A Digest of News ✊ from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 16-September-2024.
In this week’s bulletin
⬤ Ways to respond to Russia’s missile attacks.
⬤ persecution of Crimean Tatars.
⬤ A graphic story of Ukraine in the second world war.
⬤ the neoliberal battle for Ukraine’s reconstruction;.
⬤ Ukraine solidarity conference in London,
Russia’s ‘Youth Army’ used to get Ukrainians on occupied territory to fight against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 13th)
Occupation 'court' increases sentence against abducted Crimean Tatar for not admitting to fictitious ‘crime’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 13th)
The inhuman detention conditions of Remzi Bekirov: statement by human rights organisations (Crimea Human Rights Group, 11 September)
Crimean imprisoned for criticising blocking of YouTube in occupied Ukraine and Russia (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 10th)
Russians carry out terror raids of families with school-age children in occupied Kherson oblast (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 9th)
Abducted Ukrainian labelled a ‘zombie’ and charged with ‘terrorism’ for supporting Ukraine and calling Russia an invader (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 9th)
The situation at the front
Victoria Honcharuk: Wall Street banker to combat medic (The Russian Reader, 14 September)
Russia counterattacks in Kursk, as fighter jet reportedly shot down over Black Sea (The Insider, 14 September)
Outgunned and outnumbered, Ukraine’s military is struggling with low morale and desertion (CNN, September 8th)
What the fall of Pokrovsk would mean for Russia's war in Ukraine (Kyiv Independent, September 5th)
News from Ukraine – general
Three civilians killed in Russian strike on agricultural facility in Zaporizhzhia Oblast (Ukrainska Pravda, September 14th)
Two women killed in Russian bombardment of Okhtyrka in Sumy Oblast (Ukrainska Pravda, September 13th)
Missiles and punishment: how to protect Ukraine amid Russia’s escalating strikes (The Insider, 9 September)
Report: from temporary housing to sustainable solutions (Cedos centre, 28 August)
War-related news from Russia
Why prisoners need parcels (Solidarity Zone, 14 September)
Russian male mortality rises due to war (Meduza, 10 September)
Pace of contract soldier recruitment is 6 x higher than last year (iStories, 9 September)
Analysis and comment
Hungary: Ukrainian Refugees Losing Housing (Human Rights Watch, September 11th)
Hidden from death: the story of Leah Dicker – a graphic story (commons.com.ua, 9 September)
The neoliberal battle for Ukraine’s reconstruction (New Statesman, 24 August)
Research of human rights abuses
The coalition of NGOs presented to the European Commission the Shadow Report on Chapter 23 “Justice and Fundamental Rights” (Zmina, September 13th)
ZMINA in coalition with civil society organizations prepared a Shadow Report to the European Commission’s Report on Ukraine in 2023 (Zmina, September 9th)
Opora and prosecutor’s office agree on investigating Russian war crimes (Opora, 7 September.
International solidarity
Ukraine solidarity conference declaration (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 11 September)
€10,000 appeal for a Mitsubishi L200 for Bez (Solidarity Collectives, 11 September)
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