A Digest of News ✊from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 14 August 2023.

In this week’s bulletin

Plus perspectives from Ukrainian feminists.

News from the territories occupied by Russia

Russia charges abducted Ukrainian lawyer from Kherson oblast with ‘spying’ after six months of torture (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 11th)

Open death threats against Ukrainian political prisoner in Russian captivity (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 11th)

Russia is preparing children from occupied territories to fight against Ukraine (Ukrainska Pravda, August 10th)

Russia bans school remembrance of victims of the Crimean Tatar Deportation as ‘provocation’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 10th)

Chilling silence over Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests abducted by the Russians for grotesque 'terrorism' claims (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 9th)

Russia plans to dump its rubbish on Ukraine's temporarily occupied territories (Ukrainska Pravda, August 8th)

Russians create "schools" for election fraud in occupied Kherson (Ukrainska Pravda, August 7th)

Chernihiv village head seized by FSB for obstructing Russia’s invasion (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 7th)

Life Under Occupation (Alternative Human Rights Centre, June-July 2023)

News from Ukraine – general

500 children killed during Russian invasion of Ukraine – Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office (Ukrainska Pravda, August 13th)

'Horrific Milestone': Russian Attacks on Healthcare in Ukraine Top 1,000 (Common Dreams, August 10th)

Russia killed 78 Ukrainian rescue workers since beginning of full-scale war (Ukrainska Pravda, August 8th)

NATO training leaves Ukrainian troops ‘underprepared’ for war (Open Democracy, August 8th)

The Ukrainian Sergei Okrushko is being tortured in Russia (Telegram, August 8th)

July wave of social conflicts in Ukraine (European Network in Solidarity with Ukraine, August 6th)

Russia shells Ukraine with missiles it received from Kyiv in 1999 for gas debts (Censor.net, August 3rd)

Analysis and comment

Russia had been preparing for this war for years (Shame Movement, August 2nd)

Ukraine, feminists on the alert. After the war, there is a risk of a ban on abortion (European Network in Solidarity with Ukraine, August 17th)

Weapons to fight for peace (European Network in Solidarity with Ukraine, August 7th)

The Unbearable Manicheanism of the “Anti-Imperialist” Left (Philosophy Salon, August 7th)

Russia’s evil is being turned back on itself (Prospect, July 19th)


Research of human rights abuses

One-way road, road back — execution (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 12th)

Ukrainian accounts of torture ‘go way beyond rogue Russian troops’, UN warns (Independent, August 12th)

Russia’s latest war crime (Labour Hub, August 11th)

Analytical information on enforced disappearances in Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 10 August)

‘We looked like vagabonds — dirty and scared’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 9th)

Destroyed Tsyrkuny from the air (Tribunal for Putin, August 9th)

Constant plane attacks and barrages overhead (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 8th)

What remains of Izium (Tribunal for Putin, August 7th)

Ukrainian International Criminal Justice Week has passed — results of the discussions and lectures on important issues (Centre for Civil Liberties, August 7th)

War-related news from Russia


Ukraine ‘began the war against Russia’ in Moscow’s official school history textbook (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 8th)

Russian propaganda uses Nazi argument for seizing Ukrainian territory and claims barbaric attack was ‘revenge for fake ‘Odesa massacre’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 7th)

Russia’s military wives and mothers are challenging Putin’s war on Ukraine (Open Democracy, August 7th)

International solidarity

TUC Congress must side with Ukraine! (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, August 11th)

Bilkis, feminism in solidarity (European Network in Solidarity with Ukraine, August 7th)

A humanitarian mission to a new location (Solidarity Collectives, August 7th)


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News From Ukraine ๐Ÿ’ฃ Bulletin 59

A Digest of News ✊from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 14 August 2023.

In this week’s bulletin

Plus perspectives from Ukrainian feminists.

News from the territories occupied by Russia

Russia charges abducted Ukrainian lawyer from Kherson oblast with ‘spying’ after six months of torture (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 11th)

Open death threats against Ukrainian political prisoner in Russian captivity (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 11th)

Russia is preparing children from occupied territories to fight against Ukraine (Ukrainska Pravda, August 10th)

Russia bans school remembrance of victims of the Crimean Tatar Deportation as ‘provocation’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 10th)

Chilling silence over Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests abducted by the Russians for grotesque 'terrorism' claims (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 9th)

Russia plans to dump its rubbish on Ukraine's temporarily occupied territories (Ukrainska Pravda, August 8th)

Russians create "schools" for election fraud in occupied Kherson (Ukrainska Pravda, August 7th)

Chernihiv village head seized by FSB for obstructing Russia’s invasion (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 7th)

Life Under Occupation (Alternative Human Rights Centre, June-July 2023)

News from Ukraine – general

500 children killed during Russian invasion of Ukraine – Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office (Ukrainska Pravda, August 13th)

'Horrific Milestone': Russian Attacks on Healthcare in Ukraine Top 1,000 (Common Dreams, August 10th)

Russia killed 78 Ukrainian rescue workers since beginning of full-scale war (Ukrainska Pravda, August 8th)

NATO training leaves Ukrainian troops ‘underprepared’ for war (Open Democracy, August 8th)

The Ukrainian Sergei Okrushko is being tortured in Russia (Telegram, August 8th)

July wave of social conflicts in Ukraine (European Network in Solidarity with Ukraine, August 6th)

Russia shells Ukraine with missiles it received from Kyiv in 1999 for gas debts (Censor.net, August 3rd)

Analysis and comment

Russia had been preparing for this war for years (Shame Movement, August 2nd)

Ukraine, feminists on the alert. After the war, there is a risk of a ban on abortion (European Network in Solidarity with Ukraine, August 17th)

Weapons to fight for peace (European Network in Solidarity with Ukraine, August 7th)

The Unbearable Manicheanism of the “Anti-Imperialist” Left (Philosophy Salon, August 7th)

Russia’s evil is being turned back on itself (Prospect, July 19th)


Research of human rights abuses

One-way road, road back — execution (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 12th)

Ukrainian accounts of torture ‘go way beyond rogue Russian troops’, UN warns (Independent, August 12th)

Russia’s latest war crime (Labour Hub, August 11th)

Analytical information on enforced disappearances in Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 10 August)

‘We looked like vagabonds — dirty and scared’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 9th)

Destroyed Tsyrkuny from the air (Tribunal for Putin, August 9th)

Constant plane attacks and barrages overhead (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 8th)

What remains of Izium (Tribunal for Putin, August 7th)

Ukrainian International Criminal Justice Week has passed — results of the discussions and lectures on important issues (Centre for Civil Liberties, August 7th)

War-related news from Russia


Ukraine ‘began the war against Russia’ in Moscow’s official school history textbook (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 8th)

Russian propaganda uses Nazi argument for seizing Ukrainian territory and claims barbaric attack was ‘revenge for fake ‘Odesa massacre’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 7th)

Russia’s military wives and mothers are challenging Putin’s war on Ukraine (Open Democracy, August 7th)

International solidarity

TUC Congress must side with Ukraine! (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, August 11th)

Bilkis, feminism in solidarity (European Network in Solidarity with Ukraine, August 7th)

A humanitarian mission to a new location (Solidarity Collectives, August 7th)


๐Ÿ”ดThis 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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