Ukraine

Human Rights Watch: Russian forces committed ‘apparent war crimes’ in Ukraine
Human Rights Watch has accused Russian military forces of ‘apparent war crimes’ against Ukrainian civilians on Sunday. The organisation documented a case of repeated rape, two cases of summary execution, and cases of unlawful violence and threat ...

UK Defence Intelligence: Russian forces prevent Ukraine resupply by Black Sea
Russian naval forces prevent the resupply of Ukraine by blocking the Ukrainian coast on the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, the UK Defence Intelligence said on April 3. > “Russia still retains the capability to attempt an amphibious landing but such >...

UNESCO: at least 53 cultural sites damaged in Ukraine during war
At least 53 cultural sites have been damaged in Ukraine during the Russian invasion of the country, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) confirmed. The damaged sites include 29 churches, 16 historical buil...

Zelenskyy’s adviser: Ukraine expects ‘good news’ regarding evacuations from Mariupol
Oleksiy Arestovych, the adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Saturday that Ukraine was expecting ‘good news’ regarding evacuations of people from the country’s besieged city of Mariupol. Arestovych noted the delegation of U...

Russia – Ukraine peace talks to resume online
Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia will resume online, Mikhailo Podolyak, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Friday. > “Negotiations will continue online, with the involvement of working groups,” > Podolyak said. The...

Russian troops rob Cherbobyl nuclear plant before withdrawal, taking computers, kettles, coffee makers
Russian troops who have recently left the site of the Chernobyl nuclear plant, where disaster took place back in 1986, have taken computers, electric kettles and coffee makers with them, Eugene Kramarenko, head of the Chernobyl Zone Management Agency...

UK intelligence: up to 2,000 soldiers sent to Ukraine from Georgia’s separatist regions
The UK intelligence says that between 1,200-2,000 soldiers have been sent to Ukraine to fight from Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region, in a move which was unlikely to have been planned by Russia. “Russia is deploying elements of its forc...

De facto ex-pres of Tskhinvali points at threats to gene pool as locals sent to Ukraine to fight
The de facto former president of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region, Eduard Kokoity, has warned of ‘serious threats’ to a gene pool as the local youth are being sent to Ukraine to fight. Previously he welcomed the sending of locals to ...

Kyiv: coming up to referendum on neutrality may take one year
Ukrainian officials say that holding a referendum on neutrality may take one year, considering the current situation in the country and mandatory procedures. “It may take at least a year for Ukraine to hold a referendum on neutrality,” said Davit A...

Ukrainian public advocate: Russian occupiers aimed at Red Cross building in Mariupol
Russian occupiers aimed at the building of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, Lyudmyla Denisova, the Commissioner for Human Rights in Ukraine, reported on Wednesday. Denisova wrote that the Russian arm...

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