A Digest of News ✊ from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 25-Febuary-2024.
⬤ Plus More persecution of Crimean Tatars and evidence of torture and execution of prisoners.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Civilians in captivity: In Oskil the invaders abducted a disabled man because of his diving suit (Tribunal for Putin February 25th)
Kremlin-installed `head’ of occupied Zaporizhzhia region says Ukrainians who spoke out against Russia were forcibly deported (Meduza, February 24th)
‘I Gave the Dogs Vodka to Keep Their Hearts Going’ (Tribunal for Putin February 24th)
Armed raid and surreal charges in Russian attempt to silence renowned Crimean Tatar journalist and Crimean Solidarity coordinator Lutfiye Zutfiyeva (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 23rd)
Russia abducts, tortures and ‘sentences’ disabled Ukrainian to 16 years on legally absurd charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 23rd)
Detention of a Crimean Tatar human rights defender and journalist Lutfiye Zudiyeva: statement of human rights organizations (Zmina February 22nd)
Russia's armed terror against independent Crimean Tatar Muslim community hits resistance (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 22nd)
Russia imports its own citizens, drives out Crimean Tatars, other Ukrainians to claim its 'right' to Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 21st)
Russia turns Ukraine’s occupied areas into an armed camp (People and Nature, February 21st)
Your families will suffer too: No limits to Russia’s persecution of Crimean Tatars and other Ukrainians (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 20th)
Insane sentence and 18 months of agonizing silence after Russia abducts two friends for opposing its war against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 19th)
Yurii Kerpatenko: A conductor with principles (The Ukrainians Media, February 2024)
News from Ukraine – general
‘Almost my entire family perished’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 24th)
Ukraine has lost 3.5 million jobs due to war, says PM (Ukrainska Pravda February 21st)
‘The neighbor was still alive and called his granddaughter to get him out from under the rubble,’ — a resident of Borodianka (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 20th)
Maidan cases: have the murderers of the Heavenly Hundred been punished and what is happening in the courts? (Zmina February 20th)
Appeal of Lviv students (Ukraine Solidarity EU, February 19th)
War-related news from Russia
At least 75,000 dead Russian soldiers (Meduza, February 24th)
Russian war blogger reportedly dies by suicide after saying 16,000 Russian troops lost in battle for Avdiivka (Meduza, February 21st)
Analysis and comment
Solidarity is our Weapon: What do left-wing activists in the army think (Commons, February 24th)
Arguments for a “left agenda” faced with the war in Ukraine (Anti-Capitalist Resistance, February 24th)
Reconstruction Amidst War (Commons, February 22nd)
73% of Ukrainians ready to endure war for as long as necessary – infographics (Ukrainska Pravda February 21st)
Palestine and Ukraine and the Struggle for Self-Determination (Labour Hub February 21st)
Interview with Olesia Briazgunova, International Officer of KVPU in Ukraine (Labour Start, February 21st)
In ‘False Transit’ Loophole, Russia’s War Machine Is Supplied Through Kazakh Companies and Belarusian Warehouses (OCCRP, February 21st)
The Maidan Shooting: Conspiracy Theories and Unanswered Questions (Commons, February 20th)
How to Understand Russia’s Imperialist Attitude Toward Ukraine (Ukraine Solidarity EU, February 16th)
Self-Organization and the New Left in Ukraine (Ukraine Solidarity EU, February 16th)
Research of human rights abuses
Ukraine launches investigation into third Russian execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war in a week (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 21st)
10 years of occupation of Crimea: human rights defenders on justice processes and punishment of the perpetrators (Zmina February 21st)
Russians kill unarmed and wounded Ukrainian prisoners of war near Avdiivka (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 19th)
Ukrainian human rights defenders spoke about the situation in occupied Crimea during the meeting with UNESCO (February 19th)
“Mariupol is a pattern of Russian Warfare: How Russia Destroyed the City (Zmina February 12th)
International solidarity
Welsh miners send aid to their Ukrainian counterparts (Nation Cymru, February 24th)
UGT de Catalunya's intervention at the international conference organised by the Ukrainian trade unions FPU and KVPU (Ukraine Solidarity EU, February 22nd)
Solidarity to all the black and brown people of Ukraine (Twitter thread, February 24th)
Letters to Free Crimea: write warm words to political prisoners of the Kremlin (Zmina February 19th)
Anniversary statements, analyses and demonstrations
“Stop the War” means “Death to the Dictatorship” (Russian Socialist Movement, February 24th)
Second Anniversary Of The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine (USC, February 23rd)
The square of no return. How the Revolution of Dignity changed Ukraine and Russia (The Insider, February 23rd)
A Ukraine diary: Reflecting on two years of war (The New Humanitarian, February 22nd)]
Putin must be stopped. The demonstration marking the 10th anniversary of Russia’s war against Ukraine (Centre for Civil Liberties February 21st)
Two years after Russia’s invasion – why you should stand with Ukraine (Real Democracy, February 21st)
Ukraine 5 AM Coalition appeals to the authorities and international community on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the war (Zmina February 20th)
Upcoming solidarity actions in the UK
Meeting: Thursday 29 February, 8pm
The Russian Invasion and the Ukrainian Left
Chair: John McDonnell MP
Speakers: Anastasia Ryabchuk and Denys Pilash (editors at Commons), Fred Leplat (Resistance Books)
Zoom link
Thursday 7 March - Evening - Fundraiser Showing of 20 Days in Mariupol - for medical aid appeal for at Novovlynysnk Central Hospital at The Garden Cinema, London.
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News from the territories occupied by Russia
Civilians in captivity: In Oskil the invaders abducted a disabled man because of his diving suit (Tribunal for Putin February 25th)
Kremlin-installed `head’ of occupied Zaporizhzhia region says Ukrainians who spoke out against Russia were forcibly deported (Meduza, February 24th)
‘I Gave the Dogs Vodka to Keep Their Hearts Going’ (Tribunal for Putin February 24th)
Armed raid and surreal charges in Russian attempt to silence renowned Crimean Tatar journalist and Crimean Solidarity coordinator Lutfiye Zutfiyeva (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 23rd)
Russia abducts, tortures and ‘sentences’ disabled Ukrainian to 16 years on legally absurd charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 23rd)
Detention of a Crimean Tatar human rights defender and journalist Lutfiye Zudiyeva: statement of human rights organizations (Zmina February 22nd)
Russia's armed terror against independent Crimean Tatar Muslim community hits resistance (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 22nd)
Russia imports its own citizens, drives out Crimean Tatars, other Ukrainians to claim its 'right' to Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 21st)
Russia turns Ukraine’s occupied areas into an armed camp (People and Nature, February 21st)
Your families will suffer too: No limits to Russia’s persecution of Crimean Tatars and other Ukrainians (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 20th)
Insane sentence and 18 months of agonizing silence after Russia abducts two friends for opposing its war against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 19th)
Yurii Kerpatenko: A conductor with principles (The Ukrainians Media, February 2024)
News from Ukraine – general
‘Almost my entire family perished’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 24th)
Ukraine has lost 3.5 million jobs due to war, says PM (Ukrainska Pravda February 21st)
‘The neighbor was still alive and called his granddaughter to get him out from under the rubble,’ — a resident of Borodianka (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 20th)
Maidan cases: have the murderers of the Heavenly Hundred been punished and what is happening in the courts? (Zmina February 20th)
Appeal of Lviv students (Ukraine Solidarity EU, February 19th)
War-related news from Russia
At least 75,000 dead Russian soldiers (Meduza, February 24th)
Russian war blogger reportedly dies by suicide after saying 16,000 Russian troops lost in battle for Avdiivka (Meduza, February 21st)
Analysis and comment
Solidarity is our Weapon: What do left-wing activists in the army think (Commons, February 24th)
Arguments for a “left agenda” faced with the war in Ukraine (Anti-Capitalist Resistance, February 24th)
Reconstruction Amidst War (Commons, February 22nd)
73% of Ukrainians ready to endure war for as long as necessary – infographics (Ukrainska Pravda February 21st)
Palestine and Ukraine and the Struggle for Self-Determination (Labour Hub February 21st)
Interview with Olesia Briazgunova, International Officer of KVPU in Ukraine (Labour Start, February 21st)
In ‘False Transit’ Loophole, Russia’s War Machine Is Supplied Through Kazakh Companies and Belarusian Warehouses (OCCRP, February 21st)
The Maidan Shooting: Conspiracy Theories and Unanswered Questions (Commons, February 20th)
How to Understand Russia’s Imperialist Attitude Toward Ukraine (Ukraine Solidarity EU, February 16th)
Self-Organization and the New Left in Ukraine (Ukraine Solidarity EU, February 16th)
Research of human rights abuses
Ukraine launches investigation into third Russian execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war in a week (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 21st)
10 years of occupation of Crimea: human rights defenders on justice processes and punishment of the perpetrators (Zmina February 21st)
Russians kill unarmed and wounded Ukrainian prisoners of war near Avdiivka (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group February 19th)
Ukrainian human rights defenders spoke about the situation in occupied Crimea during the meeting with UNESCO (February 19th)
“Mariupol is a pattern of Russian Warfare: How Russia Destroyed the City (Zmina February 12th)
International solidarity
Welsh miners send aid to their Ukrainian counterparts (Nation Cymru, February 24th)
UGT de Catalunya's intervention at the international conference organised by the Ukrainian trade unions FPU and KVPU (Ukraine Solidarity EU, February 22nd)
Solidarity to all the black and brown people of Ukraine (Twitter thread, February 24th)
Letters to Free Crimea: write warm words to political prisoners of the Kremlin (Zmina February 19th)
Anniversary statements, analyses and demonstrations
“Stop the War” means “Death to the Dictatorship” (Russian Socialist Movement, February 24th)
Second Anniversary Of The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine (USC, February 23rd)
The square of no return. How the Revolution of Dignity changed Ukraine and Russia (The Insider, February 23rd)
A Ukraine diary: Reflecting on two years of war (The New Humanitarian, February 22nd)]
Putin must be stopped. The demonstration marking the 10th anniversary of Russia’s war against Ukraine (Centre for Civil Liberties February 21st)
Two years after Russia’s invasion – why you should stand with Ukraine (Real Democracy, February 21st)
Ukraine 5 AM Coalition appeals to the authorities and international community on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the war (Zmina February 20th)
Upcoming solidarity actions in the UK
Meeting: Thursday 29 February, 8pm
The Russian Invasion and the Ukrainian Left
Chair: John McDonnell MP
Speakers: Anastasia Ryabchuk and Denys Pilash (editors at Commons), Fred Leplat (Resistance Books)
Zoom link
Thursday 7 March - Evening - Fundraiser Showing of 20 Days in Mariupol - for medical aid appeal for at Novovlynysnk Central Hospital at The Garden Cinema, London.
🔴We are now on Facebook and Substack! Please subscribe and tell friends. Better still, people can email us at 2022ukrainesolidarity@gmail.com, and we’ll send them the bulletin direct every Monday. The full-scale Russian assault on Ukraine is going into its third year: we’ll keep information and analysis coming, for as long as it takes.
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, and the bulletin is also stored on line here.
To stop the bulletin, reply with the word “STOP” in the subject field.
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