At the end of October 2025, the international tribunal in The Hague heard testimony from Olena Yahupova, a resident of the town of Kamianka-Dniprovska in…
“People started disappearing from the very beginning”
“They suffocated us with bags, tortured us with electricity, simulated executions”
“They forced us to dig trenches and clear minefields”
“He said: if you don’t obey, I’ll shoot you. If you behave well, I’ll give you sausage”
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As part of peace talks in 2025, Russia and Ukraine carried out two large-scale prisoner exchanges. However, Ukrainian civilians…
Even before the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, security forces in the “DNR” and “LNR” — the Kremlin-created…
Three-and-a-half years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, some civilians refuse to leave their homes — even in cities…
Maksym Butkevych tells of pattern of beatings and threats of execution and sexual violence to extract ‘confession’
Desertion from the Russian army is becoming increasingly widespread. A year and a half ago, Russia had opened around 8,000 cases…
TALLINN: Even now, safely in her new home of Estonia, Inna Vnukova says she can’t purge the terrifying memory of living under…
