News from Ukraine bulletin 186 (9 March)

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A Digest of News from Ukrainian sources – also attached as a PDF

In this week’s bulletin: Kyiv women’s march/Bohdan Krawchenko interview/ Ukraine and anti-imperialism/ Russia’s indoctrination of children & destruction of Ukrainian cultural heritage/ Ukraine’s ecocide legal action

News from the territories occupied by Russia:  

Fake Russian ‘court’ sentences young Melitopol man to 19 years on rail partisan charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 6th)

Schoolkids in occupied Ukraine face mandatory ‘history’ exam denying Russia’s invasion of Crimea and other crimes (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 6th)

Brutal 16-year sentence against 67-year-old Crimean pensioner for being from Western Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 5th)

The Face of Resistance: The Story of Crimean Tatar Activist (Crimea Platform, March 6th)

A “Training Ground” for Crimes  (Tribunal for Putin, March 4th)

58-year-old Luhansk school head abducted in Crimea and charged with ‘treason’ for donations to Ukraine’s Army (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 4th)

Ukrainian POW sentenced to 18 years for defending Mariupol prosecuted again for saying that Russia invaded Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 3rd)

Weekly Update On The Situation In Occupied Crimea (Crimea Platform, March 3rd)

Resistance to occupation: experts discussed policy on temporarily occupied territories and long-term reintegration strategy (Zmina, March 2nd)

Chilling denial, despite videoed evidence, of Russia’s abduction of Sevastopol IT analyst Serhiy Hrishchenkov (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 2nd)

Ukrainian volunteer abducted in 2022 ‘found’ in Russian FSB-controlled Crimean prison (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 2nd)

ZMINA addressed the situation of freedom of expression under occupation at Cafe Kyiv 2026 in Berlin (Zmina, February 27th)

Crimea: the home we are fighting for: outcomes of the forum dedicated to the Day of Resistance to the Occupation (Zmina, February 27th)

News from the front:

Russians deliberately strike firefighters in Kharkiv Oblast (Ukrainska Pravda, March 3rd)

Military update: Ukraine pushes back, Russia’s Donbass offensive continues (Meduza, 2 March)

News from Ukraine:

Women’s day march in Kyiv (Ukraine.ua, facebook, 8 March)

8 March: solidarity in struggle (Solidarity Collectives, 8 March)

Welsh journalist Gareth Jones to be honoured in Ukraine capital (Labour Hub, March 7th)

How Russia is Destroying Museums in Ukraine (Tribunal for Putin, March 3rd)

On the Brink of Utility Disaster (Tribunal for Putin, March 2nd)                                    / cont’d

War-related news from Russia:

Drone factory teenage workers boast of earning thousands (Meduza, 5 March)

University and college students recruited for the war (iStories, 3 March)

War on credit. Russian army volunteers’ loan deferrals hit record (Mediazona, 2 March)

Analysis and comment:

Surrender: A Right or a Crime? (Tribunal for Putin, March 7th)

Ukraine and the Weak Link: Anti-Imperialism in the Age of Neo-Fascism (Europe Solidaires Sans Frontieres, March 5th)

Ukraine has survived: Putin’s foiled gamble (Levant Time, February 27th)

On Moral Duty & Left-Wing Theory: Interview with Bohdan Krawchenko (Posle.Media, February 25th)

Research of human rights abuses:

The release of OSCE SMM staff members is a prerequisite for the implementation of ceasefire monitoring (Zmina, March 4th)

Ukraine Launches Legal Action to Hold Russia Accountable for ‘Ecocide’ (Byline Times, March 3rd)

Civil society organisations prepare third Shadow Report to EU Enlargement Report (Zmina, 2 March)

International solidarity:

‘Geopolitics must come after solidarity’ – Kate Jones of the Green Party (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 6 March)

Reviews of Ukraine Unbroken by Real Democracy Movement (March 4th) and Anti Capitalist Resistance (March 2nd)

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