In this week’s bulletin
⬤ European parliamentarians: defend Ukraine, not general rearmament.
⬤ Russia’s colonisation plans.
⬤ Russian persecution in occupied areas.
⬤ Crimean Tatar political prisoners.
⬤ Report: forced displacement
News from the territories occupied by Russia
How Russia imposed its control over a hostile population (Labour Hub, April 13th)
“Saboteurs” case frame-up victim kept in jail (Crimea Human Rights Group, 11 April)
Ukrainian abducted to Russia and sentenced to 18 years for defending Ukraine in 2015 (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 11th)
Chilling surveillance methods as Russia sentences Ukrainian to 10 years for donation to defend Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 10th)
Russia sentences 17-year-old lad from occupied Ukraine to 6.5 years on ‘treason’ charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 9th)
Crimea: 18-year-old detained on terrorism charges (Crimea Human Rights Group, 8 April)
Russia seeks effective death sentence against 69-year-old Crimean Tatar political prisoner and horrific sentences against five others (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 8th)
With nine children killed in Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih, why would the USA (again) avoid blaming Russia? (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 7th)
Russian occupiers terrorize and threaten wife of Crimean political prisoner Vadim Siruk (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 7th)
The situation at the front
Sumy: Russian strike kills at least 34, injures 117 (Kyiv Independent, 13 April)
'Shoot them' — Russian commander ordered troops to open fire on their comrades, intercepted call suggests (Kyiv Independent, April 13th)
The Insider’s Weekly war summary (The Insider, 12 April)
On the front line: the “Witches of Bucha” (Eastern Front Initiative, 8 April)
Building & leveraging Ukraine's drone capabilities in conflict & beyond: Assessing the defense/security innovation ecosystem (Murray-Lab, March 1st)
Tactical Developments During the Third Year of the Russo–Ukrainian War (RUSI, February 2025)
News from Ukraine
Ukrainian anarchists fighting imperialism and building mutual aid in wartime (Tempest, April 3rd)
War-related news from Russia
Support the fundraiser for Ilya Baburin’s appeal (Solidarity Zone, 12 April)
Investigation: Chinese soldiers who went to fight in Russia (iStories, 11 April)
Russians and the outside world: the postcards case (Posle.Media, 11 April)
Tightening loopholes: Russia finally sees sharp drop in restricted industrial imports propping up its military-industrial complex (The Insider, April 10th)
My Conviction Wasn’t about a Couple of Bangs: The System Was Pissed Off by My Body of Work as a Whole (Posle, April 9th)
Moscow Plans to Colonize Occupied Ukraine With 5 Million People (Kyiv Post, April 8th)
Some Russians celebrated Ukrainian drone strikes on Moscow, intercepted calls suggest (Kyiv Independent, April 1st)
Analysis and comment
Ukraine to Europe – are you ready to fight tonight? (Opora, April 7th)
Türk denounces Russian attack which leaves nine children dead in Ukraine (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, April 6th)
Solidarity with Ukraine conference contributions: Johan Sjostedt (Sweden), Soren Sondergaard (Denmark), Mounir Satouri (France) and others, 26-27 March
Research of war crimes and human rights abuses
ZMINA and partners prepared an alternative report to the UN Committee against Torture: human rights defenders assess progress and challenges (Zmina, April 8th)
There is currently no government body in Ukraine responsible for shaping transitional justice policy – Alena Lunova (Zmina, April 4th)
International solidarity
Ukraine Solidarity Conference: Trump-Putin: Ukraine is not for sale! No to partition! Russian troops out! (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, April 12th)
Upcoming events
Tuesday 22 April, 6.0pm, online. Earth Day: Stop Russia's ecocide; for just, green reconstruction of Ukraine. Organised by Ukraine Solidarity Campaign. Details here.
Wednesday 7 May, 3 – 5pm, War and Peace in Ukraine, Clerici Building G.21, Headington Campus, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
How Russia imposed its control over a hostile population (Labour Hub, April 13th)
“Saboteurs” case frame-up victim kept in jail (Crimea Human Rights Group, 11 April)
Ukrainian abducted to Russia and sentenced to 18 years for defending Ukraine in 2015 (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 11th)
Chilling surveillance methods as Russia sentences Ukrainian to 10 years for donation to defend Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 10th)
Russia sentences 17-year-old lad from occupied Ukraine to 6.5 years on ‘treason’ charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 9th)
Crimea: 18-year-old detained on terrorism charges (Crimea Human Rights Group, 8 April)
Russia seeks effective death sentence against 69-year-old Crimean Tatar political prisoner and horrific sentences against five others (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 8th)
With nine children killed in Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih, why would the USA (again) avoid blaming Russia? (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 7th)
Russian occupiers terrorize and threaten wife of Crimean political prisoner Vadim Siruk (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 7th)
The situation at the front
Sumy: Russian strike kills at least 34, injures 117 (Kyiv Independent, 13 April)
'Shoot them' — Russian commander ordered troops to open fire on their comrades, intercepted call suggests (Kyiv Independent, April 13th)
The Insider’s Weekly war summary (The Insider, 12 April)
On the front line: the “Witches of Bucha” (Eastern Front Initiative, 8 April)
Building & leveraging Ukraine's drone capabilities in conflict & beyond: Assessing the defense/security innovation ecosystem (Murray-Lab, March 1st)
Tactical Developments During the Third Year of the Russo–Ukrainian War (RUSI, February 2025)
News from Ukraine
Ukrainian anarchists fighting imperialism and building mutual aid in wartime (Tempest, April 3rd)
War-related news from Russia
Support the fundraiser for Ilya Baburin’s appeal (Solidarity Zone, 12 April)
Investigation: Chinese soldiers who went to fight in Russia (iStories, 11 April)
Russians and the outside world: the postcards case (Posle.Media, 11 April)
Tightening loopholes: Russia finally sees sharp drop in restricted industrial imports propping up its military-industrial complex (The Insider, April 10th)
My Conviction Wasn’t about a Couple of Bangs: The System Was Pissed Off by My Body of Work as a Whole (Posle, April 9th)
Moscow Plans to Colonize Occupied Ukraine With 5 Million People (Kyiv Post, April 8th)
Some Russians celebrated Ukrainian drone strikes on Moscow, intercepted calls suggest (Kyiv Independent, April 1st)
Analysis and comment
Ukraine to Europe – are you ready to fight tonight? (Opora, April 7th)
Türk denounces Russian attack which leaves nine children dead in Ukraine (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, April 6th)
Solidarity with Ukraine conference contributions: Johan Sjostedt (Sweden), Soren Sondergaard (Denmark), Mounir Satouri (France) and others, 26-27 March
Research of war crimes and human rights abuses
ZMINA and partners prepared an alternative report to the UN Committee against Torture: human rights defenders assess progress and challenges (Zmina, April 8th)
There is currently no government body in Ukraine responsible for shaping transitional justice policy – Alena Lunova (Zmina, April 4th)
International solidarity
Ukraine Solidarity Conference: Trump-Putin: Ukraine is not for sale! No to partition! Russian troops out! (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, April 12th)
Upcoming events
Tuesday 22 April, 6.0pm, online. Earth Day: Stop Russia's ecocide; for just, green reconstruction of Ukraine. Organised by Ukraine Solidarity Campaign. Details here.
Wednesday 7 May, 3 – 5pm, War and Peace in Ukraine, Clerici Building G.21, Headington Campus, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.
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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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