Articles tagged "torture"

How Russia’s military bloggers shape the course of Putin’s war -- SBU detains Kherson collaborator who helped Russian forces to torture locals -- Pentagon announces Biden has cleared F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots -- Russia faces challenges in exporting its grain -- How Russia destroys Ukraine’s cultural heritage -- and more

‘They’ll kill me if I come back’: Abduction, torture become routine in Russian-occupied Melitopol -- Flanks around Bakhmut hold as brutal urban fighting continues for city blocks -- Ukrainian soldiers say they lack air defense firepower to stop Russian airstrikes -- Young Crimean Tatar sentenced to 7 years by Russian proxies, accused of giving $12 to volunteer battalion -- Russia cancels WWII march as it could highlight scope of its losses in Ukraine -- and more

Russia trying to encircle Avdiivka, but getting exhausted -- Russian occupying authorities in Crimea sell their property, take families away -- UN human rights monitors report torture, killing of POWs in Ukraine -- Russia launches missiles at civilian 'invincibility center' in Donetsk Oblast, killing 3 -- and more

Russian ex-president threatens missile strike against Hague after Putin arrest warrant -- Explosion in Crimea destroys Russian Kalibr missiles -- Avdiivka may soon become second Bakhmut -- Collaborator who oversaw torture in Kherson Oblast confirmed dead -- Ukraine receives Leopard tanks from Norway -- and more

Russian proxies in occupied parts of Kherson Oblast forcibly move 200 residents for filtration -- Nearly 10,000 Russian soldiers surrender via 'I want to live' hotline since its creation -- Police and aid workers come under fire in Kherson Oblast -- Battle for Bakhmut continues -- Ukrainian forces appear to set conditions for controlled fighting withdrawal from parts of Bakhmut -- and more

North Korea intends to send personnel to Russian-occupied Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts -- Putin claims Russia ready to draw on entire arsenal as Germany sends tanks to Ukraine -- Russia abducts high school students from occupied Luhansk Oblast -- Intelligence warns Russia preparing for massive offensive to capture Donbas by March -- and more

Russian mass strike kills 11 across Ukraine, Moscow intensifies offensive in the east -- Ukraine's grain exports reach record low due to Russian obstruction -- Ukraine’s Security Service uncovers suspected Russian spy in its ranks -- Germany promises to deliver Leopard tanks to Ukraine by early April, while Poland says tanks to arrive in a few weeks -- and more

Ukraine has liberated 40% of territories occupied by Russia since Feb. 24 -- Explosions reported in Black Sea port of Sevastopol -- Putin confirms Russia is using different social schemes to justify transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia -- Hell in high definition: Inside front-line aerial unit surveilling battle of Bakhmut -- and more

Prosecutors uncover 54 Russian torture chambers, investigate over 5,000 cases of alleged torture -- Russia moves more personnel, equipment to front line in Ukraine -- Kremlin censors talk of mobilization in Russian state-controlled media -- Putin relies on hand-picked information feeding into his miscalculations on Ukraine war -- and more

Waterboarding, electrocution and a kidnapped son: Ex-general tells of torture in Kherson -- Iran plans to send missiles to Russia despite Western pressure -- Russia built nearly 400 cruise missiles since February -- Ukrainian troops may be preparing for their fourth counteroffensive -- Russia trying to overwhelm Europe with new refugee wave -- -- and more

More than 1.5 million people without power in Odesa Oblast following latest Russian attack -- Ukraine hits Russian base in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, injuring 150 Russian soldiers -- Russia shells maternity hospital in Kherson -- Iran’s support for Russian military ‘likely to grow’ in coming months -- and more

For those who say that 'we want peace, negotiations', we always say that we already went through it with Hitler -- Russia places Grad rocket launchers next to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant reactor -- Kremlin has likely not abandoned its maximalist goals in Ukraine despite Dmitry Peskov’s comments on Russian territorial objectives -- Turkish company to supply Ukraine with electricity via Romania, Moldova -- and more