In this week’s bulletin
⬤ A just peace, not a Trump-Putin deal.
⬤ a soldier’s feminist manifesto.
⬤ How structures of resistance developed.
⬤ Persecution of Crimean Tatars recalls Stalinism.
⬤ A Russian trade unionist’s view of war.
⬤ Conspiracy, war and Stalin’s ghost.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Mariupol running out of water, and authorities don’t have a plan (Meduza, 14 March)
Abducted Crimean Tatar political prisoner dies in Russian captivity (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 14 March)
Kateryna Korovina sentenced to ten years for opposing Russian occupation (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 14 March)
27-year sentence for supposed assassination attempt on Russian official in Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 13 March)
New book highlights Crimean journalists-political prisoners (Zmina, 12 March)
Crimea: punishment psychiatry used against Tatar activist (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 12 March)
Ten years for supporting Ukraine’s defenders (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 11 March)
Crimea Solidarity activists face persecution that recalls Stalin’s regime (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 10 March)
The situation at the front, and peace talks
Weekly war update: Kursk withdrawal, Ukrainian attack, peace talks (The Insider, 16 March)
Ukraine confirms withdrawal from Sudzha (Kyiv Independent, 16 March)
Valerii Zaluzhnyi: “the old world order has been destroyed” (Ukrainska Pravda, 6 March)
News from Ukraine – general
Zelensky appoints new chief of General Staff (Ukrainska Pravda, 16 March)
‘I don’t want anyone else to die.’ How Ukrainians think the war will end (Meduza, 12 March)
Nearly 90% of Ukrainians think Russia will not stop with currently occupied territories (Ukrainska Pravda, 11 March)
Oksana Prodan: How Ukraine is losing Ukraine Facility funds (Ukrainska Pravda, 11 March)
War-related news from Russia
Sudzha residents on life under Ukrainian occupation (Meduza, 14 March)
New report – Information War Crimes: incitement to aggression and war of aggression in the Russian media space (Crimea Human Rights Group, 13 March)
Russian cinema and Putin’s ideology (Posle.Media, 12 March)
Russian state company bosses living it large while funding the war (The Insider, 10 March)
Analysis and comment
Social Movement member Denys Pilash: For a just peace, not a Trump-Putin deal (Links journal, 13 March)
Tom McKenna: Conspiracy, proxy war and the ghost of Stalinism (Counterpunch, 11 March)
Daria Saburova: how structures of resistance have developed (Links journal, 9 March)
Three years of war: a Russian trade unionist’s view (International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggle 8 March)
Ukrainian soldier Violetta Tarasenko: “This is my feminist manifesto” (Unit, September 2023. Note: we missed this at the time it was published, and are happy to highlight it now.)
Research of war crimes and human rights abuses
Memorial team documented Kremlin’s evolving terror system (Meduza, 13 March)
How Russia turns Ukrainian POWs and civilians into “terrorists” (The Insider, 11 March)
Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna died in captivity, after torture (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, 10 March)
International solidarity
Madison DIY For A Cause rocks out for good (The Cap Times, 13 March)
Fuck empires, support local resistances (Solidarity Collectives, 13 March)
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.
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.
🔴This bulletin is put together by labour movement activists in solidarity with Ukrainian resistance. More information at Ukraine Information Group.
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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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