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Ukrainian prisoners of war tortured to death in Russian captivity
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Ukrainian prisoners of war tortured to death in Russian captivity
Bohdan Usenko and Andriy Zdorenko were taken prisoner while defending Mariupol and died in Russian prisons, almost certainly because of the torture to which they were subjected
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February 1, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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Russia sentences son of prominent Zaporizhzhia farmer to 15 years, after abducting father & son
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Russia sentences son of prominent Zaporizhzhia farmer to 15 years, after abducting father & son
Although the only massive sentence yet reported was against 25-year-old Mark Perzhynsky, it may well have been his father who was targeted for his refusal to collaborate with the invaders
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February 1, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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Savagely tortured ‘Kherson Nine’ sentenced to 155 years in grotesque Russian show trial
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Savagely tortured ‘Kherson Nine’ sentenced to 155 years in grotesque Russian show trial
The Russian aggressor state, while illegally occupying Kherson, abducted the nine Ukrainians from their homes, tortured them and came up with surreal charges of ‘international terrorism’
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January 30, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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Increasingly absurd charges used for Russia’s monstrous sentences against Ukrainians on occupied territory
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Increasingly absurd charges used for Russia’s monstrous sentences against Ukrainians on occupied territory
Why bother with credibility when sentences are guaranteed and when lawlessness only heightens the maximum terror against the population?
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January 29, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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Russia guns down more civilians, attacks passenger train while TV propagandists gloat that Ukrainians are freezing
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Russia guns down more civilians, attacks passenger train while TV propagandists gloat that Ukrainians are freezing
Russian drones created an inferno, killing passengers on a train in Kharkiv oblast, in just one of multiple and deliberate attacks on innocent civilians
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January 28, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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Demand Russia obeys its own laws and releases blind Ukrainian political prisoner Oleksandr Sizikov!
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Demand Russia obeys its own laws and releases blind Ukrainian political prisoner Oleksandr Sizikov!
Please sign the petition and circulate it further. Russia’s imprisonment of Oleksandr Sizikov is in clear violation of Russia’s own legislation and publicity could just help at least get Oleksandr re...
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January 27, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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Alex Pretti: Analysing Footage of Minneapolis CBP Shooting www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
Alex Pretti: Analysing Footage of Minneapolis CBP Shooting - bellingcat
Bellingcat has analysed video of the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The footage appears to contradict statements made by the Department of Homeland Security.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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Russia fabricates charges to imprison Crimean Tatar activists and as weapon for deportation from their homeland
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Russia fabricates charges to imprison Crimean Tatar activists and as weapon for deportation from their homeland
Russia has used horrific sentences in reprisal against those civic journalists and activists who refused to be silenced or to leave occupied Crimea. Now it is cynically using such fabricated charges ...
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January 26, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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Russia stages third ‘trial’ and 28-year sentence against Ukrainian prisoner of war
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Russia stages third ‘trial’ and 28-year sentence against Ukrainian prisoner of war
Russia is using an absurd and internationally condemned supreme court ruling as pretext for accusing Ukrainian prisoners of war of ‘terrorism’ for defending their country against invaders
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January 25, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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Abducted, tortured and sentenced to 17 years for opposing Russia’s invasion and for his love of Ukraine
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Abducted, tortured and sentenced to 17 years for opposing Russia’s invasion and for his love of Ukraine
Yevhen Melnychuk’s patriotism and his actions during Russia’s invasion of Crimea made him an obvious target for the aggressor state
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January 24, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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Brutal 12-year ‘treason’ sentences against Crimean woman with MS and her daughter, seized while her baby was in intensive care
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Brutal 12-year ‘treason’ sentences against Crimean woman with MS and her daughter, seized while her baby was in intensive care
Victoria Strilets needs care and ongoing medication to slow the development of her multiple sclerosis. Her daughter Oleksandra should be with her two small daughters, one of whom was fighting for her...
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January 22, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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No mercy for dying Crimean Tatar civic activist imprisoned for reporting Russian repression
#FreeTofikAbdulgaziev
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No mercy for dying Crimean Tatar civic activist imprisoned for reporting Russian repression
Russia is flouting its own legislation and demonstrating horrific brutality in failing to release Tofik Abdulgaziev, who should be with his family at this time
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January 21, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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High-ranking post in Russia for soldier accused of grave war crimes in Ukraine
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High-ranking post in Russia for soldier accused of grave war crimes in Ukraine
Sergei Karasyov is the latest of many individuals identified by Ukraine, western investigators and media for their believed role in atrocities during the occupation of Kyiv oblast, whom Russia treats ...
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January 19, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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Russian sentenced to life for the killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Kharkiv oblast
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Russian sentenced to life for the killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Kharkiv oblast
The court did not take into account Sergei Tuzhilov’s claim that he was “carrying out orders” when he shot dead one Ukrainian prisoner of war and instructed a subordinate to kill another
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January 14, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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17-year-old from occupied Mariupol faces 20-year sentence on ‘treason’ charges for wanting to help Ukraine
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17-year-old from occupied Mariupol faces 20-year sentence on ‘treason’ charges for wanting to help Ukraine
It is worrying that the Russian FSB has only now reported the 17-year-old Ukrainian patriot’s ‘arrest, as he was clearly seized many months ago
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January 14, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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Prominent Crimean Tatar journalist and political scientist prosecuted for ‘extremism’ in an academic work
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Prominent Crimean Tatar journalist and political scientist prosecuted for ‘extremism’ in an academic work
The occupation authorities were evidently looking for any pretext to harass Lenora Dyulber, presenter of the Crimean Tatar talk show Merkez and came up with two, each as preposterous as the other
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January 12, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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Russia sentences three Ukrainian women to 12 years for supporting Ukraine’s defenders
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Russia sentences three Ukrainian women to 12 years for supporting Ukraine’s defenders
Olha Hulchak, Olena Penza and Yulia Stanika are among an ever-increasing number of Ukrainians sentenced to terms of imprisonment longer than those that murderers or violent criminals get for their pat...
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January 12, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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Deaths and medical torture through Russia's plunder and closure of hospitals in occupied Kherson oblast
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Deaths and medical torture through Russia's plunder and closure of hospitals in occupied Kherson oblast
The ill are left to die in occupied Ukraine without Russian citizenship. Or if they fall ill and need an ambulance after sunset
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January 11, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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Preschool teacher abducted by the Russians, tortured and sentenced to 6 years for her refusal to betray Ukraine’
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Preschool teacher abducted by the Russians, tortured and sentenced to 6 years for her refusal to betray Ukraine’
Olha Baranevska was clearly targeted by the Russian invaders of Melitopol for her pro-Ukrainian position and her refusal to take part in the indoctrination that Russia has tried to instil in preschool...
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January 10, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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Ukrainian pensioner sentenced to 12 years and forced to ‘repent on video’ for supporting Ukraine
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Russia sentences Ukrainian pensioner to 12 years and forces him to ‘repent on video’ for supporting Ukraine
Sentences against Ukrainians accused essentially of patriotism are long and guaranteed, with ‘trials’ taking place in total secrecy
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January 9, 2026 at 4:03 AM
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Ukrainian and ex-military will do for Russian ‘treason trials’ and massive sentences
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Ukrainian and ex-military will do for Russian ‘treason trials’ and massive sentences
Both Ruslan Chorny-Shvets and Serhiy Lykhomanov were seized over two years ago in occupied Sevastopol, with threats against Serhiy’s family used to force him to admit to surreal charges
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January 8, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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Desperate plea from Russian prison: Ukrainian political prisoners need to be freed now, not after ‘peace deal’
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Desperate plea from Russian prison: Ukrainian political prisoners need to be freed now, not after 'peace deal'
Iryna Danilovych, human rights defender, journalist and Crimean political prisoner, is not alone in stressing that the release of political prisoners, abducted civilians and POWs cannot be held hostag...
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January 7, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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‘Russian world’ in occupied Luhansk oblast: no heating, water, mobile telephones nor Internet
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‘Russian world’ in occupied Luhansk oblast: no heating and deliberately cut off from mobile telephones and Internet
Cities that Russia relentlessly bombed in 2022 remain in a dire state, with Russia having even stopped making the propaganda videos where they’d claim credit for renovations carried before the invasi...
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January 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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Even Putin supporter debunks Russia’s lies about a ‘Ukrainian drone attack on civilians’ in occupied Khorly
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Even Putin supporter debunks Russia’s lies about a ‘Ukrainian drone attack on civilians’ in occupied Khorly
On how Russia ‘liberates’ people of their homes, and then uses them for cheap propaganda lies
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January 4, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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Worse than North Korea and plummeting. Russia hits new depths in Crimea, other occupied parts of Ukraine
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Worse than North Korea and plummeting. Russia hits new depths in Crimea, other occupied parts of Ukraine
Russia is quite openly using terror and repression in occupied Crimea to silence all voices of dissent and of Ukrainian identity with it likely that the situation is at least as bad on other occupied ...
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January 2, 2026 at 11:09 AM