A Digest of News ✊ from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 24-February-2025.
In this week’s bulletin
⬤ Fractured futures of Ukraine IDPs.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Seventh year of life-threatening torture in Russian-occupied Donbas for supporting Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 21st)
Olha Skrypnyk: Eleven years of the occupation of Crimea (Crimea Human Rights Group, 21 February)
Russian on trial for killing Ukrainian POW with his commander confirming ‘order to not take prisoners’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 19th)
Russia sentences Mariupol mother of four to 14 years on 'terrorism' and ‘treason’ charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 18th)
Russia passes 10-year sentence over two years after abducting and torturing 20-year-old Kherson student (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 17th)
Life Under Occupation (Alterpravo, January 2025)
The situation at the front, and peace talks
Weekly war summary: AFU counter attacks near Pokrovsk (The Insider, 22 February)
Wyborcza reports on Ukrainian border guards fighting on the front line (Eastern Frontier Initiative, 21 February)
The Betrayal of Ukraine: Week 2 (Russian Reader, February 17th)
News from Ukraine – general
Russia’s weaponization of elections in Ukraine given unexpected boost by President Trump (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 20th)
Russians destroy ancient wooden church in Andriivka – photos (Ukrainska Pravda, February 20th)
A coalition of Human Rights Organizations held a meeting on legislative changes for war victims (Zmina, February 20th)
Fractured Futures: Ukraine's Internally Displaced (Commons.com, February 19th)
Medicine, heating, reforms: How Trump’s aid freeze hit Ukraine (The Insider, February 18th)
War-related news from Russia
‘You could call me a partisan.’ Ruslan Siddiqi recounts his anti-war actions (People and Nature, February 19th)
How Russian servicemen bribe their way off the front line (iStories, 17 February)
Ukraine removed from rewritten history of WWII as Russia tries to justify its full-scale invasion (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 17th)
Xenophobia and Schools (Posle, February 12th)
Analysis and comment
Trump backs Putin against Ukraine. History turns darker (People and Nature, February 23rd)
About the organization of anarchists in Ukraine: point of view of a member of a local action collective (Takku, February 23rd)
Statement of Ukrainian Non-Governmental Organizations on the Impossibility of Holding Democratic Elections without the Sustainable Peace (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 21st)
The US sees China as its main global rival (Michael Karadjis, Facebook, February 19th)
Conspiracy of American and Russian imperialism behind Ukraine's back (Lis-Isl, February 17th)
Hanna Perekhoda: The fight for freedom in Ukraine is intimately linked to the global struggle against fascist forces (Cross-border Talks, February 16th)
Ukraine's defeat and the fall of Western power (Owen Jones Battlelines, February 14th)
Research of human rights abuses
Four women's stories of torture in Russian captivity (Ukrainska Pravda, February 20th)
90% without documents: report on prisoners deported to Russia (Zmina, February 14th)
International solidarity
A fundraiser for Roman Nasryev's cassation! (Solidarity Zone, FB, February 21st)
Permanent settlement for refugees! (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, February 20th)
Members of the European Parliament showed solidarity by writing 150 letters to Ukrainian political prisoners (Zmina, February 20th)
Upcoming events
Monday 24 February – Monday 3 March. Call for a week of action by Solidarity Collectives. Details of events here.
Wednesday-Thursday 26-27 March. Left solidarity with Ukraine conference in Brussels, supported by the European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine
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Forgotten history--- Rambo:Savior of Ukraine or Corrupt Politician?
ReplyDeleteOleksandr Dubinsky: Rambo Former Ally Speaks Out From Prison
Rambo's conscription squads send Ukrainian men into hiding
A warning from veteran who went to Ukraine to fight forRambo
Rambo's corruption problem
Rambo
Almost all Ukrainians think Rambo's Ukraine has a problem with corruption, survey suggests.
Shilling for Putin again, Frankie. Slavi Ukraini
ReplyDeleteI've simply linked news reports from the BBC, CNN, Newsweek, Business Insider, a history Professor, and a British war veteran & a former political ally of Rambo, who is in jail because of his political beliefs........And after reading the articles and watching the short videos, you'll discover that Rambo's leadership skills are questionable to say the least....
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