The Russian army has been accused of forcibly mobilizing Ukrainian citizens living in temporarily occupied regions to fight alongside Moscow’s troops, according to a report. Speaking at a briefing at Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform, Olha Skrypnyk, Chairperson of the Board at the Crimean Human Rights Group, said men in the regions of Donetsk and … Read more
Russia is mobilizing residents of occupied parts of Ukraine to replenish losses in its invasion, the Ukrainian military claimed. A new wave of mobilization was reported since Monday in the city of Alchevsk in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk province, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a Thursday situation report. “To replenish … Read more
The Russian army is planning to bomb a hospital in the temporarily occupied region of Luhansk and blame it on the Ukrainian military, according to a report. The information was reported by the National Resistance Center (NRC), an underground resistance movement. It also added that the Russian army will likely target a medical ward where … Read more
Ukrainian authorities have discovered several chambers that the Russian army used to detain and torture children during their occupation of Kherson Oblast. Speaking during a briefing at the Ukraine-Ukrinform media center on Wednesday, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said the children kept in the chambers were those who offered resistance. He added … Read more
Ukrainian civilians in territories occupied by the Russian army are being forced to join the war and fight against their own country, according to a report. In Donbas, thousands of Ukrainian civilians were forced to enlist in the army following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “partial mobilization” order in September, as per independent news agency The … Read more
In a move that will block people from Russian-occupied or recognized territories in Ukraine and Georgia from obtaining a visa or crossing the borders of the Schengen Area, the European Union (EU) has announced that it will not recognize Russian passports issued in these regions . “This decision is a response to Russia’s unprovoked and … Read more
The Russian army has left thousands of unexploded mines in territories that the army recently released, all of which may take years to demine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday. Zelensky added that the unexploded mines and munitions were found in critical infrastructure facilities as well as civilian areas, including houses, roads, power lines and enterprise … Read more
Russian forces allegedly kidnapped a nurse in the partially occupied Ukrainian region of Kherson and hanged her because she insisted her city was still part of Ukraine. Tetyana Mudryenko, 56, and her husband, 60-year-old Anatoly Orekhov, were abducted from their own yard in Skadovsk, Ukraine, on Oct. 7, the Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR) … Read more
Russia has released a master plan for the restoration of the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol, including the development of private housing and multi-apartment buildings, according to a report. According to the plan, builders intend to build and renovate a total of 8.71 million square meters of housing in Mariupol between 2022 and 2035 with … Read more
Russia is recruiting men in occupied parts of Ukraine, with Russian authorities telling locals in some areas that factors such as age and physical condition are of no importance, according to Ukrainian authorities. Among the places that allegedly saw a mobilization program was Ukraine’s easternmost Luhansk region, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense’s Main … Read more