinoff of the Legendary Zombie Franchise (The Russian Reader, 23 February)
“People are still stuck in this cage” (Posle.Media, February 18th)
Analysis and comment:
Resistance: Manifesto in defence of Ukrainians living under occupation (Zmina, February 26th)
Statement: 12th anniversary of Crimea’s resistance to Russian occupation (Zmina, February 26th)
rs21’s Retreat – A Case Study: How the British Left Lost Ukraine (Red Mole Substack, February 25th)
A Ukrainian Socialist Went to War. Here’s What He Thinks About Peace (Jacobin, February 24th)
Four Years of War in Ukraine with Oleksandr Kyselov (Jacobin Radio, Febr 24th)
As the Kremlin’s war of aggression is entering its fifth year (Facebook, Febr 24th)
International solidarity:
Fourth Anniversary of War: Statement by the Posle Editorial Collective (Posle.Media, February 24th)
Statement by UK trade unions in solidarity with Ukraine, on the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, February 23rd)
Peace in Ukraine: the next steps (Labour Hub, February 23rd)
Four years after Russia’s invasion: Stand by Ukraine (Real Democracy Movement, February 23rd)
“For dictators, ‘peace’ is when we don’t fight back” (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, February 22nd)
Upcoming events:
Wednesday 4 March, 6–8pm, Ukraine Solidarity Campaign Public Meeting. Wilson Room, Portcullis House, Parliament, 1 Victoria Embankment, London SW1A 2JR. Chair: John McDonnell MP. Speakers include: Mick Antoniw MS / Yuliya Yurchenko, Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine / Yuliia Bond, Ukrainian Association of Wales / Tanya Vyhovsky, Vermont State Senator / Mariia Pastukh, Vsesvit – Ukraine Solidarity Collective / Johanna Baxter MP / Clive Lewis MP / Stephen Russell, TUC International / Mick Whelan, former ASLEF General Secretary
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