In this week’s bulletin
⬤ Ukrainian solidarity with Palestine.
⬤ Hong Kongers support Ukraine.
⬤ Brainwashing of children.
⬤ Russian strike on the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Crimea Isolated: Putin’s Strategic Prize Turned Into a Strategic Weakness (Byline Times, June 26th)
Medical torture to the end against Crimean Tatar political prisoner with malignant tumour and his family (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 26th)
Mariupol children brainwashed into thanking the Russian invaders for ‘saving’ them (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 26th)
Birthday of Crimean Tatar activist Emir-Usein Kuku, who is being held in Russian captivity for 10 years (Crimea Platform, June 26th)
Russia cripples tortured 23-year-old Ukrainian POW then convicts him of ‘terrorism’ for defending Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 25th)
17-year sentences in Russian captivity for refusing to betray Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 24th)
Weekly update on the situation in occupied Crimea (Crimea Platform, June 23rd)
Savage sentence against Ukrainian from occupied Luhansk oblast on secret ‘spying’ charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 23rd)
Ukrainian teenager who needs vital medication sentenced to 5.5 years for negative comments about Russian invaders (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 22nd)
Russia stages ‘international terrorism trial’ against three Kherson men for resisting its invasion in 2022 (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 22nd)
News from Ukraine
Ukraine’s largest assault regiment investigated over torture allegations (Meduza, 26 June)
The Russian strike on the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (Tribunal for Putin, June 25th)
Slovak military aid to Ukraine: in the end, only crumbs may arrive (East Frontier Initiative, 11 June)
War-related news from Russia
Running on empty. Fuel rationing in Russian regions (Mediazona, 26 June)
A Russian soldier who threatened Putin with an army mutiny racked up 10 million Instagram views. Who is he? (Meduza, June 26th)
Roads of death: Ukrainian strikes on transport corridors are disrupting Russia’s military logistics (The Insider, June 25th)
One powerful family, different sides of the war (iStories, 24 June)
Going to extremes: Russian authorities’ persecution of the LGBT community has entered the realm of the absurd (The Insider, June 22nd)
Analysis and comment
How ‘transnational repression’ measures could affect Russians in Europe (Meduza, 27 June)
In Mexico, people fear one imperialist aggressor. In Estonia, it’s a different one (People & Nature, 26 June)
Ukraine fights for its rights, Ukrainians fight for LGBT+ rights (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 24 June)
Armenia’s elections and the future of the left (Posle.Media, 24 June)
Ukrainians in solidarity with Palestine (Tempest, June 21st)
Research of human rights abuses
For the First Time, UN Adds Russian Forces to “List of Shame” for Wartime Sexual Violence (Tribunal for Putin, June 24th)
Russian Medical Personnel Torture Ukrainian Captives (Centre for Civil Liberties, June 24th)
PACE discussed Russia’s accountability for crimes against Ukrainian children: Onysiia Syniuk raises concerns over their militarisation and indoctrination (Zmina, June 24th)
ZMINA joins UN roundtable on protecting civic space in Europe and Central Asia (Zmina, June 23rd)
Prisoners’ access to justice: ZMINA and its partners presented a study on barriers to enforcing this right in Ukraine, Greece and Portugal (Zmina, June 17th)
Two fronts: how Russia and the Ukrainian state pressured civil society in 2025 (Europe Solidaire Sans Frontieres, 9 June)
International solidarity
On June 26, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 26th)
26th June: International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (Labour Hub, June 26th)
Hong Kong protesters: “Oppose Russian hegemonic aggression! No Peace without Justice!” (People and Nature, June 26th)
Unison national delegate conference reaffirms solidarity with Ukraine (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 24 June)
Joint statement of National and International Human Rights Organisations for Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026, Gdańsk (Crimea Human Rights Group, 24 June)
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Crimea Isolated: Putin’s Strategic Prize Turned Into a Strategic Weakness (Byline Times, June 26th)
Medical torture to the end against Crimean Tatar political prisoner with malignant tumour and his family (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 26th)
Mariupol children brainwashed into thanking the Russian invaders for ‘saving’ them (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 26th)
Birthday of Crimean Tatar activist Emir-Usein Kuku, who is being held in Russian captivity for 10 years (Crimea Platform, June 26th)
Russia cripples tortured 23-year-old Ukrainian POW then convicts him of ‘terrorism’ for defending Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 25th)
17-year sentences in Russian captivity for refusing to betray Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 24th)
Weekly update on the situation in occupied Crimea (Crimea Platform, June 23rd)
Savage sentence against Ukrainian from occupied Luhansk oblast on secret ‘spying’ charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 23rd)
Ukrainian teenager who needs vital medication sentenced to 5.5 years for negative comments about Russian invaders (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 22nd)
Russia stages ‘international terrorism trial’ against three Kherson men for resisting its invasion in 2022 (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 22nd)
News from Ukraine
Ukraine’s largest assault regiment investigated over torture allegations (Meduza, 26 June)
The Russian strike on the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (Tribunal for Putin, June 25th)
Slovak military aid to Ukraine: in the end, only crumbs may arrive (East Frontier Initiative, 11 June)
War-related news from Russia
Running on empty. Fuel rationing in Russian regions (Mediazona, 26 June)
A Russian soldier who threatened Putin with an army mutiny racked up 10 million Instagram views. Who is he? (Meduza, June 26th)
Roads of death: Ukrainian strikes on transport corridors are disrupting Russia’s military logistics (The Insider, June 25th)
One powerful family, different sides of the war (iStories, 24 June)
Going to extremes: Russian authorities’ persecution of the LGBT community has entered the realm of the absurd (The Insider, June 22nd)
Analysis and comment
How ‘transnational repression’ measures could affect Russians in Europe (Meduza, 27 June)
In Mexico, people fear one imperialist aggressor. In Estonia, it’s a different one (People & Nature, 26 June)
Ukraine fights for its rights, Ukrainians fight for LGBT+ rights (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 24 June)
Armenia’s elections and the future of the left (Posle.Media, 24 June)
Ukrainians in solidarity with Palestine (Tempest, June 21st)
Research of human rights abuses
For the First Time, UN Adds Russian Forces to “List of Shame” for Wartime Sexual Violence (Tribunal for Putin, June 24th)
Russian Medical Personnel Torture Ukrainian Captives (Centre for Civil Liberties, June 24th)
PACE discussed Russia’s accountability for crimes against Ukrainian children: Onysiia Syniuk raises concerns over their militarisation and indoctrination (Zmina, June 24th)
ZMINA joins UN roundtable on protecting civic space in Europe and Central Asia (Zmina, June 23rd)
Prisoners’ access to justice: ZMINA and its partners presented a study on barriers to enforcing this right in Ukraine, Greece and Portugal (Zmina, June 17th)
Two fronts: how Russia and the Ukrainian state pressured civil society in 2025 (Europe Solidaire Sans Frontieres, 9 June)
International solidarity
On June 26, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 26th)
26th June: International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (Labour Hub, June 26th)
Hong Kong protesters: “Oppose Russian hegemonic aggression! No Peace without Justice!” (People and Nature, June 26th)
Unison national delegate conference reaffirms solidarity with Ukraine (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 24 June)
Joint statement of National and International Human Rights Organisations for Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026, Gdańsk (Crimea Human Rights Group, 24 June)
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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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