A Digest of News ✊from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 2 July 2023.

In this week’s bulletin – highlights

More detailed accounts of Russian torture of Ukrainian citizens, including denial of medical aid and summary executionsincluding teenagers, as well as systematic abductions. The failed Wagner coup: comments by Russian socialist writers hereherehere and here.

News from the territories occupied by Russia

Revenge sentence against Crimean civic journalist Iryna Danilovych upheld despite grotesque charges and ongoing medical torture (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 30th)

Russia hides Kharkiv student abducted 15 months ago ‘for opposing’ its invasion (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 30th)

Russia has carried out summary executions of at least 77 civilian detainees since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 29th)

Guilty as Tortured: How Russia ‘looks for’ rail partisans in occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 29th)

Russia has abducted more than 500 active Ukrainians, mostly in Kherson region (Zmina, June 28th)

‘We were nothing and nobody. We were a human shield for the Russians’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 27th)

Torture of Ukrainian soldiers and imprisoned civilians (Kharkiv Human Rights Prot’n Group, 27 June)

Russia detains and prosecutes elderly activists for flying the Crimean Tatar Flag (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 27th)

Russian invaders kill two Ukrainian teenagers after torturing them as suspected rail partisans (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 26th)

Russians shelled cellars where people were hiding (Kharkiv Human Rights Prot’n Group, June 26th)

Russia begins surreal ‘international terrorism trial’ after abducting and torturing five Ukrainians from occupied Melitopol (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 26th)

Russians check teenagers in Mariupol for "loyalty to Ukraine" (Ukrainska Pravda, June 25th)

News from Ukraine – general

Appeal of Ukrainian сivil society organizations to NATO leaders at Vilnius Summit (Zmina, June 28th)

"Their mother is looking for wedding dresses to bury her daughters in": 14-year-old twins killed in Russian missile strike on Kramatorsk (Ukrainska Pravda, June 28th)

Ukraine passes long sentences against former top official over savage killing of Kherson activist Kateryna Handziuk (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 27th)

Aid to citizens and hospital in Donetsk region (Confed’n of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, 26 June)

67% Of Ukrainians In 7 Countries Plan To Return Home After The War (Opora, June 23rd)

How locals are leading the recovery in flooded region (OpenDemocracy, 22 June)

Ukrainian artists paint ‘live mural’ to demand green recovery (Ecoaction, June 22nd)

Coal mining communities joined forces and developed a common concept of just transition in the Reconstruction (Ecoaction, June 20th)

War-related news from Russia

Russian anti-war forces may find opening in wake of failed coup (Truthout, 2 July)

Putin stays in charge, but mutiny highlights US power in Ukraine (OpenDemocracy, 30 June)

Nothing but Wagner All Around. How Putin Degraded the Russian State (Important Studies, 27 June)

A Russian leftist deciphers Prigozhin’s failed rebellion (Green Left, 27 June)

Prigozhin’s march: what was it all about? (Posle Media, 26 June)

“The truth of her action” (Posle Media, 21 June)

Analysis and comment

Why we all need oDR’s reporting on Russia’s war in Ukraine (Open Democracy, July 1st)

The Left and Ukraine: Two Pitfalls to Avoid (Labour Hub, June 28th)

Any incident at Ukraine nuclear plant ‘would be deliberate act by Russia’ (OpenDemocracy, 28 June)

The UN must step in to avoid a nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine (OpenDemocracy, 27 June)

Reconstructing Ukraine (Next Recession, June 24th)

Another Ukraine is possible (Chartist, June 23rd)

“Russians go to Ukraine to kill Ukrainians and be killed themselves” (Forum for Ukr. Studies, 23 June)

Prospect Podcast: Ukraine’s war of the Words (Jen Stout, June 22nd)

The Green Phoenix Framework: a climate-positive plan for economic recovery in Ukraine

Research of human rights abuses

A view of the destroyed Kam’ianka from the air (Tribunal for Putin, June 30th)

“We should develop new algorithm for returning children”: Report on Russia’s violation of Ukrainian children’s rights presented in Kyiv (Zmina, June 27th)

The situation of children from families displaced within Ukraine due to Russia’s military aggression after 24 February 2022 (Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial Brussels, June 2nd)

Violation of the Rights of Children Taken from Ukraine to Russia and Belarus as a Result of Russian Military Aggression (Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial Brussels, June 12th)

International solidarity

Urgent Appeal for Medical Aid (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, June 24th)

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News From Ukraine 💣 Bulletin 53

A Digest of News ✊from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 2 July 2023.

In this week’s bulletin – highlights

More detailed accounts of Russian torture of Ukrainian citizens, including denial of medical aid and summary executionsincluding teenagers, as well as systematic abductions. The failed Wagner coup: comments by Russian socialist writers hereherehere and here.

News from the territories occupied by Russia

Revenge sentence against Crimean civic journalist Iryna Danilovych upheld despite grotesque charges and ongoing medical torture (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 30th)

Russia hides Kharkiv student abducted 15 months ago ‘for opposing’ its invasion (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 30th)

Russia has carried out summary executions of at least 77 civilian detainees since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 29th)

Guilty as Tortured: How Russia ‘looks for’ rail partisans in occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 29th)

Russia has abducted more than 500 active Ukrainians, mostly in Kherson region (Zmina, June 28th)

‘We were nothing and nobody. We were a human shield for the Russians’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 27th)

Torture of Ukrainian soldiers and imprisoned civilians (Kharkiv Human Rights Prot’n Group, 27 June)

Russia detains and prosecutes elderly activists for flying the Crimean Tatar Flag (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 27th)

Russian invaders kill two Ukrainian teenagers after torturing them as suspected rail partisans (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 26th)

Russians shelled cellars where people were hiding (Kharkiv Human Rights Prot’n Group, June 26th)

Russia begins surreal ‘international terrorism trial’ after abducting and torturing five Ukrainians from occupied Melitopol (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 26th)

Russians check teenagers in Mariupol for "loyalty to Ukraine" (Ukrainska Pravda, June 25th)

News from Ukraine – general

Appeal of Ukrainian сivil society organizations to NATO leaders at Vilnius Summit (Zmina, June 28th)

"Their mother is looking for wedding dresses to bury her daughters in": 14-year-old twins killed in Russian missile strike on Kramatorsk (Ukrainska Pravda, June 28th)

Ukraine passes long sentences against former top official over savage killing of Kherson activist Kateryna Handziuk (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 27th)

Aid to citizens and hospital in Donetsk region (Confed’n of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, 26 June)

67% Of Ukrainians In 7 Countries Plan To Return Home After The War (Opora, June 23rd)

How locals are leading the recovery in flooded region (OpenDemocracy, 22 June)

Ukrainian artists paint ‘live mural’ to demand green recovery (Ecoaction, June 22nd)

Coal mining communities joined forces and developed a common concept of just transition in the Reconstruction (Ecoaction, June 20th)

War-related news from Russia

Russian anti-war forces may find opening in wake of failed coup (Truthout, 2 July)

Putin stays in charge, but mutiny highlights US power in Ukraine (OpenDemocracy, 30 June)

Nothing but Wagner All Around. How Putin Degraded the Russian State (Important Studies, 27 June)

A Russian leftist deciphers Prigozhin’s failed rebellion (Green Left, 27 June)

Prigozhin’s march: what was it all about? (Posle Media, 26 June)

“The truth of her action” (Posle Media, 21 June)

Analysis and comment

Why we all need oDR’s reporting on Russia’s war in Ukraine (Open Democracy, July 1st)

The Left and Ukraine: Two Pitfalls to Avoid (Labour Hub, June 28th)

Any incident at Ukraine nuclear plant ‘would be deliberate act by Russia’ (OpenDemocracy, 28 June)

The UN must step in to avoid a nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine (OpenDemocracy, 27 June)

Reconstructing Ukraine (Next Recession, June 24th)

Another Ukraine is possible (Chartist, June 23rd)

“Russians go to Ukraine to kill Ukrainians and be killed themselves” (Forum for Ukr. Studies, 23 June)

Prospect Podcast: Ukraine’s war of the Words (Jen Stout, June 22nd)

The Green Phoenix Framework: a climate-positive plan for economic recovery in Ukraine

Research of human rights abuses

A view of the destroyed Kam’ianka from the air (Tribunal for Putin, June 30th)

“We should develop new algorithm for returning children”: Report on Russia’s violation of Ukrainian children’s rights presented in Kyiv (Zmina, June 27th)

The situation of children from families displaced within Ukraine due to Russia’s military aggression after 24 February 2022 (Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial Brussels, June 2nd)

Violation of the Rights of Children Taken from Ukraine to Russia and Belarus as a Result of Russian Military Aggression (Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial Brussels, June 12th)

International solidarity

Urgent Appeal for Medical Aid (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, June 24th)

🔴This bulletin is put together by labour movement activists in solidarity with Ukrainian resistance. More information at https://ukraine-solidarity.org/

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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