Russia’s crimes

Types of international crimes and those committed by Russia in Ukraine

Evil unpunished only grows stronger. For many years, the international community failed to adequately address Russia’s aggression against Moldova, Chechnya, and Georgia (Sakartvelo), its occupation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, and the Kremlin’s support for terrorist groups in the east of...

How Russia destroys the identity of Ukrainian children in the occupied territories

How is Russia implementing cognitive occupation? What challenges will Ukraine face after the liberation of the occupied territories, and why do we need to make sure that children who had to grow up under occupation do not turn against Ukrainians...

To escape from occupied Oleshky after the attack on Kakhovka dam

This is a report about two people who managed to flee the occupied town of Oleshky amidst the chaos following the Russian explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. They got lucky, if one could even call it that. Residents...

Crimea: a postponed war

On 1 March 2014, at 5:43 p.m., a news report titled “Russia has declared war on Ukraine” appeared on the Ukrainska Pravda website. At this exact time, the Federation Council of Russia publicly announced it would send Russian troops into...

When a day lasts a year. Reflecting on the Bucha massacre two years later

Russian soldiers entered Bucha, a city just outside of Kyiv, in the first days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. One of the first viral photos from the war was of destroyed Russian equipment on Vokzalna Street. But a week...

How war affects the Black Sea and marine life

In 1996, the six coastal states of the Black Sea signed the Strategic Action Plan for the Environmental Protection and Rehabilitation of the Black Sea. This plan was necessitated by the alarming destruction of the Black Sea’s unique natural complexes...

How Russia helps terrorists fight against Israel and the West

Hamas spokesperson Ghazi Hamad acknowledged that Iran backed their recent assault on Israel. Additionally, he hinted at support from other countries without naming them.

Meanwhile, the Russian Main Directorate of the General Staff has already passed on trophy weapons seized...

How the IAEA does (not) work: a history of failures of the “peaceful atom” defenders

For over a year, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, has been occupied by Russian forces. Humanity has been on the brink of a nuclear catastrophe for over a year. This is the first...