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In this week’s bulletin: More evidence of Russian torture; Russia’s Crimes against Ukrainian Women; citizens told to flee Donbas cities; fighting corruption in Ukraine; the war and the Russian economy; life under siege in Kyiv
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
The Mission Discussed the Situation in Occupied Crimea and Strengthening the Policy of Non-Recognition of the Occupation (Crimea Platform, September 11th)
Melitopol husband and wife sentenced to 20 & 18 years after describing Russian abduction and torture (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 11th)
Russia doubles to 21 years its sentence against savagely tortured Crimean Tatar political prisoner Mamut Belyalov (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 11th)
Inside Russia’s FSB prison system in Crimea (Kyiv Independent, September 11th)
Russia comes for father of 19-year-old Crimean Tatar political prisoner after he actively sought her release (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 10th)
Weekly update on the situation in occupied Crimea (Crimea Platform, September 9th)
Russia sentences husband and wife, abducted from occupied Kherson oblast, to 16 and 12 years for supporting Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 8th)
New depths plummeted in Russia’s torment of Crimean Tatar political prisoner with a malignant brain tumour (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 7th)
Russia sentences abducted 64-year-old Melitopol journalist to 15 years after holding her incommunicado since 2023 (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 7th)
Progress of the war:
Russian losses in the war with Ukraine. Mediazona count updated. (Mediazona, September 11th)
Civilians told to flee Ukraine’s fortress cities as Russia bids to control Donbas (BBC, September 11th)
Why pay rent just to sleep in the metro (Counteroffensive News, September 10th)
Putin dismisses rumors of another mobilization as `nonsense’. But can Russia keep fighting without another draft? (Meduza, September 10th)
Ukrainian sea drones strike Sochi waterfront, injuring nearly 30. Photos and video from the scene (Meduza, September 10th)
Russian sky on the castle. Is it real? (ZN, UA, September 4th)
How many more missiles does Russia have – and can it keep firing them? (Kyiv Independent, September 3rd)
News from Ukraine:
Risk of humanitarian catastrophe: UN “very worried” about upcoming winter in Ukraine (Ukrainska Pravda, September 13th)
Russian strike on shopping centre in Pavlohrad: death toll rises to five, 67 injured – photos, video (Ukrainska Pravda, September 10th)
Top officials of the Luhansk region are suspected of embezzling UAH 5 million from state procurement (Babel, September 10th)
Ukraine’s readiness to implement the EU methane regulation: Initial assessment (Razom We Stand, September 9th)
How a corruption scandal and loyalty to Zelensky brought down Ukraine’s prosecutor general (Kyiv Independent, September 9th)
`Kyiv is gasping for breath’. Russia’s escalating attacks are upending daily life in the Ukrainian capital. Here’s how residents are coping (Meduza, September 9th)
Unpublished audits obtained by the New York Times show Ukraine ignored red flags in defense procurement as the country lost at least $1.2 billion to fraud, waste and mismanagement in 2024 alone (Meduza, September 7th)
Majority Russian-speaking city in Ukraine considers language ban in the arts (BBC, September 6th)
Rail Sector: Italy, Pakistan, Senegal, Ukraine (International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggle, September 6th)
What’s behind the standoff between Ukraine’s two intelligence agencies? (Kyiv Independent, September 4th)
`Hanging by a thread’ – Kyiv under psychological siege amid ceaseless strikes (Kyiv Independent, September 4th)
War-related news from Russia:
Electric shock torture and a meeting with Victoria Roshchyna: What Ukrainian journalist Iryna Levchenko told the court in the Kapralov family case (Mediazona, September 11th)
War eating away at Russia’s economy (Posle Media, September 9th)
The Georgy Pirogov case and Russia’s high treason epidemic (The Russian Reader, September 6th)
Research into human rights abuses:
New DIGNITY country infographic on Ukraine: access to justice in times of war (Zmina, September 9th)
KHPG and ADC Memorial Inform UN CEDAW Committee about Russia’s Crimes against Ukrainian Women (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 7th)
ZMINA and OMCT submitted a report to the UN Committee against Torture on Ukraine’s implementation of recommendations issued at its 82nd session (Zmina, September 7th)
A study on the prosecution of those involved in enforced disappearances was presented to diplomatic missions and international organisations (Centre for Civil Liberties, September 7th)
Comment and analysis:
How Ukraine’s biggest corruption scheme persisted despite all odds (Kyiv Independent, September 12th)
Are Ukrainians capable of turning experience into knowledge? (The Ukrainer, September 11th)
Ukrainian Urban Forum 2026 in Cherkasy (Cedos, September 11th)
The Democratic Centralists in Ukraine: Challenging Stalin and the Russian Leadership (Commons, September 9th)
How to make social protection reform in hromadas more effective: Findings from an expert workshop (Cedos, September 9th)
Russian empire, social dynamics and where Marxism goes from here (People and Nature, September 7th)
International solidarity:
22 trade unions call for UK government to push to free imprisoned Zaporizhzhia nuclear workers (USC, September 12th)
Free the Zaporizhzhia power workers (Anti-Capitalist Resistance, September 8th)
Also not to be missed:
Zine about culture of remembrance (Solidarity Collectives, September 13th)
Issues concerning residents of occupied territories must be part of negotiations – ZMINA (Zmina, September 7th)
A summer in Ukraine (International Viewpoint, September 7th)
Upcoming events;
UKRAINIAN WORKERS UNDER ATTACK AND OCCUPATION – FREE THE ZAPORIZHZHIA 15 – FREE UKRAINE 5.45pm, Tuesday 15th September – Harbour Hotel, 64 Kings Road, Brighton BN1
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