In this week’s bulletin
⬤ daily life in Kharkiv.
⬤ photos and voices from a border town under attack
⬤ nuclear escalation assessment
⬤ war crimes.
⬤ Russia’s illegal deportation of Ukrainian children.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Stalin era denunciations resurrected in all parts of UkrainÄ™ under Russian occupation (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 20th)
Russia fabricates absurd 'spying' charges against Ukrainian abducted from Kherson oblast in 2022 (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 20th)
Statement on the illegal imprisonment of Oleksandr Sizikov in Crimea (Crimean Human Rights Group, 19 September)
Russian invaders sentence Melitopol resident to 18 years for brazenly fake ‘thwarted saboteur plot’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 19th)
Russia confirms horrific 17-year sentence against blind and disabled Ukrainian on insane ‘terrorism’ charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 16th)
Life Under Occupation (Alternative Human Rights Centre, August 2024)
Life Under Occupation (Alternative Human Rights Centre, July 2024)
The situation at the front:
Russians savagely execute unarmed Ukrainian prisoner of war (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 18th)
Infantry war at Pokrovsk: why Ukraine’s key eastern front started (and continues) to crumble (Ukrainska Pravda, 17 September)
Destroyed Pokrovsk and Mirnohrad (Tribunal for Putin, September 17th)
News from Ukraine – general
Russians struck Ukraine energy infrastructure more than 1000 times since October 2022 (Ukrainska Pravda, 22 September)
The Ukrainian Urban Forum 2024 “Society and Space” took place (Cedos, September 19th)
Human rights organisations’ statement on ministry for reintegration of temporarily occupied territories (Crimean Human Rights Group, 18 September)
The Ministry of Reintegration can be liquidated: human rights defenders see this as a risk for the protection of the population affected by the war (Zmina, September 18th)
Photos and voices from Sumy, a Ukrainian border city under constant attack (Meduza, 17 September)
Leniye Umerova and many other Ukrainian political prisoners and POWs released in major Ukraine – Russia exchange (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 16th)
War-related news from Russia
“Those who abandoned us won’t come to the rescue”: Kursk residents go to the polls amid Ukraine’s ongoing offensive (The Insider, September 20th)
For social housing, veterans of the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine go to the top of the queue (Meduza, 20 September)
What does Putin’s order to mobilise another 180,000 men mean? (Meduza, 18 September)
‘The boomerang is returning’: life in Russia’s town with Ukrainian roots where Kyiv is now in charge (Observer, September 7th)
Analysis and comment
Late Pozner: portrait of a lifelong Kremlin propagandist (The Russian Reader, 21 September)
‘Nuclear escalation is a two-sided game, that’s not being played with Russia’ (iStories, 20 September)
Punishment not only for Putin: changing Ukraine’s war crimes investigation system (European Pravda, 18 September)
Denis Larionov: On war in contemporary poetry (Posle.Media, 18 September)
Research of human rights abuses
UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances to review Morocco, Norway and Ukraine (UNHCR, September 20th)
The Complexities of Working in a Conflict Zone and Mechanisms for Seeking Justice for the Victims and Survivors of Violence (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 19th)
How the world’s first open-source digital map of mass graves could help bring justice to victims in Ukraine and other war zones (The Conversation, September 18th)
Medvezhonok Camp: The Story of 300 Ukrainian Children Kidnapped by Russian Authorities (International Partnership for Human Rights, September 10th)
International solidarity
A new fundraiser for a pick-up truck for the international legion (Solidarity Collectives, 19 September)
In Solidarity Zone, 77% of participants are women (Solidarity Zone, 19 September)
Appeal: vital equipment needed for Ukrainian rescue squads (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 18 September)
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Stalin era denunciations resurrected in all parts of UkrainÄ™ under Russian occupation (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 20th)
Russia fabricates absurd 'spying' charges against Ukrainian abducted from Kherson oblast in 2022 (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 20th)
Statement on the illegal imprisonment of Oleksandr Sizikov in Crimea (Crimean Human Rights Group, 19 September)
Russian invaders sentence Melitopol resident to 18 years for brazenly fake ‘thwarted saboteur plot’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 19th)
Russia confirms horrific 17-year sentence against blind and disabled Ukrainian on insane ‘terrorism’ charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 16th)
Life Under Occupation (Alternative Human Rights Centre, August 2024)
Life Under Occupation (Alternative Human Rights Centre, July 2024)
The situation at the front:
Russians savagely execute unarmed Ukrainian prisoner of war (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 18th)
Infantry war at Pokrovsk: why Ukraine’s key eastern front started (and continues) to crumble (Ukrainska Pravda, 17 September)
Destroyed Pokrovsk and Mirnohrad (Tribunal for Putin, September 17th)
News from Ukraine – general
Russians struck Ukraine energy infrastructure more than 1000 times since October 2022 (Ukrainska Pravda, 22 September)
The Ukrainian Urban Forum 2024 “Society and Space” took place (Cedos, September 19th)
Human rights organisations’ statement on ministry for reintegration of temporarily occupied territories (Crimean Human Rights Group, 18 September)
The Ministry of Reintegration can be liquidated: human rights defenders see this as a risk for the protection of the population affected by the war (Zmina, September 18th)
Photos and voices from Sumy, a Ukrainian border city under constant attack (Meduza, 17 September)
Leniye Umerova and many other Ukrainian political prisoners and POWs released in major Ukraine – Russia exchange (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 16th)
War-related news from Russia
“Those who abandoned us won’t come to the rescue”: Kursk residents go to the polls amid Ukraine’s ongoing offensive (The Insider, September 20th)
For social housing, veterans of the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine go to the top of the queue (Meduza, 20 September)
What does Putin’s order to mobilise another 180,000 men mean? (Meduza, 18 September)
‘The boomerang is returning’: life in Russia’s town with Ukrainian roots where Kyiv is now in charge (Observer, September 7th)
Analysis and comment
Late Pozner: portrait of a lifelong Kremlin propagandist (The Russian Reader, 21 September)
‘Nuclear escalation is a two-sided game, that’s not being played with Russia’ (iStories, 20 September)
Punishment not only for Putin: changing Ukraine’s war crimes investigation system (European Pravda, 18 September)
Denis Larionov: On war in contemporary poetry (Posle.Media, 18 September)
Research of human rights abuses
UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances to review Morocco, Norway and Ukraine (UNHCR, September 20th)
The Complexities of Working in a Conflict Zone and Mechanisms for Seeking Justice for the Victims and Survivors of Violence (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 19th)
How the world’s first open-source digital map of mass graves could help bring justice to victims in Ukraine and other war zones (The Conversation, September 18th)
Medvezhonok Camp: The Story of 300 Ukrainian Children Kidnapped by Russian Authorities (International Partnership for Human Rights, September 10th)
International solidarity
A new fundraiser for a pick-up truck for the international legion (Solidarity Collectives, 19 September)
In Solidarity Zone, 77% of participants are women (Solidarity Zone, 19 September)
Appeal: vital equipment needed for Ukrainian rescue squads (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 18 September)
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