A Digest of News ✊ from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 9-September-2024.
In this week’s bulletin
⬤ Kursk offensive as seen by Ukrainian servicemen.
⬤ “occupied education” in Kherson and secret Ukrainian schools in occupied territories.
⬤ Basurka (comments by Russians on the war. ⬤ more evidence of Russian war crimes.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Telegram’s muddy money (iStories, 6 September)
Russia fabricates insane charges against Ukrainian partisan first seized in Donetsk 8 years ago (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 5th)
“It’s getting harder to hide.” Children living under Russian occupation secretly attend Ukrainian schools (Meduza/ iStories, 5 September)
Occupied education. How Russia distorts the minds of Ukrainian children in Kherson (Ukrainska Pravda, 4 September)
Russian propagandist and soldiers openly boast of looting homes in occupied Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 3rd)
Rustem Osmanov: unlawful, barbaric detention conditions (Crimea Human Rights Group, 2 September)
Russian FSB come for 70-year-old mother of imprisoned Crimean Tatar civic journalist Seiran Saliyev (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 2nd)
Court in Russia rules that 20-year sentence against Ukrainian POW for defending Mariupol is not long enough (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 2nd)
News from the front
"We will meet the most resistance in Kursk." The Kursk offensive through the eyes of three Ukrainian servicemen (Ukrainska Pravda, August 27th)
Ukraine’s Kursk offensive blitzed Russia with electronic warfare and drones (Forbes, 9 August)
News from Ukraine – general
What draft laws for the protection of war victims should be adopted during the new session of the Verkhovna Rada – road map (Zmina, September 3rd)
The team of the film «Songs of Slow Burning Earth» organized an event at the Venice Film Festival to support Ukrainians in captivity (Center for Civil Liberties, September 6th)
«Degradation. Torture. Degradation». A poetical video project in Kyiv talks about Russian captivity (Center for Civil Liberties, September 3rd)
Our friend Taras Bilous has been awarded the Daniel Singer Prize (Solidarity Collectives, September 3rd)
The historical branch of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine on the path to be banned (European Times, August 25th)
War-related news from Russia
Rouslan Sidiki talks about his torture (Solidarity Zone, 6 September)
“I wanted to fight this horror.” The growing number of Russian teenagers going to prison on sabotage charges (Meduza, 6 September)
Kaliningrad: the situation before the elections (Posle.Media, 6 September)
Sasha Skochilenko: I just happened to be the winner of the ‘Hunger Games’ (The Art Newspaper, September 4th)
Basurka (some comments by Russians on the war) (The Russian Reader, 4 September)
Fundraiser for parcels – supporting prisoners in Russia who took direct against the war (Solidarity Zone, 3 September)
Research of human rights abuses
Savage torture and 11-year sentence for opposing Russia’s occupation of Kherson (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 6th)
Cultural genocide is hard to prove, says US professor (Tribunal for Putin, September 6th)
Ukraine lodges war crimes probe after Russians shoot unarmed Ukrainian POWs in the back (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 4th)
International solidarity
On 7 September, our banner, “From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime”, was on the national march for a ceasefire in Gaza, carried by supporters of the Ukraine Information Group and Unite the Struggles (Ukraine Information Group, 8 September).
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Telegram’s muddy money (iStories, 6 September)
Russia fabricates insane charges against Ukrainian partisan first seized in Donetsk 8 years ago (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 5th)
“It’s getting harder to hide.” Children living under Russian occupation secretly attend Ukrainian schools (Meduza/ iStories, 5 September)
Occupied education. How Russia distorts the minds of Ukrainian children in Kherson (Ukrainska Pravda, 4 September)
Russian propagandist and soldiers openly boast of looting homes in occupied Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 3rd)
Rustem Osmanov: unlawful, barbaric detention conditions (Crimea Human Rights Group, 2 September)
Russian FSB come for 70-year-old mother of imprisoned Crimean Tatar civic journalist Seiran Saliyev (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 2nd)
Court in Russia rules that 20-year sentence against Ukrainian POW for defending Mariupol is not long enough (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 2nd)
News from the front
"We will meet the most resistance in Kursk." The Kursk offensive through the eyes of three Ukrainian servicemen (Ukrainska Pravda, August 27th)
Ukraine’s Kursk offensive blitzed Russia with electronic warfare and drones (Forbes, 9 August)
News from Ukraine – general
What draft laws for the protection of war victims should be adopted during the new session of the Verkhovna Rada – road map (Zmina, September 3rd)
The team of the film «Songs of Slow Burning Earth» organized an event at the Venice Film Festival to support Ukrainians in captivity (Center for Civil Liberties, September 6th)
«Degradation. Torture. Degradation». A poetical video project in Kyiv talks about Russian captivity (Center for Civil Liberties, September 3rd)
Our friend Taras Bilous has been awarded the Daniel Singer Prize (Solidarity Collectives, September 3rd)
The historical branch of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine on the path to be banned (European Times, August 25th)
War-related news from Russia
Rouslan Sidiki talks about his torture (Solidarity Zone, 6 September)
“I wanted to fight this horror.” The growing number of Russian teenagers going to prison on sabotage charges (Meduza, 6 September)
Kaliningrad: the situation before the elections (Posle.Media, 6 September)
Sasha Skochilenko: I just happened to be the winner of the ‘Hunger Games’ (The Art Newspaper, September 4th)
Basurka (some comments by Russians on the war) (The Russian Reader, 4 September)
Fundraiser for parcels – supporting prisoners in Russia who took direct against the war (Solidarity Zone, 3 September)
Research of human rights abuses
Savage torture and 11-year sentence for opposing Russia’s occupation of Kherson (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 6th)
Cultural genocide is hard to prove, says US professor (Tribunal for Putin, September 6th)
Ukraine lodges war crimes probe after Russians shoot unarmed Ukrainian POWs in the back (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 4th)
International solidarity
On 7 September, our banner, “From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime”, was on the national march for a ceasefire in Gaza, carried by supporters of the Ukraine Information Group and Unite the Struggles (Ukraine Information Group, 8 September).
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