Russian forces have established “schools for young voters” in occupied areas of Kherson Oblast, the National Resistance Center reported[1] on Aug. 6. The schools’ stated purpose is to prepare high school students for the Russian presidential “el…
Volodymyr Saldo, Russian-appointed puppet leader in Kherson Oblast, has said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the bridge across the Henichesk Strait connecting occupied Henichesk with the Arabat Spit.
Source: Volodymyr Saldo on Telegram; Petro A…
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Haley Zehrung is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. Previously, she was a Title VIII Fellow at the Department of State, where she conducted archival research in Kyrgyzstan. She has also worked at C4…
The Russian occupying authorities are moving the grain looted in the occupied parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts through Mariupol and Crimean ports.
Source: Ukraine’s National Resistance Center (NRC)
Quote: “The occupiers are using the port infr…
A three-month-old tiger cub from the Mariupol Zoo was stolen by the Russians in May 2023. The cub died in a Moscow circus in August.
Source: Mariupol City Council
The Russian animal trainer Edgard Zapashnyi began to train the tiger. It was Zapashnyi wh…
The families of fallen Ukrainian defenders are asking for a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as they are outraged by how the National Military Cemetery in the city of Kyiv is being created and constructed.
Source: statement of the Sert…
At least two people were killed, and two others were injured in recent Russian attacks on Donetsk Oblast.
Source: Pavlo Kyrylenko, Chairman of the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration (OMA) on Telegram
Quote from Kyrylenko: “On 3 August, Russians kil…
The National Resistance Center reports that Russian invaders are bringing students into occupied cities to spread propaganda among young people.
Source: National Resistance Center (NRC)
Quote: “The occupiers are paying special attention to brainwashing…
At least 10,749 Ukrainian civilians, including 499 children, have been killed since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Yurii Bielousov, the head of the War Crimes Department of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office, said in an Aug. 2 interv…
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine has confirmed data on 10,749 civilians killed and 15,599 wounded by Russian forces since the beginning of the full-scale war.
Source: Yurii Belousov, Head of the Department for Combating Crimes Committed durin…