In this week’s bulletin
⬤ Occupied territories report.
⬤ Deportations study.
⬤ Crimea: 11 years of repression.
⬤ Resistance, not rearmament plans.
⬤ For free, united Ukraine/ Russia’s ‘Azov trial’.
⬤ Occupiers’ citizenship ultimatum.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
ZMINA participated in the preparation and presentation of the Special Report on the situation in the territories of Ukraine temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation (Zmina, March 28th)
Human rights defenders call for including humanitarian issues of residents of occupied territories in the negotiation process (Zmina, March 28th)
Russia sentences abducted and tortured Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant engineer to 18 years on grotesque charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 28th)
Three children brought back from occupation to Ukraine, one of them stopped speaking after Russian threats (Ukrainska Pravda, March 27th)
Russia’s ‘Azov trial’ – one Ukrainian POW tortured to death, 23 given monstrous sentences (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 27th)
Halyna Dovhopola turns 70, imprisoned in Russia for remaining true to Ukraine in occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 27th)
Sevastopol woman, 66, sentenced to 16 years for “state treason” (Crimea Human Rights Group, 24 March)
Putin gives Ukrainians on Ukrainian territory until 10 September to get Russian citizenship or face deportation (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 24th)
Russians take away elderly Crimean Tatar veteran’s trailer where he lived after they demolished his home (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 24th)
How Russia has been organising repressions in Crimea for 11 years: human rights defenders provided testimonies at an event in Geneva (Zmina, March 19th)
Report on forced displacement and deportation from the occupied territories: Lost Roots (Alter Pravo, 2025)
The situation at the front, and peace talks
Weekly Ukraine-Russia war summary (The Insider, 29 March)
The former kindergarten teacher who downed a Russian missile (Ukrainska Pravda, 28 March)
Three-quarters of Russian military injuries are from UAVs (iStories, 25 March)
War-related news from Russia
Support the fundraiser for Sergei Okrushko’s legal defence (Solidarity Zone, 29 March)
Russia: “There won’t be any post-war period” (Meduza, 28 March)
Russian scientist detained by US border force. “Kseniia’s in danger” (Meduza, 28 March)
Ramzan Kadyrov is in conflict with the Kremlin (iStories, 27 March)
The Russian security services and misinformation: An unfortunate history (Posle.media, 26 March)
Putin in power. Twenty-five years (The Russian Reader, 26 March)
Analysis and comment
Today is Marcy’s birthday (Solidarity Collectives, 29 March)
Support Ukrainian resistance – not monstrous rearmament plans (People and Nature, March 28th)
Build support for our demands – “For a free and united Ukraine: an alternative to Russian occupation” (USC, March 25th)
Research of war crimes and human rights abuses
‘We dream of becoming unnecessary’: the Tribunal for Putin (T4P) initiative presents three-year report (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 28th)
“The Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Ukraine: How to Hold Russia Accountable?” — Key Points from the Briefing (Centre for Civil Liberties, March 26th)
Russia’s enforced disappearances of Ukrainian civilians are crimes against humanity – UN Commission (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 25th)
Russian trials of Ukrainians as an international crime: ZMINA and MIHR presented research at the UN Human Rights Council (Zmina, March 21st)
All victims of Russian aggression in Ukraine must have the right to reparations – Tetiana Pechonchyk at the UN event (Zmina, March 20th)
ZMINA, MIHR and OMCT present report at the UN on torture as a crime against humanity during Russia’s war in Ukraine (Zmina, March 19th)
International solidarity
The Stronger We Become: British musician creates track about Maksym Butkevych’s story and the fight for Ukrainian prisoners (Zmina, March 28th)
Upcoming events
Wednesday, May 7 · 3 – 5pm, War and Peace in Ukraine, Clerici Building G.21, Headington Campus, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.
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