In this week’s bulletin
⬤ “Save Ukraine, not oligarchs” statement.
⬤ Trump and resistance strategies.
⬤ Stalinism in Kremlin ideology.
⬤ More cultural destruction by Russia.
⬤ Indoctrination of children.
⬤ Evidence of torture.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Brutality against Crimean Tatar journalist serving 15 years (Tribunal for Putin, March 9th)
Russia destroys irreplaceable fresco in ongoing destruction of 16th century Crimean Tatar Khan’s Palace (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 7th)
Fake Russian ‘court’ sentences abducted Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant employee to 15 years on 'sabotage' charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 7th)
Russia concocts ‘treason’ charges eight months after abducting young Crimean woman (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 6th)
Putin aide and war propagandists take over Russian ‘writers’ union’ while Ukrainian literature banned as ‘extremist’ in occupied Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 6th)
Volodymyr Ananiev: Kremlin’s Ukrainian political prisoner (Crimea Human Rights Group, 4 March)
Woman sentenced to 15 years for planning a ‘terrorist attack’ against Russian ‘Z’ war symbol in occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 4th)
Children enlisted to shoot and burn effigies of European leaders as ‘enemies of Russia’ in occupied Donbas (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 3rd)
Crimea: 5 years for critical comments about Russia’s army (Kharkiv HRPG, March 3rd)
The situation at the front, and peace talks
War summary: Ukrainians face Kursk encirclement, Russia retreat by Pokrovsk (The Insider, 8 March)
Women of resistance: interviews with fighters (Solidarity Collectives, 8 March)
War, resistance, sisterhood in arms: messages from the front (Solidarity Collectives, 8 March)
Ukrainian troops try to seize the initiative from Russia (Meduza, 6 March)
Trump team talks to Ukrainian politicians: Behind the president’s back (Meduza, 6 March)
News from Ukraine – general
How the war affected women activists in Ukraine: research results (Zmina, March 7th)
Signs of torture found on most bodies of Ukrainians repatriated from Russian captivity – photo, video (Ukrainska Pravda, March 5th)
What Ukrainians think about lustration and memory policy: survey results (Zmina, March 4th)
OZON monitored the “March of Memory and Hope” in Kyiv (Centre for Civil Liberties, March 3rd)
OZON monitored Procession honoring Fallen Heroes (Centre for Civil Liberties, March 3rd)
OZON monitored “Money for the Armed Forces” Assembly (Centre for Civil Liberties, March 3rd)
War-related news from Russia
Russia’s ruling party gives meat grinders to mothers of deceased soldiers (Meduza, 7 March)
18-year-old anti-war activist Lyubov Lizunova in prison hospital (Derry Anarchists, March 6th)
‘Thanks Uncle Vova’: Moscow invests in pro-Russian influencers (Meduza, 6 March)
Support the fundraiser for Angel Nikolayev’s appeal (Solidarity Zone, 6 March)
“I Had Every Chance of Not Returning from Captivity”. A Conference on Civilians Unlawfully Detained by Russia Was Held in Lisbon (Centre for Civil Liberties, March 6th)
Russian students expelled for their anti-war views share their stories (The Insider, March 5th)
Analysis and comment
Save the Country, Not the Oligarchs: A Call for Change to Prevent Ukraine’s Defeat (Social Movement, March 9th)
Anna Gin: A Card to All Women on International Women’s Day (The RUssian Reader, March 8th)
Bakhmut-Kyiv-Prague: Industrialisation, Literary Modernism and Ukrainian Nation-Building Across Interwar Borders (Commons.com.ua, 7 March)
Peace, war, conscription – Our ThoughtGuilt (Neque Detestari, 7 March)
On the tragic anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, human rights groups demand to free all captives of war (Centre for Civil Liberties, March 6th)
On the Third Anniversary of the Full-Scale Invasion, People Across the World Called for the Release of the Kremlin’s Prisoners (Centre for Civil Liberties, March 6th)
Oleksandra Matviichuk : “We Are Documenting Human Pain” (Centre for Civil Liberties, March 6th)
Daniel Traubenberg: Stalinism in Kremlin ideology (Posle.media, 5 March)
‘Now we have fascists’: Howie Hawkins on Trump and resistance (Commons.com.ua, 27 February)
International solidarity
Cooperation between the Ukrainian and German Societies. Oleksandra Romantsova Delivered a Lecture for the Fast Track Programme Participants (Centre for Civil Liberties, March 6th)
From Russians in Berlin: This Deadly Love (The Russian Reader, 25 February)
Upcoming events
Monday 24 March, 7.30pm-9.0pm. Trump, Putin and the threat to democracy. At the Houses of Parliament, hosted by Ian Lavery MP. with Tanya Vyhovsky, (Senator, Vermont State) and Mick Antoniw (Member of Senedd, Wales).
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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We are now on Facebook and Substack! Please subscribe and tell friends. Better still, people can email us at 2022ukrainesolidarity@gmail.com, and we’ll send them the bulletin direct every Monday. The full-scale Russian assault on Ukraine is going into its third year: we’ll keep information and analysis coming, for as long as it takes.
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