War

In pictures: Russia invades Ukraine
13
Apr
Society & Culture, War

In pictures: Russia invades Ukraine

After months of military buildup and brinkmanship, Russia launched an unprecedented assault on Ukraine in late February. Explosions rang through a number of Ukrainian cities, including the capital Kyiv, in a broad invasion that began before dawn on February 24. Fighting continues to take place throughout the country, and so far the Ukrainian resistance has been able to hold Kyiv and many other key cities. Meanwhile, more than 4.5 million refugees have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries, according to the United Nations' refugee agency. The United States, the European Union and other Western allies have been rolling out sanctions in…
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New phase of Ukraine war brings no obvious route to end fighting
12
Apr
War

New phase of Ukraine war brings no obvious route to end fighting

How does the war end in Ukraine? At the moment it is far from obvious – which is why both sides are girding for a trial of strength in Donbas after Russia was forced to abandon its attempt to capture Kyiv. Russia’s current military activity appears to back up what are in effect reduced war aims: targeting the entire Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts claimed by the so-called separatist republics, both recognised by Vladimir Putin just before the war broke out. An eight-mile convoy, spotted on Friday by satellite imagery, 50 miles east of Kharkiv, is likely to be heading for…
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Kyiv is now the capital of global democracy, the capital of the struggle for freedom for all in Europe – address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
06
Apr
UNCATEGORIZED, War

Kyiv is now the capital of global democracy, the capital of the struggle for freedom for all in Europe – address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Ukrainians! Today I will not take away much of your attention. The day was very informative. I will only briefly walk through the main points of my work this Tuesday, the 41st day of the invasion of the Russian Federation. I continued my active diplomatic work. Addressed the UN Security Council, which convened for a special meeting on Russia's war crimes in Bucha and in the occupied territories of Ukraine in general. I said what should have been said in this format a long time ago. The UN Security Council exists, and security in the world doesn’t. For anyone. This…
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Russian occupants tortured and killed 6 civilians in Bucha and tried to burn them – PGO Office. PHOTO
06
Apr
War

Russian occupants tortured and killed 6 civilians in Bucha and tried to burn them – PGO Office. PHOTO

The occupants tried to burn the bodies of six dead civilians in Bucha. An investigation has been launched. "The Bucha district prosecutor's office initiated criminal investigation into the violation of the laws and customs of war (Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). During the occupation of the town of Bucha, soldiers of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, in violation of International Humanitarian Law, killed civilians and set their bodies on fire to conceal the crime. In the course of the investigation, it was established that the bodies of the dead had signs of violent death and…
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Evidence of the crime of Russian troops in Bucha
05
Apr
War

Evidence of the crime of Russian troops in Bucha

Video taken from a drone on March 3 in Bucha, with the Russian BMD firing several shots at a civilian at the intersection of Yablunska and Vokzalna streets. (The video also tracks the civilian through the point he meets the Russian BMD at the intersection.) Following the release of photos from the city, the Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukraine had staged a provocation, and the bodies appeared on the streets only after the (Russian) de-occupation (and the Ukrainian occupation.). However, the head of the ritual service of the Bucha community, Serhiy Kaplychny, confirms the first burial of civilians in…
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Here’s what a CNN team on the scene of a mass grave in the Ukrainian town of Bucha saw 
04
Apr
UNCATEGORIZED, War

Here’s what a CNN team on the scene of a mass grave in the Ukrainian town of Bucha saw 

A mass grave has been discovered in the town of Bucha, in the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, a CNN team found.  Bodies were first buried in the grave, on the grounds of the Church of St. Andrew and Pyervozvannoho All Saints, in the first days of the war, residents told CNN. CNN saw at least a dozen bodies in body bags pilled inside the grave. Some were already partially covered.  According to residents, more bodies are already buried on site. They said they belong mostly to civilians killed in the fighting around Bucha. Residents told CNN that around…
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Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas
03
Apr
War

Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas

(Warsaw) – Human Rights Watch has documented several cases of Russian military forces committing laws-of-war violations against civilians in occupied areas of the Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Kyiv regions of Ukraine. These include a case of repeated rape; two cases of summary execution, one of six men, the other of one man; and other cases of unlawful violence and threats against civilians between February 27 and March 14, 2022. Soldiers were also implicated in looting civilian property, including food, clothing, and firewood. Those who carried out these abuses are responsible for war crimes. “The cases we documented amount to unspeakable, deliberate cruelty and violence…
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Special police forces are currently clearing the city of saboteurs and accomplices of Russian troops.
03
Apr
UNCATEGORIZED, War

Special police forces are currently clearing the city of saboteurs and accomplices of Russian troops.

After the liberation of the oblast from the occupants, civilians shot by Russians are found in Kyiv oblast. 280 people have already been buried in mass graves in Bucha, the mayor said. According to him, after the liberation, the city was severely destroyed, and its streets are littered with the bodies of dead people. Special police forces are currently clearing the city of saboteurs and accomplices of Russian troops.
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The road near the village Dmytrivka on the Zhytomyr highway is littered with corpses. People were killed by Russians. 
03
Apr
Society & Culture, War

The road near the village Dmytrivka on the Zhytomyr highway is littered with corpses. People were killed by Russians. 

Dmytrivka is located in the Bucha district near Kyiv, along the Zhytomyr highway. From the first day of the war, tanks of the occupiers arrived there. A few days ago, the village was liberated by the Ukrainian army. Now its inhabitants are returning to the village. They dismantle the blockages, tighten the windows and remove the corpses, which are littered with everything. Some of the dead have their hands tied. This indicates that Russian soldiers deliberately shot civilians. This is genocide. We are publishing this photo report by Stas Kozliuk and we want the whole world to know what is…
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‘Shut up or I’ll show your child his mother’s brains spread around the house’: Ukrainian woman gang-raped by drunk Russian soldiers as her four-year-old son wept reveals horrific details of the attack
30
Mar
War

‘Shut up or I’ll show your child his mother’s brains spread around the house’: Ukrainian woman gang-raped by drunk Russian soldiers as her four-year-old son wept reveals horrific details of the attack

Natalya, 33, told how two Russian soldiers came to the family home near Kyiv and shot dead her husband in the front yardSoldiers then came into the house and raped her repeatedly for several hoursNatalya said she could hear her four-year-old crying whilst hiding in boiler room A Ukrainian woman who was gang-raped repeatedly for hours by drunk Russian soldiers whilst her four-year-old son hid crying in a boiler room, just moments after they shot dead her husband, has spoken for the first time of the horror she endured.  Natalya, 33, whose name has been changed, told how a Russian…
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