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In this week’s bulletin: The war’s deepening effect on civilians; the disappearance of political prisoner Andrei Trofimov; International Solidarity Convoy to Ukraine announced; teenage saboteurs in Russia; homelessness in Ukraine.
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
Occupiers attacked a house in Kharkiv: One dead and 12 injured, including children (ZN, UA, July 26th)
The Face of Resistance: The Story of Political Prisoner Ametkhan Abdulvapov (Crimea Platform, July 24th)
ECHR Rules Deprivation of Land Property Rights in Occupied Crimea Unlawful (Crimea Platform, July 24th)
Chersonese in Russian-occupied Crimea added to UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 24th)
Two young Ukrainians sentenced to 15 & 20 years for fictitious ‘international terrorism’ near Russian-occupied Melitopol (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 24th)
Satellite images reveal Crimea’s deepening energy crisis and risk of full-scale humanitarian disaster as Ukrainian strikes hit the peninsula’s power grid (Meduza, July 23rd)
Russia sentences 59-year-old Maryna Kovalenko whose son is defending Ukraine to 13 years for ‘treason’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 23rd)
Weekly update on the situation in occupied Crimea (Crimea Platform, July 22nd)
A civilian prisoner from Mariupol is in critical condition (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 22nd)
Vital Crimean Solidarity human rights movement forced to terminate activities after Russia labels it a ‘foreign agent’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 21st)
Mass ‘treason / spying trials’ and huge sentences for supporting Ukraine under Russian occupation (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 21st)
News from Ukraine:
Shopping centre on fire in Kryvyi Rih after “Shaheed” attack (ZN, UA, July 26th)
Fires and destruction in three districts of Kyiv: State emergency service showed the consequences of the enemy attack on the capital (ZN, UA, July 26th)
The Streets Are Asking Questions the Leaders Cannot Answer in Ukraine (International Viewpoint, July 24th)
Russia’s escalating port attacks choke Ukraine’s grain exports as industry nears crisis (Kyiv Independent, July 24th)
Fedorov turns down Zelensky’s offers, seeks return only as defense minister (Kyiv Independent, July 23rd)
Ukraine: “The real question is what kind of state Ukraine is becoming” (ESSF, July 23rd)
Why Ukraine’s military shake-up is really a fight over how to win the war (Meduza, July 22nd)
Ukraine conflict has deepening effect on civilians (UNHCR, July 21st)
Progress of the war:
How does a general who resigned over the deaths of 12 soldiers return a year later to lead Ukraine’s army? Meet Mykhailo Drapatyi the new commander-in-chief (Meduza, July 22nd)
“He saw a document — 19,500 losses from the Airborne Forces”: Confessions of a Russian headquarters sergeant who fled the front (The Insider, July 21st)
Ukrainian regiment claims capture of 64 Russian soldiers in Zaporizhzhia oblast (Kyiv Independent, July 20th)
How drones came to decide the war in Ukraine, and why no army has found the weapon that stops them (Meduza, July 20th)
War-related news from Russia:
Russia to extend gasoline export ban until end of year (ZN, UA, July 26th)
Off-season: How the war has devastated tourism in Russia (The Insider, July 25th)
Oil superpower queues up for petrol from India. Will it help Russia? (Ukrainska Pravda, July 25th)
How Ukraine’s strikes on Wildberries warehouses put Russians in a real jam (Kyiv Independent, July 25th)
Sitting on two chairs: How Russian universities support war, but remain in world rankings and maintain international ties (ZN, UA, July 25th)
Berries out of the fire. Ukrainian drone campaign repeatedly hits Wildberries, Russia’s biggest online retailer (Mediazona, July 24th)
How close is Russia to a fuel collapse? Economist explains (ZN, UA, July 24th)
Russia passes `civil death’ legislation to freeze exiled critics’ money, block their passports, and cut off consular aid (Meduza, July 23rd)
Teenage saboteurs. 240 minors were accused of sabotage in Russia since the start of the full-scale war against Ukraine (Mediazona, July 21st)
In The Fuel Crisis Gripping Russia’s Hinterlands, Worries For Tractors, Winter Hay, And Cows (Radio Free Europe, July 20th)
Melitopol mother of three sentenced to 18 years because of successful Ukrainian strike against Russian invaders (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 20th)
Russia stages a ‘dance performance’ with sickening lies about its downing of Malaysian airliner MH17 (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 20th)
No contact with political prisoner Andrei Trofimov since April (Memorial, July 14th)
Comment and analysis:
The Rules of the Street: Informal hierarchies and mutual aid among homeless people (Commons, July 23rd)
One year after the attack on NABU and SAPO: ZMINA presents study on systemic pressure on anti-corruption actors (Zmina, July 21st)
Struggling to Hold the Heights: The Evolution of Far-Right in the Russian Federation, 2025–2026 (Red Threads, July 21st)
Buryatia shows what happens when Russia runs out of volunteers (Kyiv Independent, July 21st)
From launchpad to strategic rear: How Belarus evolved into a critical enabler of Russia’s war in Ukraine (The Insider, July 21st)
Research of human rights abuses:
Alena Lunova took part in a meeting of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children (Zmina, July 17th)
Ukrainian Civilian Detainees Held By Russia (IPHR, July 8th)
International solidarity:
International Solidarity Convoy to Ukraine announced for November (Labour Hub, July 25th)
`Strengthening solidarity with Ukraine’ – Motion to Green Party autumn conference 2026 (USC, July 24th)
Free the detained Zaporizhzhia nuclear workers! Motion to TUC Congress 2026 (USC, July 24th)
Also not to be missed:
“Soldiers in the trenches don’t think about politics. I see death in their eyes” (Eastern Frontier Initiative, July 24th)
Kazakhstan’s Tokayev tells Putin it is time to “freeze” Russia’s war against Ukraine (Ukrainska Pravda, July 25th)
Politics, Work, and Care in Women’s Exile (Posle, July 22nd)
Victims of wars and mass atrocities in Ukraine and across the globe need the International Criminal Court. Unite and stand for justice (Zmina, July 17th)
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