A Digest of News from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 2 May 2023.

News from the territories occupied by Russia


Russians loot houses of local residents in Luhansk Oblast – General Staff 

Invaders want to deport children from Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast, to Russia

Russia blocks release of Ukrainian journalist held hostage for over a year

Russian school textbooks delete Kyiv and 'explain the inevitability’ of Russia’s war against Ukraine

Over 11,000 children deported to Russia have been found since beginning of full-scale war in Ukraine

Russians force residents of occupied territories to watch propaganda films

Russians torturing Ukrainians in occupied territories with electric shocks most often

Initiative to support Crimean political prisoners “Letters to a free Crimea” is launched

Crimean Tatar human rights defender jailed for ‘resisting’ the Russian FSB who burst into his home and abducted him

Life-saving medication taken away from gravely ill Crimean Solidarity civic journalist in Russian occupation prison

Russian occupiers threatening to deport residents of Kherson Oblast who do not register for Russian passports

The human rights community is outraged by the detention of Abdureshyt Dzhepparov and demands his release

Russia seizes another Ukrainian in occupied Crimea on unprovable ‘sabotage’ charges

Abducted 69-year-old Ukrainian put on trial in Russia for defending Ukraine in 2014

Record 'low sentence' exposes brutal methods behind Russia’s repression in occupied Crimea

 

News from Ukraine – general


Zelenskyi postpones energy price pain for Ukrainians – but for how long?

Ukraine is reforming its welfare system as the cost of war rises

 “I, Kostya, Ukrainian high school student, member of the Direct Action union”

“Teacher, I joined the Ukrainian armed forces”


War-related news from Russia:


Putin signs life sentence for treason into law

Russia stops reporting oil and gas data

Russian students disciplined for asking ‘inappropriate question’

Shoot thy neighbor. Firearms smuggled from war in Ukraine trigger wave of gun violence in Russia

Notorious fake experts deployed in 'trial' of Memorial head for criticizing Russia's war against Ukraine

“We dug trenches with spoons and looked for ways to hide.” How mobilized men were sent to frontline unprepared and unsupplied

 

Analysis and comment


Can China broker peace in Ukraine? Don’t rule it out

The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship. What is behind the unchanging pacifism of the mainstream left?

A  contribution to the latest episode of "Doomsday Watch with Arthur Snell".

Our favourite podcasts on Ukraine, Russia and the region

Could the West have saved Ukraine’s Donbas?

War Speeches. EU Urges China to Move to “Ukrainian side,” Russia Seeks to Legalize the Annexation

Strengthening Sanctions against the Russian Federation

Sub-Imperialist  positioning, not “anti-colonial consciousness” behind the neutrality of reactionary elites in the Global South

Not One Inch, Unless It Is from Lisbon to Vladivostok 


Research of human rights abuses


“I was afraid they would cripple me”

“Grandpa was thrown 100 meters by the blast”

‘Three shells exploded in my yard,’ — a Bohdanivka resident’s story

Center for Civil Liberties Tribunal for Putin Initiative and Prisoner’s Voice roundtable. OSCE side meeting, Vienna, Austria—April 24th, 2023

Torture in occupied territories of Ukraine: ZMINA presents report and testimonies of victims at OSCE

Torture in Captivity

‘My brother was blown up by a tripwire mine. We don't know anything about his fate’


International solidarity


More aid from Ukraine Solidarity has arrived at the front

Dimitry Petrov, anarchist, dies in the armed resistance

 

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News From Ukraine 💣 Bulletin 44

A Digest of News from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 2 May 2023.

News from the territories occupied by Russia


Russians loot houses of local residents in Luhansk Oblast – General Staff 

Invaders want to deport children from Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast, to Russia

Russia blocks release of Ukrainian journalist held hostage for over a year

Russian school textbooks delete Kyiv and 'explain the inevitability’ of Russia’s war against Ukraine

Over 11,000 children deported to Russia have been found since beginning of full-scale war in Ukraine

Russians force residents of occupied territories to watch propaganda films

Russians torturing Ukrainians in occupied territories with electric shocks most often

Initiative to support Crimean political prisoners “Letters to a free Crimea” is launched

Crimean Tatar human rights defender jailed for ‘resisting’ the Russian FSB who burst into his home and abducted him

Life-saving medication taken away from gravely ill Crimean Solidarity civic journalist in Russian occupation prison

Russian occupiers threatening to deport residents of Kherson Oblast who do not register for Russian passports

The human rights community is outraged by the detention of Abdureshyt Dzhepparov and demands his release

Russia seizes another Ukrainian in occupied Crimea on unprovable ‘sabotage’ charges

Abducted 69-year-old Ukrainian put on trial in Russia for defending Ukraine in 2014

Record 'low sentence' exposes brutal methods behind Russia’s repression in occupied Crimea

 

News from Ukraine – general


Zelenskyi postpones energy price pain for Ukrainians – but for how long?

Ukraine is reforming its welfare system as the cost of war rises

 “I, Kostya, Ukrainian high school student, member of the Direct Action union”

“Teacher, I joined the Ukrainian armed forces”


War-related news from Russia:


Putin signs life sentence for treason into law

Russia stops reporting oil and gas data

Russian students disciplined for asking ‘inappropriate question’

Shoot thy neighbor. Firearms smuggled from war in Ukraine trigger wave of gun violence in Russia

Notorious fake experts deployed in 'trial' of Memorial head for criticizing Russia's war against Ukraine

“We dug trenches with spoons and looked for ways to hide.” How mobilized men were sent to frontline unprepared and unsupplied

 

Analysis and comment


Can China broker peace in Ukraine? Don’t rule it out

The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship. What is behind the unchanging pacifism of the mainstream left?

A  contribution to the latest episode of "Doomsday Watch with Arthur Snell".

Our favourite podcasts on Ukraine, Russia and the region

Could the West have saved Ukraine’s Donbas?

War Speeches. EU Urges China to Move to “Ukrainian side,” Russia Seeks to Legalize the Annexation

Strengthening Sanctions against the Russian Federation

Sub-Imperialist  positioning, not “anti-colonial consciousness” behind the neutrality of reactionary elites in the Global South

Not One Inch, Unless It Is from Lisbon to Vladivostok 


Research of human rights abuses


“I was afraid they would cripple me”

“Grandpa was thrown 100 meters by the blast”

‘Three shells exploded in my yard,’ — a Bohdanivka resident’s story

Center for Civil Liberties Tribunal for Putin Initiative and Prisoner’s Voice roundtable. OSCE side meeting, Vienna, Austria—April 24th, 2023

Torture in occupied territories of Ukraine: ZMINA presents report and testimonies of victims at OSCE

Torture in Captivity

‘My brother was blown up by a tripwire mine. We don't know anything about his fate’


International solidarity


More aid from Ukraine Solidarity has arrived at the front

Dimitry Petrov, anarchist, dies in the armed resistance

 

This bulletin is put together by labour movement activists in solidarity with Ukrainian resistance. More information. We are also on twitter. Our aim is to circulate information in English that to the best of our knowledge is reliable. If you have something you think we should include, please send it to 2022ukrainesolidarity@gmail.com.

The bulletin is also stored on line here.

To receive the bulletin regularly, send your email to 2022ukrainesolidarity@gmail.com. To stop it, please reply with the word “STOP” in the subject field.

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