In this week’s bulletin
⬤ Kyiv solidarity with Palestine.
⬤ Support Ukraine … not
NATO.
⬤ Iranian feminists back Ukraine.
⬤ Russian uses children as human shields.
⬤ Bombing of civilian infrastructure.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
The face of resistance: The story of Crimean Tatar activist Farhod Bazarov (Crimea Platform, September 26th)
Oksana Senedzhuk sent to Siberia for Russia’s 15-year sentence in reprisal for pro-Ukrainian stand (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 26th)
Russia foists state-controlled 'MAX' app on occupied Ukraine with terrifying powers for surveillance (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 26th)
New trial ordered after glaring legal flaw exposed in Russia’s persecution of Crimean Tatar journalists & activists (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 24th)
Young Ukrainian from occupied Donetsk oblast sentenced to 16. 5 years for social media post (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 23rd)
Russian soldiers murder three pensioners in occupied Kherson oblast (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 22nd)
News from Ukraine
New infrastructure plan: First-in-the-world clean energy data center to be built in Ukraine (Razom We Stand, September 26th)
Trade unions sound alarm over OSH legislation changes (KVPU September 25th)
International law has failed not just Ukraine, but Gaza (Facebook, September 25th)
We speak with Gera – an anarchist, vegan and infantry solider (Solidarity Collectives, September 23rd)
News from the Front
War of drones or war of nerves (International Viewpoint, September 25th)
War-related news from Russia
`What war?’ Independent sociologists spent four weeks in Kursk, studying how Russians near the front lines cope without getting political (Meduza, September 27th)
Russian losses in the war with Ukraine: Mediazona count, updated (Mediazona, September 26th)
Russians pick up the tab: The Kremlin’s new tax hike aims to plug a record deficit and fund the war but it may not be enough (Meduza, September 26th)
`We were sent to the slaughter’: After three years in the trenches, mobilized Russian soldiers share their thoughts on the war against Ukraine (Meduza, September 26th)
Astrakhan region during the war (Posle Media, September 24th)
Russia sentences Ukrainian POW Ihor Kim twice to 24 and 27 years for defending Mariupol in 2022 (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 22nd)
Analysis and comment
Summary of the Fifth summit of the Crimea Platform (Crimea Platform, September 25th)
Statement by the Crimea Platform Expert Network on the occasion of the Fifth Summit of the Crimea Platform (Crimean Human Rights Group, September 24th)
`I had this deep inner confusion’: How an aspiring Russian war correspondent changed her view of the invasion after visiting Ukraine’s occupied Donbas region (Meduza, September 24th)
For Ukraine joining the EU is not only a matter of integrity but also of security (Opora, September 24th)
Tug of war profiteers: Russia's military industry is decimating the country’s civilian workforce (The Insider, September 23rd)
Flight of the “Flamingos”: Kyiv's domestic missile production has the potential to offset Russia’s long-range strike advantage (The Insider, September 23rd)
9th Festival of Thoughts in Kyiv: ZMINA discussed life in the occupied territories and engaged visitors in interactive activities (Zmina, September 22nd)
Life Under Occupation (Alter Pravo, August 2025)
Research of human rights abuses
Russia hides sick and tortured Ukrainian prisoners of war from Red Cross – OSCE report (Ukrainska Pravda, September 27th)
Russians accused of killing Donetsk oblast couple, seizing their child as human shield (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 25th)
Civilian detainees subjected to troubling patterns of torture and ill-treatment since Russia’s full-scale attack on Ukraine – UN report (UNHCR, September 23rd)
UN Commission says Russian drones target civilians and destroy infrastructure, making localities in frontline provinces of Ukraine unliveable (UNHCR, September 22nd)
Statement by the Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, Erik Møse (UNHCR, Sept 22nd)
Ukraine’s stolen children: inside Russia’s network of re-education and militarization (Yale, September 16th)
International solidarity
Videos of don't betray Ukraine demonstration (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, September 27th)
Unison sends solidarity to our trade union friends in Ukraine (ENSU,September 22nd)
Pro-Ukraine demonstration today in Brussels calls for Belgium to stop importing Russian gas now (Razom We Stand, September 22nd)
“We Need a Humanist Alternative to Capitalism” (Posle Media, September 17th)
Forthcoming events and actions
Crowdfunder: Equip UA frontline to stop drone + missile attacks (Crowdfunder, September 2025)
Occupation is not Peace: How can Labour help Ukraine win? Fringe meeting at Labour Party conference Tuesday 30 September 6pm – The Liverpool pub, 14 James Street, Liverpool L2 7PQ. Organised by the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign. Speakers: Olesia Bryazgunova, Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine; Halyna Vasylchenko, member of the Ukrainian parliament; Nadia Whittome MP; Alex Sobel MP; Chris Ford, Ukraine Solidarity Campaign; Julie Ward (former MEP), Chartist magazine; Dave Barter (NEU activist), Labour Left Internationalists; Chair: Mick Antoniw, member of the Welsh Senedd (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, September 27th)
Tuesday 30 Sept: political prisoners of the Kremlin, past & present (Ukrainian Institute London)
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