In this week’s bulletin
⬤ more evidence of Russian war crimes and torture from several sources.
⬤ and human rights violations, including children’s rights.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Russians abduct and torture father and teenage son from occupied Luhansk oblast (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group March 19th)
With a bag over my head, I was taken to a torture chamber in Donetsk (Tribunal for Putin March 16th)
Unending brutality against Crimean Tatar civic journalist sentenced to 15 years for reporting Russian repression (Tribunal for Putin March 9th)
Life Under Occupation (Alter Pravo, February 2025)
The situation at the front, peace talks, and international policy towards Ukraine
Guns speak louder than words: How deep is Ukraine's dependence on US military aid? (The Insider, March 22nd)
`This whole machine won’t be reversed so easily’: Before his call with Trump, Putin privately told business leaders not to expect a quick peace deal (Medusza, March 21st)
Trump’s Russian Reset: The far-reaching implications of potential sanctions relief (The Insider, March 20th)
Kremlin celebrates as Trump administration cuts key source of information about Russia’s crimes in occupied Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group March 17th)
News from Ukraine – general
The same war and a new reality (1945-2025) (Vitaliy Dudin, Facebook, March 23rd)
Letter from a feminist on the frontline (Hanna Perekhoda, Facebook, March 23rd)
Ukraine’s clandestine book club defies Russia’s push to rewrite history (Guardian, March 22nd)
War-related news from Russia
`Death to Putin, the new Hitler’: Soviet-Era Dissident Alexander Skobov slams Russian president in closing speech before receiving 16 year prison sentence for anti-war views’ (Medusza, March 21st)
Alexander Skobov: “We are witnessing a disgusting attempt at a purely imperialist collusion between two predators” (Russian Reader, March 21st)
“I am the accuser here—I accuse Putin’s corpse‑stinking clique”. Closing statement of dissident Alexander Skobov, sentenced to 16 years in prison (Mediazona, March 21st)
Let it Burn: Russia faces risk of massive wildfires this year due to war-driven budget cuts (The Insider, March 21st)
Russia passes horrific sentence against young Ukrainian patriot after years of savage torture (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group March 20th)
Putin 'threatens' Ukrainian POWs with war crimes Russia is already committing en masse (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group March 19th)
Alexander Skobov: What It Means to Be Anti-War and Anti-Fascist (Russian Reader, March 18th)
‘Even silence is viewed as dissent’: An interview with Russian trade unionist Pavel Kudyukin (Links, March 16th)
How the Russian media incite religious hostility against Ukrainians (Crimean Human Rights Group, March 14th)
Tanks vs Banks: Russia faces a financial crisis (The Insider, March 13th)
Propaganda for export (i Stories, March 13th)
Analysis and comment
Is an inclusive European security architecture possible? (Axel Gehring, Posle Media, March 19th)
Ukrainian workers, the European Union and war (People and Nature, March 18th)
How Ukraine should prepare for the reintegration of Crimea: ZMINA participated in an important discussion in Odesa (Zmina, March 17th)
Peter Pomerantsev: With Trump anyone who thinks that democracy is for losers is emboldened (Eastern Frontier Initiative, March 14th)
Oil’s well that ends well: How Russian oil exports sail past the G7’s price cap – with European help (The Insider, 14th March)
Reparations for victims of the conflict in Ukraine – UN HRC58 side event (Zmina March 13th)
“We’ll Hope That Someday We’ll Be Remembered”: Social Workers in Times of War (Commons.com. March 11th)
Can Europe Back Ukraine’s Fight Alone? (New Lines, March 3rd)
Research of war crimes and human rights abuses
Ukrainian POWs on surreal ‘trial’ expose Russia’s terrorism, its bombing of a children’s hospital and other war crimes (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group March 21st)
Devastating impact of hostilities on children’s rights (UNHCR, March 21st)
Enforced disappearances committed by Russian authorities amount to crimes against humanity, says UN Commission of Inquiry (UNHCR, March 19th)
Civil society coalition prepares Shadow Report on Ukraine’s progress in European integration – ZMINA analyzes human rights situation (Zmina March 18th)
Russian neo-Nazi mercenary sentenced to life in Finland for war crimes in Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group March 17th)
Torture and arbitrary detention as crimes against humanity during Russia’s war in Ukraine – UN HRC58 side event (Zmina March 14th)
Denying a fair trial as an atrocity crime during Russia’s war against Ukraine – the UN HRC58 side event (Zmina March 14th)
11 years of systemic human rights violations in temporarily occupied Crimea – UN HRC58 side event (Zmina March 13th)
“The ECHR ruling is just the beginning of a long process”: How Ukraine is striving to hold Russia accountable for human rights violations in Crimea (Centre for Civil Liberties March 13th)
The Center for Civil Liberties invites to a public discussion on the implementation of the ECHR decision in the case “Ukraine v. Russia” regarding human rights violations in Crimea (Centre for Civil Liberties March 10th)
International solidarity
“You are pro-war anarchists.” We’ve heard this so many times (Solidarity Collectives, Facebook, March 19th)
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). Registration Essential.
Wednesday-Thursday 26-27 March. Left solidarity with Ukraine conference in Brussels, supported by the European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine.
Wednesday, May 7 · 3 - 5pm, War and Peace in Ukraine, Clerici Building G.21, Headington Campus, Oxford Brookes University.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Russians abduct and torture father and teenage son from occupied Luhansk oblast (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group March 19th)
With a bag over my head, I was taken to a torture chamber in Donetsk (Tribunal for Putin March 16th)
Unending brutality against Crimean Tatar civic journalist sentenced to 15 years for reporting Russian repression (Tribunal for Putin March 9th)
Life Under Occupation (Alter Pravo, February 2025)
The situation at the front, peace talks, and international policy towards Ukraine
Guns speak louder than words: How deep is Ukraine's dependence on US military aid? (The Insider, March 22nd)
`This whole machine won’t be reversed so easily’: Before his call with Trump, Putin privately told business leaders not to expect a quick peace deal (Medusza, March 21st)
Trump’s Russian Reset: The far-reaching implications of potential sanctions relief (The Insider, March 20th)
Kremlin celebrates as Trump administration cuts key source of information about Russia’s crimes in occupied Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group March 17th)
News from Ukraine – general
The same war and a new reality (1945-2025) (Vitaliy Dudin, Facebook, March 23rd)
Letter from a feminist on the frontline (Hanna Perekhoda, Facebook, March 23rd)
Ukraine’s clandestine book club defies Russia’s push to rewrite history (Guardian, March 22nd)
War-related news from Russia
`Death to Putin, the new Hitler’: Soviet-Era Dissident Alexander Skobov slams Russian president in closing speech before receiving 16 year prison sentence for anti-war views’ (Medusza, March 21st)
Alexander Skobov: “We are witnessing a disgusting attempt at a purely imperialist collusion between two predators” (Russian Reader, March 21st)
“I am the accuser here—I accuse Putin’s corpse‑stinking clique”. Closing statement of dissident Alexander Skobov, sentenced to 16 years in prison (Mediazona, March 21st)
Let it Burn: Russia faces risk of massive wildfires this year due to war-driven budget cuts (The Insider, March 21st)
Russia passes horrific sentence against young Ukrainian patriot after years of savage torture (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group March 20th)
Putin 'threatens' Ukrainian POWs with war crimes Russia is already committing en masse (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group March 19th)
Alexander Skobov: What It Means to Be Anti-War and Anti-Fascist (Russian Reader, March 18th)
‘Even silence is viewed as dissent’: An interview with Russian trade unionist Pavel Kudyukin (Links, March 16th)
How the Russian media incite religious hostility against Ukrainians (Crimean Human Rights Group, March 14th)
Tanks vs Banks: Russia faces a financial crisis (The Insider, March 13th)
Propaganda for export (i Stories, March 13th)
Analysis and comment
Is an inclusive European security architecture possible? (Axel Gehring, Posle Media, March 19th)
Ukrainian workers, the European Union and war (People and Nature, March 18th)
How Ukraine should prepare for the reintegration of Crimea: ZMINA participated in an important discussion in Odesa (Zmina, March 17th)
Peter Pomerantsev: With Trump anyone who thinks that democracy is for losers is emboldened (Eastern Frontier Initiative, March 14th)
Oil’s well that ends well: How Russian oil exports sail past the G7’s price cap – with European help (The Insider, 14th March)
Reparations for victims of the conflict in Ukraine – UN HRC58 side event (Zmina March 13th)
“We’ll Hope That Someday We’ll Be Remembered”: Social Workers in Times of War (Commons.com. March 11th)
Can Europe Back Ukraine’s Fight Alone? (New Lines, March 3rd)
Research of war crimes and human rights abuses
Ukrainian POWs on surreal ‘trial’ expose Russia’s terrorism, its bombing of a children’s hospital and other war crimes (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group March 21st)
Devastating impact of hostilities on children’s rights (UNHCR, March 21st)
Enforced disappearances committed by Russian authorities amount to crimes against humanity, says UN Commission of Inquiry (UNHCR, March 19th)
Civil society coalition prepares Shadow Report on Ukraine’s progress in European integration – ZMINA analyzes human rights situation (Zmina March 18th)
Russian neo-Nazi mercenary sentenced to life in Finland for war crimes in Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group March 17th)
Torture and arbitrary detention as crimes against humanity during Russia’s war in Ukraine – UN HRC58 side event (Zmina March 14th)
Denying a fair trial as an atrocity crime during Russia’s war against Ukraine – the UN HRC58 side event (Zmina March 14th)
11 years of systemic human rights violations in temporarily occupied Crimea – UN HRC58 side event (Zmina March 13th)
“The ECHR ruling is just the beginning of a long process”: How Ukraine is striving to hold Russia accountable for human rights violations in Crimea (Centre for Civil Liberties March 13th)
The Center for Civil Liberties invites to a public discussion on the implementation of the ECHR decision in the case “Ukraine v. Russia” regarding human rights violations in Crimea (Centre for Civil Liberties March 10th)
International solidarity
“You are pro-war anarchists.” We’ve heard this so many times (Solidarity Collectives, Facebook, March 19th)
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). Registration Essential.
Wednesday-Thursday 26-27 March. Left solidarity with Ukraine conference in Brussels, supported by the European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine.
Wednesday, May 7 · 3 - 5pm, War and Peace in Ukraine, Clerici Building G.21, Headington Campus, Oxford Brookes University.
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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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