⬤ Ukraine in Russian imagination.
⬤ Russian prisoner’s speech from the dock.
⬤ Plus Ukraine, Palestine and empires.
⬤ Plus forced disappearances in Crimea.
⬤ Plus war crimes investigations.
⬤ Plus Russian crackdown on LGBT+.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Russian traffic police used for enforced disappearances and FSB terror in occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 12th)
‘He called to set Kremlin on fire’ (Tribunal for Putin, April 12th)
Crimean Tatar imprisoned for refusal to ‘publicly repent’ protest over Russia’s war against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 11th)
Russia admits to holding Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Khyliuk (Kharkiv HRPG, April 9th)
Russia sentences abducted Ukrainian Baptist volunteer to 20 years on insane ‘terrorism’ and ‘spying’ charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 8th)
How Russia cracked down on the LGBTQ+ community in Crimea (Zmina, April 7th)
The situation at the front
Ukraine could face defeat in 2024. Here's how that might look (BBC, April 13th)
Tanks but no tanks Russia makes breakthroughs along the front line in Ukraine, but its equipment losses could be a point of vulnerability (Meduza, April 9th)
News from Ukraine – general
Independent Trade Union of Mineworkers mission to the front (12 April, Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine)
Children of the Underground: How Kharkiv’s schoolchildren study in the subway amidst constant Russian shelling (The Insider, April 12th)
Over 600 civilians killed and injured by Russians in March (Ukrainska Pravda, April 10th)
Ukrainian medical students fight for their rights (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, April 9th)
Roma also defend the country and suffer from the war – Tetiana Pechonchyk (Zmina, April 8th)
Ukraine initiates war crimes probe after Russians kill unarmed Ukrainian POWs in Kherson oblast (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 8th)
In Kyiv, human rights defenders discussed with international organisations the necessary steps for Ukraine to protect victims of the war (Zmina, April 5th)
A theatre from Mariupol is being reborn in Ukraine, the director of which ZMINA helped take out of the occupation (Zmina, April 4th)
War-related news from Russia
‘Children behind bars’ Russian minor detained for anti-war statements (Meduza, April 12th)
Volunteers (including one who helped Ukrainians cross the border) (The Russian Reader, 12 April)
A Russian soldier’s story: ‘He had no chance’ (Meduza, 10 April)
Russia’s propaganda lies to accuse Ukraine of its own terrorism (Kharkiv HRPG, April 10th)
How Russia manufactures FPV drones to kill Ukrainians (The Insider, 9 April)
Russia recruited women prisoners to fight in Ukraine. Six months later, they’re waiting to be deployed (Meduza, April 9th)
Speech from the dock by Azat Miftakhov, Russian political prisoner (The Russian Reader, 31 March)
The Russian Orthodox Church Declares “Holy War” Against Ukraine (Understanding War, March 30th)
Analysis and comment
“If we didn’t join the armed forces, the left in Ukraine would cease to exist,” says Taras Bilous (Europe Solidaire, April 13th)
Leaving Ukraine unable to defend its skies makes Russian invasion of other countries a question of time (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 12th)
Dmytro Vovk: Is it possible to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church? (Kharkiv HRPG, April 12th)
“Ukraine is much closer to those countries that undergo transformation processes” Oleksandra Romantsova speaks about event she attended in South Africa (Centre for Civil Liberties, April 10th)
«Democracies have to support each other even stronger» – Oleksandra Matviichuk at Nobel Prize Dialogue Brussels (Centre for Civil Liberties, April 9th)
Palestine, Ukraine and the crisis of empires (People and Nature, April 8th)
No path to peace in Ukraine through this fantasy world (People and Nature, April 8th)
Ukraine in the Russian imagination (Hanna Perekhoda, Ukraine Solidarity EU, April 2nd)
Ukrainian authorities’ legitimacy when elections are impossible (Opora, April 2nd)
Research of human rights abuses
‘I saw a plane drop a bomb on my house’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 12th)
‘240 houses were razed to the ground, and 700 were damaged’ — resident of the village of Zahaltsi (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 10th)
Upcoming solidarity events
UCU members for Ukraine webinar: Ukraine’s economy and post-war reconstruction, Thursday 25 April, 7.0pm UK time.
Freedom for Maksym Butkevych: on line campaign event, Tuesday May 14th, 7.0pm UK time
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