In this week’s bulletin
⬤ Welsh Senedd member on aid mission.
⬤ How Trump facilitated Russian war crimes.
⬤ Targeting Kherson civilians.
⬤ Russia religious persecution.
⬤ Terrorising children.
⬤ Ukrainians tortured to death in captivity.
⬤ Looting of the dead.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Ukrainian resistance to Russian occupation has gone underground (Meduza, 13 February)
Russia sentences 70-year-old pensioner from occupied Tokmak to 15 years for supporting Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 13th)
Armed terror and planted ‘prohibited literature’ in new attack on Crimean Tatar family (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 13th)
The Face of Resistance: Crimean Tatar Activist Emil Ziyadinov (Crimea Platform, February 13th)
Crimean women face prison sentences on ‘extremism’ charges for studying the Bible (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 12th)
The Situation In Occupied Crimea On February 10, 2026 (Crimea Platform, February 10th)
Abducted, likely tortured and sentenced to 10 years for opposing Russian occupation of Kakhovka (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 10th)
Crimea 2025 review: human rights and humanitarian law norms (Crimea Human Rights Group, 10 February)
Ukrainian POWs forced to exhume the dead in Mariupol, with the Russians looting the bodies (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 9th)
Crimean abducted, then sentenced to 18 years after criticizing Russia’s war against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 9th)
News from Ukraine
Trade union support for Ukrainian skeleton pilot Vladyslav Hereskevich (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, 13 February)
Winter in Kyiv (London Review of Books, February 13th)
“Stepping outside is a mortal risk”: Russia targets civilians in Kherson (The Insider, 12 February)
Ukraine defends Zaporizhzhia stronghold, Russia force gathers in Donbas (Meduza, 11 February)
War-related news from Russia
How Russia tries to show that the invasion of Ukraine is sacred (Meduza, 13 February)
Russia’s economy in 2026: A rising deficit, regional depression, and the possible depletion of sovereign reserves (The Insider, February 13th)
Five-and-a-half years for serving in Ukrainian military … 11 years ago (Mediazona, 12 February)
When Russia first turned its terror against children (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 11th)
Analysis and comment
Türk calls on Russia to cease attacks on Ukraine energy sites (UN commissioner for human rights, February 12th)
You Handed Us Over: Ukrainian and Russian socialists judge the Western left (Red Mole substack, February 11th)
Surviving genocide: resistance and solidarity of the Rohingya people (Commons.com.ua, 10 February)
Emigres split over film about Russia’s classroom war propaganda (Meduza, 9 February)
The Week Trump Helped Putin Commit Two War Crimes (Phillips’s Newsletter February 8th)
Research of human rights abuses
Ukrainian prisoners of war tortured to death in Russian captivity (Tribunal for Putin, February 11th)
International solidarity
UK Young Greens stand with Ukraine (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 13 February)
Return to the front line (Labour Hub, February 11th)
Practical solidarity: motion to Unison union conference (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 11 February)
Upcoming events
Saturday 21 February, 2.0pm, Piccadilly Circus, London. Demonstration: “Russian troops out. Stand with Ukraine!” on 4th anniversary of full-scale Russian invasion
Sunday 1 March, 6.0-8.0pm, Shoty Cafe (upper ground), SW7 3DL. Write letters to Russia’s political prisoners. No knowledge of Russian is required. All materials and guidance will be provided.
Wednesday 4 March, 6–8pm, Ukraine Solidarity Campaign Public Meeting. Wilson Room, Portcullis House, Parliament, 1 Victoria Embankment, London SW1A 2JR. Chair: John McDonnell MP. Speakers include: Mick Antoniw MS / Yuliya Yurchenko, Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine / Yuliia Bond, Ukrainian Association of Wales / Tanya Vyhovsky, Vermont State Senator / Mariia Pastukh, Vsesvit – Ukraine Solidarity Collective / Johanna Baxter MP / Clive Lewis MP / Stephen Russell, TUC International / Mick Whelan, former ASLEF General Secretary
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Ukrainian resistance to Russian occupation has gone underground (Meduza, 13 February)
Russia sentences 70-year-old pensioner from occupied Tokmak to 15 years for supporting Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 13th)
Armed terror and planted ‘prohibited literature’ in new attack on Crimean Tatar family (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 13th)
The Face of Resistance: Crimean Tatar Activist Emil Ziyadinov (Crimea Platform, February 13th)
Crimean women face prison sentences on ‘extremism’ charges for studying the Bible (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 12th)
The Situation In Occupied Crimea On February 10, 2026 (Crimea Platform, February 10th)
Abducted, likely tortured and sentenced to 10 years for opposing Russian occupation of Kakhovka (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 10th)
Crimea 2025 review: human rights and humanitarian law norms (Crimea Human Rights Group, 10 February)
Ukrainian POWs forced to exhume the dead in Mariupol, with the Russians looting the bodies (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 9th)
Crimean abducted, then sentenced to 18 years after criticizing Russia’s war against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 9th)
News from Ukraine
Trade union support for Ukrainian skeleton pilot Vladyslav Hereskevich (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, 13 February)
Winter in Kyiv (London Review of Books, February 13th)
“Stepping outside is a mortal risk”: Russia targets civilians in Kherson (The Insider, 12 February)
Ukraine defends Zaporizhzhia stronghold, Russia force gathers in Donbas (Meduza, 11 February)
War-related news from Russia
How Russia tries to show that the invasion of Ukraine is sacred (Meduza, 13 February)
Russia’s economy in 2026: A rising deficit, regional depression, and the possible depletion of sovereign reserves (The Insider, February 13th)
Five-and-a-half years for serving in Ukrainian military … 11 years ago (Mediazona, 12 February)
When Russia first turned its terror against children (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 11th)
Analysis and comment
Türk calls on Russia to cease attacks on Ukraine energy sites (UN commissioner for human rights, February 12th)
You Handed Us Over: Ukrainian and Russian socialists judge the Western left (Red Mole substack, February 11th)
Surviving genocide: resistance and solidarity of the Rohingya people (Commons.com.ua, 10 February)
Emigres split over film about Russia’s classroom war propaganda (Meduza, 9 February)
The Week Trump Helped Putin Commit Two War Crimes (Phillips’s Newsletter February 8th)
Research of human rights abuses
Ukrainian prisoners of war tortured to death in Russian captivity (Tribunal for Putin, February 11th)
International solidarity
UK Young Greens stand with Ukraine (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 13 February)
Return to the front line (Labour Hub, February 11th)
Practical solidarity: motion to Unison union conference (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 11 February)
Upcoming events
Saturday 21 February, 2.0pm, Piccadilly Circus, London. Demonstration: “Russian troops out. Stand with Ukraine!” on 4th anniversary of full-scale Russian invasion
Sunday 1 March, 6.0-8.0pm, Shoty Cafe (upper ground), SW7 3DL. Write letters to Russia’s political prisoners. No knowledge of Russian is required. All materials and guidance will be provided.
Wednesday 4 March, 6–8pm, Ukraine Solidarity Campaign Public Meeting. Wilson Room, Portcullis House, Parliament, 1 Victoria Embankment, London SW1A 2JR. Chair: John McDonnell MP. Speakers include: Mick Antoniw MS / Yuliya Yurchenko, Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine / Yuliia Bond, Ukrainian Association of Wales / Tanya Vyhovsky, Vermont State Senator / Mariia Pastukh, Vsesvit – Ukraine Solidarity Collective / Johanna Baxter MP / Clive Lewis MP / Stephen Russell, TUC International / Mick Whelan, former ASLEF General Secretary
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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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